Zamacueca--an Afro-Peruvian music & dance
The Zamacueca is a colonial dance and music that originated in Peru by enslaved people in the 18th century, and influenced by Spanish and Andean rhythms. The dance involves seductive movements with handkerchiefs and represents the courtship of the man and woman as they advance and retreat.
It was so daring that the dance was banned in its native country but found its way to Chile and as far as California during the Gold Rush in the 19th century.