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"Pajarillo" by Grupo Cimarrón (Recio-Style Singing)
While women in
música llanera (plains music) have traditionally been encouraged to sing songs with emotional or romantic themes, Veydó is one of the few female singers that follow the
recio (robust, coarse) style of singing usually associated with the male voice. Considered one of the most archaic forms of the Colombian plains
joropo, the
pajarillo type of
golpe is the archetypical framework for
recio-style singing. The lyrics usually allude to the singer's pride in their culture and homeland and in working with the earth.