Waka waka (dance)

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Waka waka during the festival Virgen de la Candelaria in Puno, Peru
Waka waka during the festival Virgen de la Candelaria in Puno, Peru

Waka waka (Aymara and Quechua waka cow[1][2] (a borrowing from Spanish vaca), the reduplication signifies that there is a group of something, "a group of cows") or waka thuquri[3] (Aymara), also spelled waka thuqhuri, is a satirical folk dance performed in Bolivia[3]

References

  1. ^ "Diccionario Quechua - Aymara al español". Retrieved March 15, 2014.
  2. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ^ a b "Waka Waka". Viceministerio de Cultura. Retrieved March 15, 2014.