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Sanjuanero

Field	Value
name	Sanjuanero
genre	Bambuco
writer	Sofía Gaitán Yanguas
composer	Anselmo Duran Plazas

Sanjuanero, first figure of the choreography, "The Invitation".

El Sanjuanero, often called simply Sanjuanero, (translation "St. John's Festivities Song") is a traditional Colombian bambuco song. Its music was written in 1936 by Anselmo Duran Plazas and its lyrics were written by Sofía Gaitán Yanguas. It was first performed on July 12, 1936. and recorded for the first time in the 1950s by the duo Garzon y Collazos. It's one of Colombia's most recognizable folkloric songs, and it is the anthem of the Festival Folclórico y Reinado Nacional del Bambuco.

Accompanying dance

The traditional Sanjuanero choreography was created by folklorist Inés García de Durán in 1960 and consists of three basic steps (caminado, bambuqueado, and contradanza), eight basic figures and five or more adornment figures.

Basic steps

El Caminado
El Bambuqueado
Los Tres Cuartos

Role in festivities

El Sanjuanero is commonly associated with Huila's Festival Folclórico y Reinado Nacional del Bambuco celebrated each year, in Neiva during the feasts of Saint Peter and Saint John. The Reinado Nacional del Bambuco is a contest similar to beauty pageants in which contestants, each representing a Colombian Department, are judged on six parameters, one of which is performance of the Sanjuanero dance.

References

Historia del Sanjuanero Huilense
[http://www.elabedul.net/Documentos/Temas/Folklor/Sanjuanero/Sanjuanero.pdf Sanjuanero: Visión estética y amatoria del bambuco] {{webarchive. link. (2011-07-18 .)
"Colombia.com - Turismo".
[http://www.estampascolombianas.com.mx/sitio/folklore.html Mapa folklórico Colombiano] {{webarchive. link. (2010-10-28 .)
[http://www.huila.gov.co/festivalbambuco/images/stories/file/2010/REGLAMENTO_REINADO_NACIONAL.pdf REGLAMENTO GENERAL REINADO NACIONAL DEL BAMBUCO], The Reinado's Official Rule Book.

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