Baile, ruido y algarabía: un acercamiento a la interpretación de las “folías portuguesas”

Throughout history, the term “folia” has been used to designate different literary and musical manifestations, which has contributed to the confusion that prevails today about its meaning. At the end of the 15th century and during the 16th century, the name “Portuguese folias” was used to refer to a performance in which dance, racket and noise seem to have been the protagonists, and whose distinctive characteristics are still little known. The present paper aims to shed light on these “folias” through contemporary sources.