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Zapateo
Country dance of Spanish origin danced in Cuba
and Puerto Rico. Traces of the dance were discovered
in Cuban country villages in the early 18th Century.
The dance couple stamps on the floor with the
heels, thus beating out the rhythm. The man dances
with hands held behind his back, performing the
more complicated steps. Sometimes the dancer will
tie knives to his shoes, in this way imitating
the rooster and his spurs. As for the woman, she
tries to seduce the man by hiking up her skirt.
Zarambeque o Zumbe
Ancient Afro-Cuban dance, particularly frenetic.
