Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Macarena is an aspect of the Virgin Mary worshipped in Andalusia, Spain. Macarena is a song by Los del Río and is partially sung in English and Spanish. Originally released in 1993, it became a worldwide hit in the summer of 1996. It was associated with a distinctive fast dance. The song originally had no dance, until a Venezuelan Flamenco instructor created it for her class to dance to, and it eventually caught on with the rest of the world. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.