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The History Of Modern Chile, Mirrored In Dance

Friday, November 20, 2009

Augusto Pinochet integrated the musical genre cueca into his regime. For decades, Chileans associated the national music and dance with a dictatorship known for killing thousands of people. But today, young people in Santiago are recovering this music and making it their own.

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