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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Summary ==<br />
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Tamunangue is a Lara song-and-dance complex associated with devotion to San Antonio. Its linked sones, ceremonial actions and community relationships make it more than a generic folk-dance label. El Tocuyo, Curarigua, Sanare and Barquisimeto are important reference points. <ref name="southamerica2026-ve-lara">[https://fundacionbigott.org/lara-donde-la-brisa-sopla-con-rima/ Fundación Bigott, Lara: donde la brisa sopla con rima; 2023 republication of 1998 article]. Access note: Relevant public text or substantive indexed passage read 22 October 2026; full document reading not implied.</ref><br />
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== Contemporary and trending ==<br />
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A June 2026 Caracas presentation by Tradiciones de Venezuela moved from a salve and La Batalla into named sones. This documents continuing public performance; a staged selection does not reproduce every obligation or sequence of a community celebration. <ref name="southamerica2026-ve-tamun-2026">[https://www.mincultura.gob.ve/noticias/el-tamunangue-brillo-en-el-centro-simon-bolivar/ Ministry of Culture, El Tamunangue brilló en el Centro Simón Bolívar, 19 June 2026]. Access note: Relevant public text or substantive indexed passage read 22 October 2026; full document reading not implied.</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
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The regional account distinguishes tamunangue from the golpe, a related Lara joropo practice. Migration and organized presentations helped extend Lara repertoires to neighbouring states and Caracas, while local devotional settings continued to matter. <ref name="southamerica2026-ve-lara">[https://fundacionbigott.org/lara-donde-la-brisa-sopla-con-rima/ Fundación Bigott, Lara: donde la brisa sopla con rima; 2023 republication of 1998 article]. Access note: Relevant public text or substantive indexed passage read 22 October 2026; full document reading not implied.</ref><br />
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== Musical characteristics ==<br />
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Voices, small plucked strings, maracas and drums combine with distinct dance figures and rhythmic changes. Archival El Tocuyo documentation identifies cuatro, quinto, cinco grave and cumaco among the instruments. Yiyivamos is one son in the larger complex, not a synonym for the whole ceremony. <ref name="southamerica2026-ve-tamun-folkways">[https://folkways-media.si.edu/docs/folkways/artwork/UNES08318.pdf Smithsonian Folkways, Afro-Venezuelan Music volumes I and II, 2013 reissue notes]. Access note: Relevant public text or substantive indexed passage read 22 October 2026; full document reading not implied.</ref><br />
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== Geography and communities ==<br />
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A broad Lara field covers connected towns and rural communities, with a weaker Caracas field for organized transmission. The 2018 Tamunangue de la Tía programme joins workshop, vigil and dance, showing why social setting matters alongside the sound. <ref name="southamerica2026-ve-tamun-teaching">[https://fundacionbigott.org/este-ano-el-tamunangue-de-la-tia-es-en-fundacion-bigott/ Fundación Bigott, Tamunangue de la Tía programme, 17 July 2018]. Access note: Relevant public text or substantive indexed passage read 22 October 2026; full document reading not implied.</ref><br />
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== Artists ==<br />
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The El Tocuyo archival ensemble supplies a recorded gateway. Domingo Pérez and Alma de Lara appear in Bigott’s teaching programme, while Tradiciones de Venezuela provides a dated contemporary stage example. <ref name="southamerica2026-ve-tamun-folkways">[https://folkways-media.si.edu/docs/folkways/artwork/UNES08318.pdf Smithsonian Folkways, Afro-Venezuelan Music volumes I and II, 2013 reissue notes]. Access note: Relevant public text or substantive indexed passage read 22 October 2026; full document reading not implied.</ref> <ref name="southamerica2026-ve-tamun-teaching">[https://fundacionbigott.org/este-ano-el-tamunangue-de-la-tia-es-en-fundacion-bigott/ Fundación Bigott, Tamunangue de la Tía programme, 17 July 2018]. Access note: Relevant public text or substantive indexed passage read 22 October 2026; full document reading not implied.</ref> <ref name="southamerica2026-ve-tamun-2026">[https://www.mincultura.gob.ve/noticias/el-tamunangue-brillo-en-el-centro-simon-bolivar/ Ministry of Culture, El Tamunangue brilló en el Centro Simón Bolívar, 19 June 2026]. Access note: Relevant public text or substantive indexed passage read 22 October 2026; full document reading not implied.</ref><br />
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== Representative performances ==<br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+ MuGlobe listening profile<br />
! Repertoire !! Field use !! Notes<br />
|-<br />
| traditional || regional || Specific reviewed musical performances; individual dates and contexts remain distinct.<br />
|}<br />
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{| class="wikitable muglobe-performances"<br />
|+ MuGlobe representative performances<br />
! Artist !! Performance / song / title !! Embedded player URL !! Notes !! Repertoire kind !! Repertoire date !! Recording date !! Format !! Opening !! Places !! Fit !! Evidence !! Review note !! MuGlobe favorite !! Current hit !! Authentic<br />
|-<br />
| Community of El Tocuyo || Yiyivamos (Tamunangue) || https://www.youtube.com/embed/3vuEc2aZlxE || Label-distributed Smithsonian Folkways track credits the Community of El Tocuyo. This is one archival tamunangue son, not an entire ceremony. The 2014 digital-release date is not treated as the recording date.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vuEc2aZlxE Yiyivamos (Tamunangue)].</ref> || traditional || unknown || unknown || audio || unknown || region:world-lara-musical-networks || supported || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vuEc2aZlxE Recording/context source] [https://folkways-media.si.edu/docs/folkways/artwork/UNES08318.pdf Recording/context source] || Label-distributed Smithsonian Folkways track credits the Community of El Tocuyo. This is one archival tamunangue son, not an entire ceremony. The 2014 digital-release date is not treated as the recording date. || <muglobe-flag video="3vuEc2aZlxE" field="muglobeFavorite" /> || <muglobe-flag video="3vuEc2aZlxE" field="currentHit" /> || <muglobe-flag video="3vuEc2aZlxE" field="authentic" /><br />
|}<br />
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== Related genres ==<br />
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[[Joropo]] and [[Joropo oriental]] provide regional comparisons. [[Tambor de Barlovento]] belongs to a different Venezuelan drum landscape. The Lara golpe, the son called galerón and eastern Venezuelan galerón should not be collapsed into one interchangeable name.<br />
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=== References and further reading ===<br />
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== Hotspot mushrooms ==<br />
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Broad connected home landscapes with gradual falloff; weaker urban circulation only where documented.<br />
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The fields express editorial judgments about relative musical affinity and reach, not measured audience shares. Radius is the zero edge of a linear fade; same-genre overlaps combine by maximum.<br />
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{| class="wikitable muglobe-hotspots"<br />
|+ MuGlobe hotspot mushrooms<br />
! ID !! Location !! Latitude !! Longitude !! Radius (km) !! Strength !! Notes<br />
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| tamunangue-lara || Lara tamunangue communities || 9.85 || -69.7 || 360 || 1 || Connected Lara towns and rural networks.<br />
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| tamunangue-caracas || Caracas tamunangue teaching and performance || 10.4 || -66.9 || 280 || 0.45 || Documented secondary transmission field.<br />
|}</div>Edb