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Moresca
Moresca (Italian), morisca (Spanish), mourisca (Portuguese) or moresque, mauresque (French), also known in French as the danse des bouffons, is a dance of exotic character encountered in Europe in
Etymology#
The term is ultimately derived from the name of the Moors (from the Spanish Moros), a historic people in the western Mediterranean. Other similarly derived words include Blackamoor, Kammermohr, Matamoros, Maure, Mohr im Hemd, Moresche, Moresque, Moreška, Morianbron, Morisco, Moros y cristianos, and Morris dance.
See also#
- Moros y cristianos
- Italian folk dance
- Matachines
- Morris dance
- Weapon dance
Further reading#
- Arnold, Denis, and Percy A. Scholes. 1983. New Oxford Companion to Music. p. 1201.
- es:Danza Morris eu:Morris dantza