Chumaichada

{{Short description|Peruvian dance}} '''La Chumaichada''' is a typical dance from the Amazonas Region, Peru.<ref name="aliaga">{{cite book |title=Cajamarca - Volume 5 |year=1958 |author= Nazario Chávez Aliaga |isbn= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PCIXAQAAMAAJ&q=Chumaichada+amazonas |page=259}}</ref> It is particularly associated with Chachapoyas.<ref name="aliaga"/>

The music is likely of indigenous origin.<ref>{{cite book |title=Los Chachapoya(s): moradores ancestrales de los Andes amazónicos peruanos, Volume 1 |year=2003 |author1= Federico Kauffmann Doig |author2=Giancarlo Ligabue |isbn=9972971910 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WWR-AAAAMAAJ&q=Chumaichada+chachapoyas |page=}}</ref> but the choreography has a French origin, stemming from "Los lanceros" (The lancers) - a dance which was imported into Chachapoyas by the bishop of the diocese at that time, monsignor Emilio Lissón, of French origin.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}

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Category:Culture of Amazonas Region Category:Peruvian dances Category:Indigenous dances of South America Category:Culture of Peru