The document discusses Peru's National Day of Criolla Music, which is celebrated annually on October 31. Criolla music originated as a genre that combines African, Spanish, and Andean influences. It started being celebrated officially in 1944 when the Peruvian government announced it as a day to honor criolla music as part of Peruvian folklore. The most popular style of criolla music is the Marinera dance, considered the national dance of Peru. The Spaniards founded their capital in Lima on the coast of Peru, where criolla culture took deepest root.

1. NATIONAL IDENTITY:
CRIOLLA MUSIC DAY

2. Although
hundreds
of children
celebrate
Halloween
by
collecting
candy door

3. a large
number of
Peruvians
celebrate
the
National
Day of
Criolla
Music, a
Peruvian
genre of

4. Wich
combines
mainly
African, Sp
anish and
Andean
influences.

5. Every year
Peruvian
celebrate
Day of
Criolla
Music on
October 31

6. It started back in 1944, when the Peruvian government
announced that on this day a special celebration

7. wich is part of Peruvian folklore.
Throughout Latin America, the term “criolla”
originally refered

8. to the descendants of Spanish settlers, but it
eventually became local.
In the case of Perú, it designates the people and
culture of the coastal region and of Lima in

9. It was on the coast that the Spaniards that founded
their capital, where most of their settlement was
concentrated and where their culture took deepest

10. The most
popular style
of Peru’s
“criolla”
music is the
Marinera, said
to be the
national
dance of Peru

11. Other main
genres are The
Peruvian Walts

12. Tondero

13. Festejo

14. Polka

15. Zamacueca

16. Landó

17. among other traditional dances.

19. WHEN STARTED TO CELEBRATE
CRIOLLA MUSIC DAY AND WHEN IS IT
CELEBRATED?

20. WHEN STARTED TO CELEBRATE CRIOLLA MUSIC
DAY AND WHEN IS IT CELEBRATED?
The Criolla Music Day started
back in 1944, and it
celebrates on October 31.

21. WHICH IS THE MOST POPULAR STYLE
OF PERÚ’S CRIOLLA MUSIC?

22. WHICH IS THE MOST POPULAR STYLE OF
PERÚ’S CRIOLLA MUSIC?
The most popular style of
Perú’s Criolla Music is the
Marinera, said to be the
national dance of Perú.

23. WHERE DID THE SPANIARDS FOUND
THEIR CAPITAL?

24. WHERE DID THE SPANIARDS FOUND THEIR
CAPITAL?
They founded their capital in
the coastal region, specifically
in Lima, on January 18, 1535.