Indian Music of Mexico

"The Indians of Mexico were conquered by Spaniards in the 16th century and have now been living and mixing with these ‘alien’ people for over 400 years. Because they originally existed in very large numbers, they were not submerged and destroyed as were many of the Indian tribes of the United States, and Indian blood exists in large proportions in the present Mexican population. Indian culture, on the other hand, has largely disappeared..."

Henrietta Yurchenco


"Los pueblos indígenas de México fueron conquistados por los españoles en el siglo XVI y han estado interactuando y mezclándose con estos ‘extranjeros’ por más de 400 años. Dado que originalmente eran pueblos numerosos, no fueron aplastados y destruidos, como fue el destino de muchas tribus indígenas en los Estados Unidos, y la sangre indígena persiste todavía en grandes proporciones en la población mexicana. La cultura indígena, no obstante, en gran medida ha desaparecido..."

Henrietta Yurchenco

Track Listing

101	Tzotzil: Fiesta Music Tzotzil harpist	01:23
102	Tzotzil: Bolonchon Tzotzil male singers with guitar and harp	02:32
103	Tzotzil: Fiesta Song Processional ensemble featuring trumpet, flute, and drum	01:49
104	Tzotzil: Song for Saint Peter The town fiscal and his wife, Chamula, Chiapas	01:25
105	Yaqui: Pascola Dance (1) Yaqui harpist and violinists	02:24
106	Yaqui: Pascola Dance (2) Yaqui harpist and violinists	02:07
201	Yaqui: Pascola Dance (3) Yaqui man playing flute and drum simultaneously	01:54
202	Yaqui: Deer Dance Yaqui male singer with notched rasping stick, water drum	02:24
203	Huichol: Peyote Dance Wixárika (Huichol) shaman, two male singers, and ceremony participants	02:24
204	Huichol: Squash Dance Wixárika (Huichol) fiesta participants	02:14
205	Seri: Religious Song Comcaac (Seri) male singer, unaccompanied	01:15
206	Cora: Harvest Chant (1) Cora shaman with mitote (bow with gourd resonator)	01:43
207	Cora: Harvest Chant (2) Cora shaman with mitote (bow with gourd resonator)	01:09