%0 artículo original %A Chen Sham, Jorge %D 2012 %G spa %T El baile y la música populares como espacio de formación en Virgilio Mora: algunos ejemplos de La distancia del último adiós. %U https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/filyling/article/view/1276 %X This work investigates two relationships of La distancia del último adiós (1995), “Figueredo” and “Excelente para la piel” in which the Costa Rican Virgilio Mora skillfully develops the meaning that is represented by the dance and popular music in the development of the identity of the individual. He evaluates the value of these socialization practices in as much as rites of passage or initiation of his protagonists in that the significance of the experience is a fundamental one in the constitution and development of the individuals.