Brujería
Brujería is the Spanish-language word for "witchcraft". Brujería also refers to witch-healers in the Americas (especially Latin America and the United States). Both men and women can be witches; brujo(s) and bruja(s), respectively.
Etymology
There is no sound etymology for this word, which appears only in Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan, and Galician (other romance languages use words derived from Latin strix, -igis, originally an owl). The word may be inherited from a Celtiberian substrate or it may derive from the Latin plusscius, -a, um (> plus + scius), a hapax attested in the Cena Trimalchionis, a central part in Petronius' Satyricon.Pluscia could have arisen from rhotacization of the /l/ and voicing of the /p/, pluscia> pruscia> bruscia> bruxa (Portuguese)> bruja (Spanish).
In popular culture
Brujería (Son de Sol song)
"Brujería" (Spanish pronunciation: [bɾuxeˈɾi.a], "Witchcraft") was the Spanish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, performed in Spanish by Son de Sol.
In the final, "Brujería" was performed tenth on the night, following Cyprus' Constantinos Christoforou with "Ela Ela (Come Baby)" and preceding Israel's Shiri Maimon with "Hasheket Shenish'ar". At the close of voting, it had received 28 points, placing 21st in a field of 24.
The song was succeeded as Spanish representative at the 2006 Contest by Las Ketchup with "Un blodymary"
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Peligro (Shakira album)
Peligro (English: Danger) is the second studio album by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, released on 25 March 1993, by Sony Music Colombia.
Background and composition
Author Ximena Diego wrote that "the first fifteen years of Shakira's life gave her a taste of how sweet stardom could be"; She was signed to Sony Music Columbia at the age of 13, with the deal being to record three albums, which were Magia, Peligro and Pies Descalzos. While Magia, her debut album, wasn't much of a success commercially, with only 1,200 copies sold, the songs from that record garnered frequent radio play on Colombian radio stations, and, according to Diego, showed her potential.
Despite Magia's lack of sales, Sony Colombia had higher expectations for Shakira's second album, hoping that it would heighten the small popularity she was already having. Diego wrote, however, that the time during the production and release of Peligro would prove that "the road of the artist was not an easy one." The several months of producing Peligro was one of Shakira's most frustrating periods in her career, resulting in an "odd album" that did not fare well with the singer. The album features songs written by Shakira and other composers, including Eddie Sierra, who wrote "El Amor de Mi Vida" from Ricky Martin's self-titled debut album. The press release by Sony Colombia, who seem satisfied with the final product, described Peligro's lyrical content as "profound", "direct" and "filled with magic and poetry". Musically, the record has a "North American ballad treatment", with instrumentation of rock guitars, acoustic pianos and Kenny G-style saxophones.
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