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Music of the Maya-Quiches of Guatemala: The Rabinal Achi and Baile de las Canastas
Various Artists
FW04226
/ FE 4226
Produced and recorded by Henrietta Yurchenco.
Rabinal Achi is one of the few pre-Columbian literary works to survive the Conquest, a tragic story of epic proportions that, like other pre-Hispanic dramas, employed song, dance, mime, masks and declamation.
Baile de las Canastas (Dance of the Baskets) celebrates the change from a semi-nomadic hunters’ society to an agricultural civilization. Today it is performed as a series of set scenes using masks, dance, music, dialogue, and mime. The performance takes its name from the tall baskets worn by the dancers.
Producido y grabado por Henrietta Yurchenco. El Rabinal Achi es uno de los pocos textos literarios precolombinos que sobrevivió a la Conquista, una historia de proporciones épicas que, como otros dramas prehispánicos, emplea canciones, danza, mímica, máscaras y declamación.
El baile de las canastas, por su parte, celebra el cambio de una sociedad de cazadores seminómadas a una civilización basada en la agricultura. Está compuesto por una serie de escenas que emplean máscaras, música, danza, y diálogos. El baile toma su nombre de las canastas que usan en la cabeza los participantes.
Country(s)
Guatemala
Culture Group(s)
American Indian
Keyword(s)
American Indian
;
Animals
;
Dance
;
Drama
;
Fertility
;
Holiday
;
Instrumental music
;
Missionary music
;
Religious
;
Songs
;
Topical songs
;
World music
Instrument(s)
Adufe
;
Chirimia
;
Drum
;
Flute
;
Guitar
;
Marimba
;
Trumpet
;
Tun (Drum)
;
Turtle shell (Musical instrument)
Year of Recording
1978
Record Label
Folkways Records
Source Archive
Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Credits
Produced by Henrietta Yurchenco ; Recorded by Henrietta Yurchenco ; Design by Ronald Clyne
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101
Rabinal Achi: a)Son del Quiche Achi/b)Son del Rabinal Achi
P. Socub, E. Xolop, and G. Hernandez
5:40
102
Baile de las Canastas (Dance of the Baskets): a) Son del Rey Gaspar (Music for King Gaspar)/b) Son del Gorrion (Song of the Sparrow)/c) Son del Niño, el Viejo y el Quetzal (Music for the Child, the Old Man, and the Quetzal Bird)
C. Mendoza, B. Mendoza, and C. Rivera
4:24
103
Finale del Baile de las Canastas - Finale of the Dance of the Baskets
not listed
2:32
104
Flute Solos: a) Son del Rey Moro (Music for the King of the Moors)/b) Son del Amorate/c) Son para la Procession (Processional Music)/d) Descanso de los Santos (Resting Place of the Saints)/e) Entrada de la Imagen en la Cofradia (Entrance of the Saint into
M. Aj (a,b), M. Cuc (c,d,e)
6:51
105
Baile del Venado (Deer Dance): a-d) Sones para el Baile del Venado
A. Sicaltos and F. Alvarado
4:13
106
Son de Cuaresma - Music for Lent
C. Mendoza
1:41
107
not listed
Unknown
1:02
201
Baile de la Conquista - Dance of the Conquest: Son de Tecom Umam - King of the Quiches (1) / Son de Pedro Alvarado - The Conqueror of Guatemala (2) / Son de Zunun - Indian Noble (3) (medley)
D. Mantuj
4:15
202
Baile de Ajitz: Son de Ajitz, Son de Pepe
E. Garnica and B. Ziz
3:06
203
Baile de la Conquista - Dance of the Conquest: Son de Pedro Cartocarrero (1) / Son de Santa Maria (2) (medley)
L. and J. Ajanel
3:02
204
Indian Marimba - Baile de San Miguel (Dance for Saint Michael): a) Son del Segundo Capitan (Music for the Second Captain)/b) Son de Despedida (Farewell Music)/c) Son de San Miguel (Music for Saint Michael)
M. Calel
4:16
205
Ladino Marimba Music: Indio Viviente - Living Indian / Son de Chorchita - Music for for Chorchita / Son de Virgilia - Music Virgil (medley)
Marimba Band of Nebaj
6:26
206
Son de San Gaspar - Music for Saint Gaspar
M. Anay and P. del Barrio
2:00
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