Bole'ro, a Spanish national dance, invented in 1780 by the dancer Sebastian Zerczo. It is danced in moderately quick three-quarter time by two persons to the accompaniment of the castanets and the guitar. The name is also applied to the air to which it is danced. Like the fandango it is said to be originally a refinement of an African dance still performed by the Congos under the name of chika.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 276
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