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This attribute controls the content of the description and og:description elements. | Gaita or Gaita Zuliana is a style of Venezuelan folk music from Maracaibo in Zulia State, Venezuela, that has since been spread thorough the country. It's usually conflated with Christmas Music in Venezuela despite the genre nor being particularly Christmas-y. This is because the Gaita began as the typical music style for the celebrations of Our Lady of Chiquinquirá, Saint Patroness of Maracaibo (nicknamed "La Chinita" or "La China" by the locals), who are around mid-November, and then became ingrained along with other music genres for Christmas season like aguinaldos and parrandas. While there are Christmas-themed songs in the genre, most gaita songs' themes range from humorous and love songs to protest songs to drinking songs; the most common theme on gaitas, however, when not on praise of La Chinita or about Zulian traditions and landmarks, seems to be singing to and about gaita itself. |
