Mexican Music: Costa Chica |
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The Costa Chica runs for sevreral
hundred kilometers along the Pacific east and
south of Acapulco, Guerrero to Puerto Angel,
Oaxaca. It is home to Mexico's Afro-Mexican
population and their rich musical heritage.
Here talented musicians perform the region's
traditional music, Son Chilena. A few
musicians still perform Son de Artesa, where
dancers pound out the rhythms with their feet
on a hollowed trunk of a parota tree
accompanied by a musical trio.
The following videos provide a sampling of the cultural richness of the region. |
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Silvestre
Tuburcio Noyola Silvestre Tuburcio Noyola, known as Don Bucho performs in his home in San Nicolás Tolentino, Guerrero. |
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| Efrén Mayren Efrén Mayren perfoms a song he composed for Barak Obama and performed at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C. |
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| Jorge Añorve, Martín Laguna, and
Martín Laguna Jr. Jorge Añorve, accompanied by Martín Laguna and his son Martín, sings a pean to their home of Cuajinicualapa, Guerrero. |
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