JOTA (pronounced Hota, with a strong guttural aspirate). One of the most characteristic of the North Spanish national dances. It is a kind of waltz, always in three-time, but with much more freedom in the dancing than is customary in waltzes. ‘It is danced,
’ says a Major Campion, ‘traveller, ‘On Foot in Spain,
’ 1879, p. 157.in couples, each pair being quite independent of the rest. The respective partners face each other; the guitar twangs, the spectators accompany,...
