Music Of Guatemala 1 / Var Music Of Guatemala 1 / Var CD

Produced and recorded by Jacques Jangoux. "The music presented in this album is typical of rural Guatemala. Most of the inhabitants of this area are Indians of Mayan descent, but almost everywhere in the Guatemalan countryside one can also find Ladinos: persons, of whatever descent, who speak Spanish in their homes and have adopted the Ladino way of life, which is mostly Spanish. It is not completely Spanish, however, because both the cultures of rural Guatemala are the result of the confrontation over several centuries of two very different civilizations, the indigenous Mayan, and the Western, introduced by the Spanish in the 16th century. Both cultures have borrowed traits from the other, and this is nowhere more evident than in their music, which is a mixture of European, Indian, and perhaps also African elements..." Jacques Jangoux.

1. Chirimia and Drum 2. Chirimia and Drum 3. Chirimia and Drum 4. Marimba and Clarinet 5. Marimba and Clarinet 6. Chirimia and Drum 7. Chirimia and Drum 8. Small Marimba 9. Whistling 10. Spanish Children's Song 11. Spanish Children's Song 12. Spanish Children's Song 13. Humming 14. Marimba 15. Marimba 16. Marimba 17. Marimba 18. Los Almendras (Ladino) 19. Adios Juanita (Ladino) 20. Indian Song 21. Indian Song