Majo

Majo (masc.) or maja (fem.), also manolo and manola, after the most popular names, were terms for people from the lower classes of Spanish society, especially in Madrid, who distinguished themselves by their elaborate outfits and sense of style in dress and manners, as well as by their cheeky behavior. They flourished from the late 18th to early 19th century, and to some extent later. Majos and majas were one of the favorite subjects of some 19th-century Spanish painters.

The majos and majas outfits were exaggerations of traditional Spanish dress. The style stood in strong contrast to the French styles affected by many of the Spanish elite under the influence of the Enlightenment. Majos were known to pick fights with those they saw as afrancesados ("Frenchified" – fops).

In Spanish, the word possesses derived forms such as chulapo and chulapa, a version of chulo and chula in reference to their saucy attitude, as well as chispero and chispera, among others.

Popularity of the Maja

Although majos of both sexes were frequent subjects of painter Francisco Goya, two of his majas, La maja vestida and La maja desnuda (the same model naked), would gain international renown. The outfit of the maja also would influence the costume of the eponymous protagonist of Georges Bizet's French opera Carmen in the mid 19th century.

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Majo (disambiguation)

A majo is a male member of the lower class of Spanish society in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Majo may also refer to:

  • ×Canmea 'Majo', an intergeneric hybrid cultivar of the nothogenus xCanmea in the Bromeliad family

    • People with the surname

  • Giuseppe de Majo, Italian composer and organist
  • Gian Francesco de Majo, Italian composer active during the mid to late 1700s
  • Montserrat Majo, Spanish swimmer who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics

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  • Maja (disambiguation)
  • All pages beginning with "Majo"
  • All pages with titles containing Majo
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