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Payada

Also known as rhyming verse duel

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Two payadores sing improvised rhyming verses to guitar, each answering the other's subject.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Argentina, Uruguay.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Classical Worlds (about 1000 BCE to 500 CE), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of The Americas: Andes and South America.

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