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Volver volver
I’m back after a little medical absence.
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Posted: June 5th, 2008 under music.
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Maya temples
If figures somehow that Sun Ra would have done a tune called Mayan Temples. Far out?
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According to Queensland University researcher Rosemary Goodall and her colleagues who have been…National Geographic’s Maya Feature
THE STRANGER ARRIVED as the dry season began to harden the jungle paths, allowing armies to pass. …Friday RoundupSurfing Mesoamerica
Satellites [...]
Posted: April 21st, 2008 under music.
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La Maldicion de Malinche
Amparo Ochoa’s take on Mexican history.
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Posted: March 11th, 2008 under history, music.
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Another Andy Palacio video
Conceivably Related PostsAndy PalacioI got a CD by Garifuna artist Andy Palacio for Christmas.
Friday RoundupA week of travel through virtual Mesoamerica
Yucatan Living - Yucatan Living Reader’s Choices …The Garifuna JourneyThis 45-minute video, shot entirely in Belize, presents an overview of the history of Garifuna peopl…Friday RoundupMaximon
Posted: January 10th, 2008 under belize, music.
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Andy Palacio
I got a CD by Garifuna artist Andy Palacio for Christmas.
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Yucatan Living - Yucatan Living Reader’s Choices …Another Andy Palacio videoMaximon
According to luisfi61.blogspot.com, this is a fellow named Andy ( a professor of law and econom…Museums in Merida
Posted: January 8th, 2008 under music.
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Por que no te callas?
This song is going viral in many parts of the Spanish-speaking world.
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Posted: November 20th, 2007 under music, politics.
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Zacatenango
Thanks to Rudy of La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo for pointing out “Zacatenango” by Francis Dávila, part of a compilation of electronic music from Guatemala. The compilation can be downloaded here.
The image was taken in Antigua in December 2001.
Here’s “Zacatenango”:
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Bonus: another chicken bus photo
Posted: August 1st, 2007 under highlands, music.
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Song clips from the “golden age” of Mexican popular music
Xeni Jardin has posted a great list of classic Mexican tunes (”YouTubes to Make Your Mexican Grandmother Cry“). Well worth checking out.
Conceivably Related PostsGráficas Políticas: Mexican Prints, 1900—1950An exhibition of Mexican prints is showing at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, through January 13. …Maya Architecture and the Golden Mean
Mathematicians define the golden section as [...]
Posted: June 10th, 2007 under music.
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Cumbia del Mole
Here’s another music video from contemporary Mesoamerica. The singer, Lila Downs, is of Mixteca descent on her mother’s side (Mixtecs are a people of Oaxaca).
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Posted: May 23rd, 2007 under music.
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Penguins in Bed
The Guatemalan singer Ricardo Arjona is accompanied by Angentian model Chenoa in this video version of his hit Pinguinos en la cama.
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Posted: May 20th, 2007 under music.
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