Gaita zuliana
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Gaita zuliana
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Gaita zuliana is a style of Venezuelan folk music from Maracaibo, Zulia State. Dating as far back as the 1800s, gaitas began as improvised songs in the neighborhoods of Zulia where, as Robert T. Carroll describes, “people would gather in a circle and encourage each other to make up verses to a song." Gaita incorporates various instrumentations and rhythms from Spanish, Indigenous and African music. According to Joan Coromines, it may come from the word "gaits," the Gothic word for "goat", which
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Venezuelan music style
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2024-04-13T21:22:32Z
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