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corrido

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cor·ri·do  (k-rd)
n. pl. cor·ri·dos
A Mexican ballad or folksong.

[American Spanish, from Spanish, ballad, from past participle of correr, to run, from Old Spanish, from Latin currere; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]


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Yeah, you know the ones -- like those Salazar boys from the southern part of the state; they've been known to nibble a tortilla from time to time, to the beat of a corrido .
Waiters here practice a serving style called Rodizo or Espeto Corrido, wherein they move with skewers around the restaurant and slice the meat on the customer''s plate.
The group’s first big hit, 1972’s “Contrabando y Traicion,” was a corrido, a traditional narrative ballad about a legendary hero or criminal, complete with moral lesson; Los Tigres brought the venerable form into the 20th century: “Contrabando” was about a pair of lovers who move marijuana across the border in the tires of their car.
 
 
 
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