Carnavalito

{{Short description|Traditional indigenous dance from the Argentinian Altiplano and puna regions}}

File:Carnavalito en Humahuaca.jpg, Jujuy, Argentina.]]

The Carnavalito ({{langx|en|little carnival}}) is a traditional indigenous dance from the Argentinian Altiplano and puna regions, usually performed during religious festivities.{{Cite journal |last=Sánchez |first=Nancy Marcela |date=2013 |title=El carnavalito jujeño: del ritual pagano al Teatro Colón |url=https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/874 |journal=Jornadas Interdisciplinarias de Investigación: Investigación, creación, re-creación y performance (10ª: 2013: Buenos Aires)}} Its current form is an expression of a syncretism between Pre-Columbian and Spanish colonial culture.{{Cite journal |last=Sánchez |first=Nancy Marcela |date=2018 |title=El carnaval “antiguo” y el carnavalito “moderno” documentados por Carlos Vega en la Puna y la Quebrada de Humahuaca (Jujuy) : Constantes rítmicas, métricas y fraseológicas de un repertorio tradicional grabado in situ (1931-1945) |url=https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/9222}} It is a collective dance which is joyful in nature.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}

It was danced in the Americas long before the Spanish arrived. Today, it is still danced in the Argentine provinces of Salta and Jujuy, as well as in southern Bolivia and other Andean regions of Latin America.{{cite web | url=http://www.folkloredelnorte.com.ar/carnavalito.htm | title=Carnavalito|website=folkloredelnorte}} The music is characterized by the use of instruments such as the quena, siku, charangos and the bombo.