Chulapo

by Pablo Lopez

Title

Chulapo

Artist

Pablo Lopez

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Photograph - Digital Image

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Statue depicting a traditional 19th century citizen from Madrid, wearing the traditional hat. They were called 'chulapos' and people in Madrid still dress like them at least once a year in the festivity called 'San Isidro'.

Majo or maja, and 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.

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