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6️⃣ The number six 💃 Puerto Rican folk dance 🌎 Seismic instrument
seis

seis

9.9
A lively Puerto Rican folk song and dance from rural communities
  • noun
  • /seɪs/
  • US
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  • During the festival, we enjoyed traditional seis music and danced with friends under the stars.

Examples

  • The lively seis performance captivated everyone in the audience, showcasing Puerto Rican culture.

  • At the cultural event, the dancers skillfully performed a seis, celebrating their jíbaro heritage.

  • And that's where but Diodorus and Plato and Solon and the Sanchez priest of the Temple of Seis, this isn't this isn't a myth like this is real.

Surface Forms

seis singular
seises plural

Etymology

Seis for the Puerto Rican song and dance probably comes from the Spanish number seis ('six'); one popular idea is that early forms had six couples or six parts, so thinking of 'six' makes it easy to remember this group dance.