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2. Cantos de Berce are relaxed songs with a soft
MUSIC rhythm, used to help Young children to fall as-
leep. The subject matters varies: absence of
Our ancestors used music and dance as a
the father, fear, daily concerns, the mothers’s
way to espress their feelings and ideas and
chores. They transmit the values of the cultura
to have fun. Life was hasrd and these
they belong to.
tradtional arts were used to forget their
sorrows and to celebrate life.
Alalás are the oldest and most characteristic form of Gali-
cian folk music. They are chants with no rhythm. They are
usually accompanied by bagpipes. Cantar de Cego and
Cantar de Arriero evolved from Alalás. They are sung a
The muiñeira is the best known type of Galician
“chapella” and they are very moving chants
folk music. It has got variants all throughout
the territory. Scholars believe that its name
comes from the word “muiño” which means
mil. It was the music and the dance that pea-
sants performed while they were waiting for the
It presents a great variety of styles and it flour.
seems to have strong Celtic connections.
Among them we can highlight: Aalás, Cantar
de cego, Cantar de arriero, Regueifo, Can-
tos de berce and Muiñeiras.
The Regueifa is a Cantiga (medieval song) improvised bet-
ween two or more regueifos. It is a verbal challange about a
certain matter. Each regueifo sings a stanza of verses of eight
syllables.