The pericon was at first a slow
dance accompanied by instruments. Nowadays when it is performed it can have an
instrumental accompany, but often CDs or other music devises are used. The pericon
used to be a social folk dance that the community would participate in but now
it is not something that is done very often. There is a dance group that will sometimes
incorporate the pericon into their performances. Other than that the school
children perform it on their independence day, which is August 25.
Nowadays, scholarly
educational institutions seek to maintain the tradition of el pericon between
the students and creole societies, especially the society or community of Elias
Regules, they are in charge of preserving the “sacred fire” of the folkloric roots.
Instrumental Accompany
The Argentinian zamba dance, is said to be a dance derived from the
Pericon:
