Centuries ago, before Francisco Pizarro defeated the Inca's and claimed Peru as a Spanish colony, the people of Desaguadero, a town split down the middle by the Peru-Bolivia border, were chased from their land by the Incas. Some of the citizens of Desaguadero fled deep into the Bolivian Jungle. The others into Lake Titicaca where they discovered floating reed beds. Having no where else to go the refugees inhabited these small islands, chopping down the reeds and tethering the islands into the ground and to each other so they would not float away. Today there are over twenty of islands that are still inhabited, and while some aspects of life on the islands have not changed throughout history, reeds are eaten and dried to make boats, beds, and houses, tourism to some of the islands that began in the 1940's and commerce brought in by family who work in Puno has changed a few things, don't be surprised if while on a tour of the islands you see solar panels and a tv.More Zapateo. This is the first clip of two from a Zapateo-off. The first part is the more formal style where the dancers have to perform a dance with a tie-in. This clip is great. Two zapateo world champions go head-to-head.
*one more thing Saponegro Records now has a myspace page. Check it out
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