Maya-Quiches Guatemala / Var Maya-Quiches Guatemala / Var CD

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 it's name from the tall baskets worn by the dancers.

1. Rabinal Achi: A)Son Del Quiche Achi/B)Son Del Rabinal Achi 2. 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 Ni?O, El Viejo y El Quetzal (Music for the Child, the Old Man, and the Quetzal Bird) 3. Finale Del Baile de Las Canastas - Finale of the Dance of the Baskets 4. 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 5. Baile Del Venado (Deer Dance): A-D) Sones Para El Baile Del Venado 6. Son de Cuaresma - Music for Lent 7. Not Listed 8. 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) 9. Baile de Ajitz: Son de Ajitz, Son de Pepe 10. Baile de la Conquista - Dance of the Conquest: Son de Pedro Cartocarrero (1) / Son de Santa Maria (2) (Medley) 11. 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) 12. Ladino Marimba Music: Indio Viviente - Living Indian / Son de Chorchita - Music for for Chorchita / Son de Virgilia - Music Virgil (Medley) 13. Son de San Gaspar - Music for Saint Gaspar