Meet (if you haven’t already) Huichol Muscial, five chamacos from Nayarit who play completely unplugged music using traditional Huichol instrumentation. Y hasta cantan en su idioma (see YouTube for the “Cusinela” video, which I could not find an embedding code for). In the interview below, HM gives props to las cusinelas – las mujeres - for the work that they do. And in the new video – “Que Feo Se Siente” - they hold it down for life on the rancho.
Que feo se siente, / How bad it feels
Ya se está secando el rancho, / The rancho is drying up
Las vacas ya no dan leche / The cows have no more milk
Las gallinas no dan huevos / The chickens don’t lay anymore eggs
No hay chamba para la gente. / There is not work for the people
Que feo se siente, que feo se siente / How bad it feels, how bad it feels
Antes llenabas la traj / Before you could fill the trailer
Con maíz y con frijol / With corn and beans
Ahora está llena de olotes / Now it’s full of corn cobs
Fue lo que la milpa dio / That’s all that the cornfield gave…
If you haven’t done so already today, take a moment to honor your ancestors and commit at least one good anti-colonial act of resistance.
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