Tajaraste

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Tajaraste (From Berber TAJARAST) is combined music and dance typical of the Canary Islands, Spain. It is specific to the islands of Tenerife and La Gomera. Essentially an upbeat, happy and syncopated rhythm, danced in pairs accompanied by tambourines, drums and small castanet-like instruments called chácaras. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

The dance is collective in nature and its choreography changes from island to island. The differences arise from the originating island.

Tajarastes arrived in the European courts in the 16th century. Its songs are from ancient romances rising back to after the conquest of the Canary Islands. They describe stories, miracles and forbidden loves. It probably inspired the Canary dance which became popular all over Europe in the late 16th and early 17th century.

References

  1. ↑ "tajaraste". Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española (in Spanish). 2024-01-19. Retrieved 2025-11-09.
  2. ↑ Ramos, Domingo (2024-09-14). "La Laguna entra en el Guinness con un tajaraste de 507 personas, el baile popular más multitudinario de la historia". eldia.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-11-09.
  3. ↑ "Récord Guinness del baile tradicional más multitudinario del mundo en La Laguna (Tenerife)". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2024-09-14. Retrieved 2025-11-09.
  4. ↑ Aubero, Amparo Espejo; Aubero, Alicia Espejo (2001). Glosario de términos de la danza española (in Spanish). Lib Deportivas Esteban Sanz. ISBN   978-84-85977-79-6 . Retrieved 2025-11-09.
  5. ↑ Canaria, Centro de la Cultura Popular (1997). Los símbolos de la identidad canaria (in Spanish). Centro de la Cultura Popular Canaria. ISBN   978-84-7926-279-2 . Retrieved 2025-11-09.
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