{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.murga","code":"thing-q1452181","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q1452181/","name":"murga","alternateNames":["murga uruguaya"],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Information and virtual systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"INF","domain":["INF.MED"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"Murga is a collective carnival performance form combining song, percussion, theatrical presentation and often satirical commentary, with distinct traditions in Spain and parts of Latin America.","purpose":"Enable an agent to recognise murga as a regional musical and theatrical performance form, describe its repertoire and conventions, and assess appropriate interpretation, adaptation and reuse.","scope":{"in":["Regional murga traditions and evidence supporting classification","Relationships among choral singing, percussion, dance and theatrical expression","Repertoire structure, lyrics, humour and contextual interpretation","Creative contributions, adaptations and repertoire versions","Evidence and permissions needed to interpret, perform or reuse murga material"],"out":["Murga ensembles as organisations, including membership and governance","Carnival festivals, competitions and individual performances as events","Physical instruments, costumes and stage equipment","Audio recordings, videos, scores and archival copies as separately identified objects","Neighbouring carnival forms and general histories of carnival"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Require an evidenced connection to a named murga tradition; carnival participation or percussion alone does not establish the classification.","Distinguish regional configurations: Uruguayan educational material foregrounds choral parts and marcha camión, while Buenos Aires documentation identifies bombo con platillos, dress and local rhythmic distinctions. [Uruguay Ministry of Education and Culture](https://www.gub.uy/ministerio-educacion-cultura/comunicacion/noticias/actividades-museos-del-20-26-junio); [Buenos Aires cultural publication](https://buenosaires.gob.ar/areas/cultura/verano_09/pdf/Carnaval5.pdf).","Check whether 'murga' names the expressive form, an ensemble or its production before assigning identity; a troupe name is not a genre identifier.","Evaluate the combination of expressive practices against the identified tradition rather than treating every carnival song, chorus or dance procession as murga."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"tradition-and-recognition","name":"Tradition and recognition","description":"Establish which meaning and regional practice support the murga designation.","layers":[{"id":"referent-boundary","name":"Referent boundary","description":"Resolve what a murga-labelled record denotes.","findings":[{"id":"form-versus-ensemble","name":"Form versus ensemble","description":"Record whether the label identifies an expressive form, a troupe or a particular repertoire work.","questions":[{"text":"Does the source use murga for a performance form, a named ensemble or a specific production?","id":"form-versus-ensemble-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which related entities require separate identities and links?","id":"form-versus-ensemble-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"regional-recognition","name":"Regional recognition","description":"Ground classification in a named practice and evidence.","findings":[{"id":"tradition-evidence","name":"Tradition evidence","description":"Treat regional attribution as an evidenced claim, with room for hybrid or disputed classifications.","questions":[{"text":"Which locality and tradition do practitioners or reliable documentation associate with this material?","id":"tradition-evidence-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which musical, theatrical or movement conventions support that attribution?","id":"tradition-evidence-q02","kind":"definition"},{"text":"What evidence distinguishes this example from neighbouring carnival forms?","id":"tradition-evidence-q03","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"musical-and-embodied-language","name":"Musical and embodied language","description":"Describe the expressive relationships through which a murga example is realised.","layers":[{"id":"voices-and-percussion","name":"Voices and percussion","description":"Capture locally meaningful vocal and rhythmic roles.","findings":[{"id":"musical-role-configuration","name":"Musical role configuration","description":"Document chorus organisation, solo roles, percussion and named rhythms without prescribing a universal ensemble size.","questions":[{"text":"Which vocal parts and percussion roles are documented for this tradition and version?","id":"musical-role-configuration-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which rhythmic names and patterns do practitioners use, and where are they evidenced?","id":"musical-role-configuration-q02","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"How many simultaneous vocal parts and instrumental roles does this arrangement require?","id":"musical-role-configuration-q03","kind":"measurement"}]}]},{"id":"movement-and-visual-expression","name":"Movement and visual expression","description":"Represent choreography and visual signs as parts of expression.","findings":[{"id":"embodied-performance-cues","name":"Embodied performance cues","description":"Record how dance, gesture, costume and makeup contribute to a particular murga realisation.","questions":[{"text":"Which movements and visual motifs carry meanings that the music or text alone would omit?","id":"embodied-performance-cues-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which cues belong to the regional practice, the troupe's identity or this production alone?","id":"embodied-performance-cues-q02","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"What expressive changes would follow from adapting the material to a stationary stage or a moving procession?","id":"embodied-performance-cues-q03","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"repertoire-and-dramaturgy","name":"Repertoire and dramaturgy","description":"Represent the internal organisation and interpretive context of murga material.","layers":[{"id":"section-architecture","name":"Section architecture","description":"Identify locally named sections and their relationships.","findings":[{"id":"section-functions-and-order","name":"Section functions and order","description":"Record section labels, transitions and functions as documented for the selected tradition and work.","questions":[{"text":"What are the locally used names and functions of this work's sections?","id":"section-functions-and-order-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which sections or transitions must accompany an excerpt to preserve its intended meaning?","id":"section-functions-and-order-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"satire-and-context","name":"Satire and context","description":"Capture the evidence needed to interpret humour and commentary where present.","findings":[{"id":"performed-voices-and-references","name":"Performed voices and references","description":"Distinguish characters, parody and topical references from the positions or factual claims of identifiable creators.","questions":[{"text":"Who speaks or sings each passage, and what marks it as character speech, parody or direct address?","id":"performed-voices-and-references-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which dated events, idioms or public debates are needed to understand the passage?","id":"performed-voices-and-references-q02","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which interpretations remain uncertain because contemporary context or practitioner explanation is missing?","id":"performed-voices-and-references-q03","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"creation-and-version-lineage","name":"Creation and version lineage","description":"Trace creative contributions and changes in murga repertoire.","layers":[{"id":"contributions-and-borrowing","name":"Contributions and borrowing","description":"Identify who contributed each expressive component and its source material.","findings":[{"id":"text-music-and-staging-lineage","name":"Text, music and staging lineage","description":"Separate lyric writing, composition, arrangement, choreography and staging contributions, including documented borrowing.","questions":[{"text":"Who is credited for the lyrics, melodies, arrangements and staging, and by which source?","id":"text-music-and-staging-lineage-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which passages reuse or transform an earlier melody, lyric or routine?","id":"text-music-and-staging-lineage-q02","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Does a credit describe an individual contribution, collective authorship or an unresolved attribution?","id":"text-music-and-staging-lineage-q03","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"production-and-expression-identity","name":"Production and expression 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recordings distinct.","questions":[{"text":"Is the proposed action a live performance, lyric translation, musical adaptation, recording distribution or excerpt publication?","id":"performance-adaptation-and-recording-use-q01","kind":"action"},{"text":"Which documented permissions or restrictions apply to each component involved in that action?","id":"performance-adaptation-and-recording-use-q02","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What attribution and unresolved permission checks must accompany the proposed use?","id":"performance-adaptation-and-recording-use-q03","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"evidence-and-external-alignment","name":"Evidence and external alignment","description":"What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.","layers":[{"id":"reported-evidence","name":"Reported evidence","description":"Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-confidence-notes","name":"Check these 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hazards","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of murga this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-regional-variation","name":"Regional variation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of murga this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-regional-variation-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-neighbours","name":"Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of murga this model covers, and on what 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