Xuc | |
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Stylistic origins | Indigenous music of El Salvador, African music, Spanish music, Music of Cuba |
Cultural origins | 1940s, Cojutepeque, El Salvador |
Typical instruments |
Genre | Folk dance |
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Time signature | 2 4 |
Xuc (Spanish: [suk]), also known as Salvadoran folk music, is a musical genre and later a typical dance of El Salvador, which was created and popularized by Francisco "Paquito" Palaviccini in Cojutepeque, located in the department of Cuscatlán in 1942. [1]
In June 2019, a request to declare xuc as a Cultural Heritage of El Salvador was submitted to the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador, which is still in process. [2]
The name "xuc", originates from a Salvadoran instrument called juco or juque,
[3] a typical wind instrument, which sounds "xuc, xuc" when played. Usually xuc is composed in 2
4 time.
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This rhythm was born with the famous 1942 Salvadoran song " Adentro Cojutepeque" and was composed in honor of the sugar cane festivals. [1] The representative album of this genre is El Xuc, published in 1962 by Orquesta Internacional Polío under the direction of Palaviccini. [4]
Some of the most emblematic songs of this rhythm are: "El Carnaval de San Miguel", "El Xuc", "Santa Ana", "El Cocotero", "El Torito", "El Candelareño", "El Cuarto Carnaval de San Miguel", "Vamos Usulután", and "Ensalada a la Palaviccini". [4]
In 1958, [5] sixteen years after the creation of xuc, the first choreography was created, which is composed of a dynamic dance, essentially described in the following steps:
The choreography was staged by a dancer belonging to the Salvadoran dance group Morena Celarie and was done within the framework of the patron saint festivities at the famous San Miguel Carnival.