Tags: Genre, Music Genre, Topical Concept.
The Joropo is a musical style resembling the waltz and an accompanying dance having African and European influences originated in Venezuela It’s a fundamental genre belonging to its typical music or música criolla (creole music). It is also the most popular folk rhythm: the well-known song Alma Llanera is a joropo considered the unofficial national anthem of Venezuela. In 1882 it became Venezuela’s national dance.
