page_title: Payada
hierarchical_section_title: Payada
caption_attribution_description: English: A "Payador", singing with his guitar in the Argentine Pampas.
context_page_description: The payada is competitive composing and singing of verses native to Argentina, Uruguay, southern Brasil, and parts of Paraguay as part of the Gaucho culture and literature. In Chile it is called paya and performed by huasos. It is a performance of improvised ten-line verse called décimas usually accompanied by guitar. The performer is called a "payador", and in performances two or more payadores will compete to produce the most eloquent verse, each answering questions posed by the other, often insulting. The durations of these verse duels can be exceedingly long, often many hours, and they end when one payador fails to respond immediately to his opponent. Musical styles often used in the payada are the cifra and the milonga.
context_section_description: The payada is competitive composing and singing of verses native to Argentina, Uruguay, southern Brasil, and parts of Paraguay as part of the Gaucho culture and literature. In Chile it is called paya and performed by huasos. It is a performance of improvised ten-line verse called décimas usually accompanied by guitar. The performer is called a "payador", and in performances two or more payadores will compete to produce the most eloquent verse, each answering questions posed by the other, often insulting.  The durations of these verse duels can be exceedingly long, often many hours, and they end when one payador fails to respond immediately to his opponent. Musical styles often used in the payada are the cifra and the milonga.
caption: Payador playing in his rancho, c. 1890s.
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