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112 results where found for «Today Was Visitors’ Day»
- Music piece by:Sergio Vesely
- Testimony by:Sergio Vesely
- Experience in:Cárcel de Valparaíso, 1976
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- « Visitors’ day was an exceptional day that broke the monotonous routine of all the other days of the week. »
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- « Today Was Visitors’ Day »
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- Music piece by:Manuel M. Ponce
- Testimony by:Beatriz Bataszew Contreras
- Experience in:Campamento de Prisioneros, Tres Álamos, December 1974 - May 1976
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- « To every comrade who had a birthday, we would sing 'Las mañanitas' and we would give them presents. The majority of the female prisoners would come together and sing to you. I spent one birthday in prison. Birthdays were important for everyone because we were alive. Because you have a birthday when you’re alive. »
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- « today being your saint's day »
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- Music piece by:Los Prisioneros
- Testimony by:Eduardo Andrés Arancibia Ortiz
- Experience in:Cárcel de Santiago, 1986
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- « I learnt about Los Prisioneros through the 'Hecho en Chile' programme on Radio Galaxia, presented by
Sergio 'Pirincho' Cárcamo . Their music became our trench and musical poetry, like all other forms of struggles against dictatorship. »- [...]
- « During a family visit, my 13-year old little brother told me that Los Prisioneros had rebel blood. This bout of affection, my brother, is what guides me to this day. Los Prisioneros were, are and always will be bearers of the struggles of mankind. Yesterday, today and tomorrow. »
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- Music piece by:Sergio Vesely
- Testimony by:Sergio Vesely
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- « This song, written in my cell at the Puchuncaví Prison Camp, speaks to a friend and fellow prisoner; it could be any one of the thousands behind bars. »
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- « The lyrics contain metaphors that might be difficult to understand today because they constitute a cryptic language that prisoners used to communicate with each other. Here are a few explanations: »
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- Music piece by:Antônio Marcos. Popularised in Chile by Claudio Reyes
- Testimony by:Carolina Videla
- Experience in:Cárcel Pública de Arica, January 1989
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- « My prison term happened during the last year of the dictatorship after the No vote won. I was set free because of 'lack of evidence', after a year and a half in prison. »
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- « and today I understand »
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- Music piece by:Joan Manuel Serrat
- Testimony by:Beatriz Bataszew Contreras
- Experience in:Campamento de Prisioneros, Tres Álamos, December 1974 - May 1976
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- « Tres Álamos was a more 'normal' camp, even though we never had a trial. There was a lot of music, it was sort of ritualistic. »
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- « today I search in the sand »
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Prayer So You Don't Forget Me (Oración para que no me olvides)
- Music piece by:Óscar Castro (words) and Ariel Arancibia González (music)
- Testimony by:Rosalía Martínez
- Experience in:Campamento de Prisioneros Cuatro Álamos, November - December 1974
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- « When Katia Chornik contacted me a few years ago asking me to provide my testimony about my musical experience in prison, I thought I didn’t have much to say. »
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- « The memory of this song, which I do not want to forget but can never bring myself to sing, will forever remain with the surviving prisoners of cell 3. Remembering this song today is a way of keeping that family alive, and that’s why I think this project is so important. »
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- Music piece by:Attributed to Charles Albert Tindley
- Testimony by:Héctor Salgado
- Experience in:Cárcel de Concepción / Cárcel El Manzano, December 1974
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- « I would like to add, to the testimony of Alfonso Padilla, a picture of the musical group that performed the
Joan Baez song, 'We Shall Overcome'. This group was formed and led by Alfonso Padilla during his time in prison. I was one of the first guitar students of Padilla. »- [...]
- « we are not afraid today »
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- Music piece by:Nydia Caro and Ricardo Ceratto
- Testimony by:Ángeles Álvarez Cárdenas
- Experience in:Villa Grimaldi, 6 - 15 January 1975
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- « At that time, many prisoners were subjected to extreme torture in the interrogations. Some managed to get through those processes alright, while others broke down. »
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- « Today I Sing Just for the Sake of Singing »
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- Music piece by:Nydia Caro and Ricardo Ceratto
- Testimony by:Beatriz Bataszew Contreras
- Experience in:Calle Irán Nº 3037 / Venda Sexy / La Discotheque, 12 - 18 December 1974
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- « I have never been a great music listener. Nevertheless, before the coup I used to listen to
Nueva Canción , especially Quilapayún and Rolando Alarcón. I also liked cumbias, to fool around. We would dance and have fun. »- [...]
- « There was a lot of music at Venda, and very loud too. For me this was noise, except for one song that is engraved in my mind; it’s by Nydia Caro: 'Hoy canto por cantar' (Today I sing just for the sake of singing). »
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- « I have never been a great music listener. Nevertheless, before the coup I used to listen to
- « I would like to add, to the testimony of Alfonso Padilla, a picture of the musical group that performed the
- « I learnt about Los Prisioneros through the 'Hecho en Chile' programme on Radio Galaxia, presented by