Music of Guatemala, Vol. 2 (1973) CD

"This item is part of the Folkways (Cook, or Paredon, or Monitor) archives. The original liner notes from the LP are included."

"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 form the other, and this is nowhere more evident than in their music, which is a mixture of European, Indian, and perhaps also African elements..."


"La música que se presenta en este álbum es típica de la Guatemala rural. Muchos de los habitantes de esta área son indios descendientes de los Mayas, pero también se pueden encontrar "ladinos" casi en todo el país rural guatemalteco, es decir, personas de diversos orígenes étnicos que hablan castellano en sus casas y han adoptado las costumbres ladinas, principalmente españolas. No completamente, porque ambas culturas de la Guatemala rural son el resultado de una confrontación de varios siglos entre civilizaciones muy diferentes, la Maya y la occidental, introducida por los españoles en el siglo XVI. Ambas culturas han tomado algunos rasgos de la otra, y esto no puede ser más evidente en ningún otro sitio que es su música, que es una mezcla de elementos europeos, indígenas y quizá también africanos..."

Jacques Jangoux


     101      Pito, Chirimia and Big Drum in Procession      Ixil Indian musicians      2:38     
     102     Two Old Men Singing in Procession     Ixil Indians - two old men     1:48    
     103     Marimba     Indian musicians from Nabaj     1:51    
     104     Two Marimbas from Near Aguacatan     Ixil musicians from Nebaj     2:06    
     105     Marimba of the Baile Vaquero - Baile del Torito     Ixil musicians from Nebaj     1:08    
     106     Marimba of the Baile Vaquero - Baile del Torito     Ixil musicians from Nebaj     1:36    
     107     Ladino Musicians from Cotzal ing Marimba     Ladino musicians     3:16    
     108     Drum and Pito, No. 1     Ixil musicians from Nebaj     2:09    
     109     Drum and Pito, No. 2     Ixil musicians from Nebaj     2:08    
     110     Bells of the Church during Procession     n/a     1:51    
     201     Violin and Guitar at Market, Restaurants and Bars     Chuj Indian musicians     1:52    
     202     Violin and Guitar at Market, Restaurants and Bars     Chuj Indian musicians     2:25    
     203     Violin and Guitar at Market, Restaurants and Bars     Chuj Indian musicians     2:07    
     204     Violin and Guitar at Market, Restaurants and Bars     Chuj Indian musicians     1:49    
     205     Marimba, ed by Three Musicians at a Bar     3 Chuj Indian musicians     1:45    
     206     Marimba, ed by Three Musicians at a Bar     3 Chuj Indian musicians     2:05    
     207     Marimba, ed by Three Musicians at a Bar     3 Chuj Indian musicians     2:06    
     208     Old Woman Praying in the Church     Female singer     0:55    
     209     Drunk Woman Singing at a Bar     Female singer     1:15    
     210     Two Marimbas ing at Church     4+3 musicians     2:20    
     211     Drum and Chirimia     Chuj musicians from San Mateo Ixtatan     2:46