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‖ zamacueca|zamaˈkweka, sa-|
Also 9 -cuca.
[Amer. Sp.]
A South American, esp. Chilean, dance in which a couple move around one another, accompanied by chords on the guitar and rhythmical handclapping. Shortened as cueca.
1855E. R. Smith Araucanians vi. 65 The fashionable dances soon gave way to the more national Zamacúca. The Zamacúca has been very much reviled by foreigners, who have seen it only in sea-port towns. 1895L. Grove et al. Dancing xii. 375 The ‘Zamacueca’ is an inimitable dance, in which the handkerchief plays a prominent part. 1917[see cueca]. 1974Encycl. Brit. Macropædia I. 669/1 The Creole people of the coast and plains [of South America] have been replacing the indigenous music of the mountains with their own music, especially with the ubiquitous cueca, or zamacueca. |