Our traditions

I think that it is an important discussion. To me it is obviously, we must to listening typical music. Why? Because is the only season when we can learn about our country, their typical music, instrument and culture. You know, I like Rock and other branch of metal music, but in this season we need open our minds. We have a lot of typical music, because our country is narrow but very long, so we have several ethnographic tribes and they represent the traditions of our forefathers.

In the south we have polka, Cueca and Chilote music. In the north we have Andina music; moreover we have the Pascuense music. You can see that our country have a lot of traditions, for this reason we need to cultivate and learn about our customs.

The Cueca lyrics are very funny, I loved “El Guaton Loyola” and I enjoy when a listening the polka “El Sacristan”. As example, last week I saw a “Charango” performer, His name is Freddy Torrealba and he won the Altazor Prize. He plays an instrumental song of Victor Jara called “La Partida”. It was amazing; I never believe that this instrument could do it. He was a perfect presentation and I learn about a new instrument, moreover I discover through this performer the music of Victor Jara. Torrealba was born in Santiago de Chile in 1966 and he was playing since he had three years old. He played in several Folk groups.