cueca

Japanese: cueca
cueca

...The surrealist novelist José Donoso (1924-96), known for his work Les lechers de nouveau, and the pianist Claudio Arrau (1903-91) are also world-famous. Traditional music includes the dance cueca, which is performed by a pair of men and women dancing to cheerful songs in major keys accompanied by the guitar. Soccer is the national sport, and in rural areas, rodeos are also popular, in which two cowboys, called 'wasos', ride horses to drive cattle. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "cueca" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…《夜のみだらな鳥》で知られるシュルレアリスムの小説家ドノソJosé Donoso(1924‐96),ピアノ奏者のアラウClaudio Arrau(1903‐91)も,世界にその名を知られている。伝統的な音楽としては舞曲のクエカcuecaなどがあり,ギターの伴奏で,その長調の明るい歌にあわせて男女がペアとなって踊る。サッカーは国民的スポーツであり,また農村では馬に乗った2人のウワソと呼ばれる牧童が牛を追い込むロデオも盛んである。…

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