Im reading a Spanish website about the carnival in the Dominican Republic, it talks about "parades of comparsas", what does comparsas mean?
2007-05-08 13:49:37 · 4 answers · asked by mahakoti 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Comparsa is a dance group.
2007-05-08 14:12:49 · answer #1 · answered by lost in space 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
During the parades in carnival you have groups of people representing a neighbourhood, a club or association.
They wear the same costumes and parade together.
These groups are called "comparsas".
Just in case, each group has different costumes but all in one group dress the same.
2007-05-08 21:08:26 · answer #2 · answered by Martha P 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well it has multiples meanings. They are type of dances and fragments of a musical partiture
2007-05-08 21:05:31 · answer #3 · answered by cabron o 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
com·par·sa /kÉmËpÉrsÉ/ –noun a song and folk dance of Cuba.
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[Origin: < AmerSp, Sp: masquerade, group of theatrical supernumeraries < It: supernumerary (fem.), appearance, n. use of fem. of comparso, ptp. of comparire < L compÄrére become visible. See com-, appear]
2007-05-08 20:56:31 · answer #4 · answered by kyralan 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋