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Songs of resistance : from the Ixil region of Guatemala.
LIBRA Ixil 1868 CD
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Language:
- English
- Mayan languages
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Comunidades de Población en Resistencia (Guatemala)--Songs and music.
- Comunidades de Población en Resistencia (Guatemala).
- Guatemala--History--Civil War, 1960-1996--Songs and music.
- Guatemala.
- Ixil Indians--Music.
- Ixil Indians.
- Indians of Central America--Guatemala--Music.
- Indians of Central America.
- Genre:
- Protest songs.
- Folk music.
- Sound recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- [Guatemala] : Ixil.org, [2005]
- Language Note:
- Sung in Spanish; sixth work in the Mayan language of Ixil.
- System Details:
- digital
- optical
- 1.4 m/s
- audio file
- CD audio
- Contents:
- Puro guatemalteco = Pure Guatemalan (3:14)
- Son Ixil de violin (with statement) = Ixil violin "son" (3:54)
- Los mártires del 31 de enero = The martyrs of January 31 (3:46)
- Las cien flores = The hundred flowers (5:32)
- Los mártires del Cocop = The martyrs of Cocop (3:31)
- EQ'ONTETZ IVT = The martyrs of Cocop (sung in Ixil) (3:53)
- Es imposible = It is impossible (4:06)
- Campesino (4:29)
- Amanecer en la sierra = Dawn in the mountains (5:14)
- La resistencia = The resistance (3:08)
- El explotado = The exploited (1:37)
- Dos cosas = Two things (2:32)
- La organización de la mujer = The organization of women (3:48)
- Son de Nebaj = The "son" of Nebaj (4:56)
- Soñamos en la paz = We dream of peace (2:59)
- Los mártires del Cocop (reprise) = The martyrs of Cocop (:45).
- Participant:
- Los Artisticos del Pueblo Ixil.
- Notes:
- Chiefly songs of the indigenous Maya, written from their experiences in the Guatemalan civil war (1960-1996); the first two works are traditional instrumental pieces, the second piece including a spoken statement from the performers on the music and their motivations for performing these songs.
- Recorded on site in Nebaj, Guatemala in 2005.
- Notes in English and song texts in Spanish and Ixil with English translations inserted in container (28 unnumbered pages).
- Title from container.
- OCLC:
- 1394019685
- Publisher Number:
- 789577303928
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