Travelling Uruguay virtually

The payada in Uruguay

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June 19th 2011
Dear reader What on earth is payada, I wanted to know? Guapo tells me it’s a form of singing to the accompaniment of guitar. But it’s not your usual singing. No, it’s improvised singing, and done in rhyme. Each singer must answer the questions posed by his or her opponent, and then pose some questions in return. This form of singing, really a form of poetry, is very popular in Uruguay. S ... read more

South America » Uruguay » East

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A violent Marxist urban guerrilla movement, the Tupamaros, launched in the late 1960s, led Uruguay's president to agree to military control of his administration in 1973. By yearend, the rebels had been crushed, but the military continued to expand i... ... read more