Danza; campesina; danza campesina; costumbre; diversión; fiesta; alegría; gaita; Kunsthistorische; Brueghel; viejo; siglo XVI - History Lab https://historylab.es Wed, 18 May 2022 15:22:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Danza; campesina; danza campesina; costumbre; diversión; fiesta; alegría; gaita; Kunsthistorische; Brueghel; viejo; siglo XVI - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Farmer dance https://historylab.es/farmer-dance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=farmer-dance Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:31:59 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/danza-campesina/ Festive scene of the early modern European peasantry dancing to the sound of bagpipes

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]]> Brueghel’s composition presents an opening dance at a country fair. This is a traditional leaping dance that was performed by two couples preceding anyone else who wished to take part. The couple in the foreground hurry to the dance but are eventually distracted by the scene on the left. This scene also shows the atmosphere of the moment where a piper is in charge of providing the music while others drink, eat and quarrel.

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