The national dance of Chile is the cueca, which first appeared in 1824. Another traditional Chilean song is the tonada, distinguished from the cueca by an intermediate melodic section and a more prominent melody. The Pinochet regime in the 1970s-1980s promoted the cueca for political reasons to foster Chilean nationalism and conservative values. In the 1930s-1970s, groups like Los Cuatro Huasos popularized folk music by arranging folk songs with instruments. Composers like Violeta Parra further investigated and composed folk music still sung today. In the 1960s, the Parra family revitalized native forms with Nueva Cancion Chilena, associated with