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===Music and dance=== The [[Ball dels Cossiers]] is the island's traditional dance. It is believed to have been imported from Catalonia in the 13th or 14th century, after the [[Crown of Aragon|Aragonese]] conquest of the island under [[James I of Aragon|King Jaime I]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ritual made dance: the Ball dels Cossiers|url=http://www.illesbalears.travel/article/en/mallorca/ritual-made-dance-the-ball-dels-cossiers|website=Illes Balears|access-date=6 April 2018|archive-date=6 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406230949/http://www.illesbalears.travel/article/en/mallorca/ritual-made-dance-the-ball-dels-cossiers|url-status=live}}</ref> In the dance, three pairs of dancers, who are typically male, defend a "Lady," who is played by a man or a woman, from a [[demon]] or [[devil]]. Another Mallorcan dance is [[Correfoc]], an elaborate festival of dance and pyrotechnics that is also of Catalan origin. The island's folk music strongly resembles that of [[Catalonia]], and is centered around traditional instruments like the [[xeremies]] (bagpipe) and [[guitarra de canya]] (a reed or bone [[xylophone]]-like instrument suspended from the neck).<ref name=MyGuide>{{cite web|title=Traditional music and dance in Mallorca|url=https://www.myguidemallorca.com/regionalinfo/traditional-music-and-dance-in-mallorca|website=My Guide Mallorca|access-date=6 April 2018|date=9 September 2016|archive-date=1 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001090732/https://www.myguidemallorca.com/regionalinfo/traditional-music-and-dance-in-mallorca|url-status=live}}</ref> While folk music is still played and enjoyed by many on the island, a number of other musical traditions have become popular in Mallorca in the 21st century, including [[electronic dance music]], classical music, and [[jazz]], all of which have annual festivals on the island.<ref>{{cite web|title=Music Scene in Mallorca|url=https://www.seemallorca.com/music/guide|website=See Majorca|access-date=6 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626221158/https://www.seemallorca.com/music/guide|archive-date=26 June 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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