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There is a lot to say about murga and I will get to the basics at some point. Mona-Lynn 11:51, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)

One of the theories

Actually I personally do not think that Murgas are derived from the artistic style of the Chirigotas in Cadiz. The style of Murgas has eveolved over many years. Street performances with some elements of murga were common in Montevideo in the late 19th century. The reason why some people believe that at least the name "murga" comes from Cadiz is because a travelling artistic show named "Murga la gaditana" visited Montevideo in the early 2oth century. They did a show and did not do so well with the public. Left stranded here with no money, they decided to take their show to the streets to collect money in order to return home.

Personally I believe that the style of murga and the name come from murgas de las islas Canarias, in Spain. Having talked to people involved in murgas, they have told me that it is the closest (in rythm, arrangements, etc.) to our murga. If anybody has a chance, look for murga "los Mamelucos" for example. You will be able to see that it is almost identical to what is done here in Uruguay. Many of our inmigrants came from Islas Canarias, perhaps when they came over they brought the seeds of our murga.

I also believe that this phrase "Staging is sparse with minimal use of props." is not entirely correct. The staging is sparse when the murgas act in small tablados. When they compete in el Teatro de verano for la liguilla, setting up the stage can take up to half an hour.

I am just learning out the basics of contributing to wikipedia, but I will try to upload some pictures soon. Thank you.--201.217.128.151 16:04, 16 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I would go as far as to say that this article should belong to the WIkiProject Spain, or maybe to both, such is the importance of murgas in the Carnaval of the Canary Islands. In Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the Final de Murgas is probably the climax of the celebrations. And there's the fact that, most probably, the original murgas are the canarian ones, which probably derived from the chirigotas (after all, after the war with Castilla, the Canary Islands were mostly populated by andalusian colonists) --SatoshiMiwa 14:51, 16 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]