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	Male Tzotzil singers, guitarist, harpist	02:32
103	Tzotzil: Fiesta Song	Tzotzil trumpet and reed-flute players, drummer	01:49
104	Tzotzil: Song for Saint Peter	The fiscal of the town of Chamula and his wife	01:25
105	Yaqui - Pascola Dance (1)	Yaqui harpist, violinists	02:24
106	Yaqui - Pascola Dance (2)	Yaqui harpist, violinists	02:07
201	Yaqui - Pascola Dance (3)	Yaqui musician simultaneously playing flute and drum	01:54
202	Yaqui - Deer Dance	Male Yaqui singers with rasping sticks and water drum	02:24
203	Huichol - Peyote Dance	Peyote cult shaman, two male singers, participants	02:24
204	Huichol - Squash Dance	Huichol singers, drummer	02:14
205	Seri - Religious Song	Male Seri singer	01:15
206	Cora - Harvest Chant (1)	Cora shaman with mitote	01:43
207	Cora - Harvest Chant (2)	Cora shaman with mitote	01:09