DID YOU KNOW THAT HANDKERCHIEFS RELATE TO DANCE? ( part 1)

Marinera
 is a coastal dance of Peru. Marinerais a graceful and romantic couple's dance that uses handkerchiefs as props. The dance is an elegant and stylized reenactment of a courtship, and it shows a blend of the differenent cultures of Peru.





The marinera, also called the marinera norteña (from the north coast) is a graceful romantic dance employing much waving of handkerchiefs. It is a traditional dance, accompanied by a passionate rhythm.
The marinera is an elegant and sensual dance in which the dancers, a woman and a man, act a play of love and seduction. Marinera dance competitions arre frequently held all along Peru's coastal towns, with the most important being in Trujillo on the north coast.

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