Cantos Cautivos
63 results where found for «La golondrina del valle»
- Music piece by:Sergio Vesely
- Testimony by:Sergio Vesely
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- « One of the most amazing experiences I had during my six months in the Puchuncaví Prison Camp was to see the metamorphosis of the barbed wire fence into a huge musical score. »
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- « La golondrina del valle »
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- Music piece by:Violeta Parra
- Testimony by:María Cecilia Marchant Rubilar
- Experience in:Cárcel de Mujeres Buen Pastor, La Serena, September 1973 - January 1974
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- « We sang songs that were popular at the time. We’d sing 'What will the Holy Father say', especially the part that says 'What will the Holy Father who lives in Rome say ... they are slitting the throat of his dove...' quite often, for example when someone was taken off to Regimiento Arica, which was a torture centre. »
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- « We would also sing 'La golondrina' (The swallow), which was very symbolic, because even though we were imprisoned, we could 'fly', our thoughts soaring beyond the prison walls. »
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- Music piece by:lyrics: collective creation; music: 'Jálame la pitita' by Luis Abanto Morales (Peruvian polka)
- Testimony by:Lucía Chirinos
- Experience in:Cárcel de Mujeres Buen Pastor, La Serena, October 1973 - April 1974
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- « Let’s get going, would say “the lizards”, as we called the policemen, because they dress all in green. »
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- « The political prisoners would sing 'La Golondrina' in two voices. Valentina would sing the solo and we would produce a kind of murmur. We entertained ourselves with this. For Christmas, the nuns sent us an omelette and we sent a brick in return. You had to make a speech and sing. I sang 'Alfonsina y el mar'. »
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Recinto: Cárcel de Vallenar- There are no testimonies about this detention centre.
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Recinto: Comisaría de Carabineros, Vallenar- There are no testimonies about this detention centre.
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- Music piece by:Violeta Parra
- Testimony by:Ernesto Parra Navarrete
- Experience in:Campamento de Prisioneros, Estadio Nacional, 9 November 1973
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- « Run Run... On the big pitch, mild summer weather was in the air. »
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- « near Vallenar »
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- Music piece by:Víctor Jara
- Testimony by:Joaquín Vallejos
- Experience in:Academia de Guerra Naval, January 1974
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- « I was arrested at home together with a childhood friend who they’d gone to pick up first. My family thought he’d stitched me up, which was not true. »
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- « Joaquín Vallejos »
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A Finger-Picked Cueca from a Solidary Companion (Cueca punteada de un solidario)
- Music piece by:Sergio Vesely
- Testimony by:Sergio Vesely
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- « It is true that the hard experience of torture and prison unified us and at times even generated strong ties of friendship among the prisoners. »
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- « drew valleys and rivers. »
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- Music piece by:Violeta Parra
- Testimony by:Felipe Chiang Martínez
- Experience in:Regimiento de Infantería Motorizada Nº 23, Copiapó, October-December 1973
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- « I was born in Vallenar, but I have lived in Copiapó practically all my life. At the age of 18, I started working in the mines and also began my political activity. »
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- Music piece by:Sergio Vesely
- Testimony by:Sergio Vesely
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- « 'Ñaca-ñaca' was an interjection we used at Camp Melinka whenever we wanted to signal and poke fun at any dark thought that might cross our minds. That may be why it seemed the ideal name to give to the paper maché puppet that played the role of the mean king in the puppet stories we performed to entertain the children who came to visit their captive fathers. »
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- « In the hills and valleys of that territory »
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