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“Pousa, Pousa”  is a traditional muiñeira nova that gained great popularity when it was performed by the traditional Galician music group "A Roda" in the second half of the XX Century.

A Roda was born in 1976, during the transition, made up of friends who used to sing in taverns. Their first album, which included classics such as "Pousa, pousa", "O andar miudiño" and "O gato", was a bestseller and in 1978 won one of the Galician Critics' Awards.

The muiñeira is a dance and a traditional Galician musical composition.

The dance is performed by one or more couples and as a musical genre is distinguished by its 6/8 beat, fast and cheerful, and is usually performed with bagpipes or tambourines.
Two main types of muiñeira are preserved:
1. The muiñeira vella (also called ribeirana or empuñada) in which the second quaver is accentuated, producing a different rhythmic sensation.
2. The muiñeira nova, or punteada, is a fast Galician folk dance. Its characteristics are:
- its origin is disputed, but it is commonly stated that this dance was born in the mills where wheat and corn were ground. Women who worked there had to wait a while for the corn to be ready, and to pass the time they danced.
- the first quaver (of the three that make up the base rhythm) is accentuated.
- as a dance, the muiñeira nova follows the traditional choreographic scheme in which a group of couples of men and women dance making choreographies based on tables or wheels.
- the dance was collective, usually three to eight pairs placed facing each other forming a row.
- the musical structure, composed of verse and chorus, is reflected in the dance in the form of punto and paseo.

One man played a punto, built more or less improvised on the basis of jumps, and the rest of the group repeated the movements several times, for the duration of the song. During the chorus, the group took paseos, in a circle, rotating the rows around its center, or other simple choreographic figures.
Both punto and paseo are executed with arms raised or making light drawings that give more grace to the interpretation.
- It was performed at festivals, pilgrimages and as many social gatherings as allowed. If a bagpipe was available, it was preferred; but otherwise, a more or less improvised percussion group.

There was always a certain degree of improvisation in the musical interpretations of traditional Galician music, especially in those genres prone to spontaneity. By means of signals, the musicians indicated the end of the piece, or with a song that indicated it expressly.

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