Habanera

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Habanera (feminine form of the Spanish word) can refer to:

  • "Habanera (aria)", an aria from Bizet's Carmen
  • Habanera (film), a 1984 Cuban film starring Cesar Evora, Daisy Granados, Ely Menz, Marcia Barreto, Adolfo Llauradó and Miguel Benavides
  • Habanera (music), a style of binary music that was imported in Spain by fishermen and traders returning from Cuba. Choral groups and festivals, like the one in Torrevieja, are popular in Catalonia, Valencia, Murcia and Andalusia.
  • Habanera (rhythm), a rhythm similar to the tango

Habanero (masculine form of the Spanish word) can refer to

  • Habanero chile, the most intensely spicy chile pepper of the Capsicum genus