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Gioconda

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Gioconda (Italian) [dʒoˈkonda]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) La. See Mona Lisa
[Italian: the smiling (lady)]


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During a stage rehearsal of Ponchielli's La Gioconda, which has a cumbersome set crowded with choristers, a grand staircase, and assorted pillars and statues, dancers ore restricted to a pie-shaped area when performing the famous "Dance of the Hours.
This story recalls similar texts of animism, purification, and rebirth through nature from other Central American writers: Claribel Alegria's Flores del volcan and Gioconda Belli's La mujer habitada come to mind.
Importation of counterfeits usually come from the Far East, although we see them coming from other countries now, including Turkey and Italy," says Gioconda.
 
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