The Tamunangue Folk Dance., 1968-01-01

Unknown artist

1968-01-01

photo, print, drawing

Library of Congress

This photograph from Venezuela depicts men and women dancing the tamunangue, a folk dance associated with the festival of San Antonio de Padua. This photograph from Venezuela shows a group of men and women dancing the tamunangue, a folk dance that is performed as part of the festival of San Antonio de Padua, held on June 13 every year, in the state of Lara. The word tamunangue is derived from the name of the drum used to give the dance its characteristic beat, known as the tamunango. The photograph is from the collection of the Columbus Memorial Library of the Organization of American States (OAS), which includes 45,000 photographs illustrative of life and culture in the Americas. Many of the photographs were taken by prominent photographers on OAS missions to member countr