Cueca is a Chilean national dance performed in pairs, where a man symbolizes a rooster and a woman a hen. The dancers do not touch each other. Instead, the dance features couples twirling white handkerchiefs overhead, with the male partner trying to seduce the female partner through the dance. The dance ends with the female partner placing her foot on the male partner's raised knee. The white handkerchiefs have become the symbol of Chilean national identity, and the dance has been a cherished part of Chilean courting traditions. Show more