Customs: Typical dances of Venezuela

Venezuela It is a country that is made up not only of indigenous citizens, but for many years important flows of immigrants have arrived in the country and this has transformed the original culture of Venezuela, especially when European and Middle Eastern immigrants arrived, since Venezuela has an important community of Italians and Lebanese, who have contributed their cultural quota to the South American country.

Dances are one of the typical customs of Venezuela, especially those traditional ones, those that are performed in popular festivals, one of the typical dances and dance of Venezuela is the Llora, this style of dance, is rather a special waltz and is very similar to the pericón, a typical dance of Argentina that where several couples participate and they dance to the sound of folk music.
This kind of waltz called La Llora is typical of the Aragua region, and in addition to the fact that several couples participate in it, the orchestra that offers the musical rhythms is also present, this dance also has a requirement and that is that the man must be dressed in white with a handkerchief over the shoulder and the lady in long dark-colored skirts.

Venezuela It also has other types of typical dances that many of them have been imported from other Caribbean countries such as salsa and bachata, these rhythms are widely heard and danced at popular festivals and in cities, especially in nightclubs. They have a lot of acceptance by the young public.

The dancing devils is another of the traditional dances of Venezuela This has its origin in Africa and was brought to Venezuela through the slaves who were brought to America to perform forced labor, this dance is celebrated on the eve of the Corpus Cristi festival, in the Chuao region, in Venezuela.