Today's song: "La pericaguara"; Venezuelan traditional music

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The federal entity framed within the federal territory of Sucre State in Venezuela, is the result of a high syncretism and a dynamic cultural diversity. This piece of land in the east of the country shows us, at present, an interesting and significant musical universe that enriches its collective feeling and its daily dynamics. It is in this socio-historical-cultural evolution where we find the indigenous, European and African musical contributions that have merged to offer us that beautiful musical range that this federal entity called Sucre State possesses.

Despite the strong globalizing process of culture, the devaluation and the loss that is experienced today of some of the musical expressions in Venezuela, in Sucre the musical tradition is maintained, through a process of resistance, because it feeds on the constant inventiveness and the deep popular roots of its cultores.

With this brief introduction, we present today's song entitled * "La pericaguara": an oriental merengue by Víctor López. It is a very popular musical form in Venezuela. Its author, Victor Lopez is a musician and songwriter native population of Guaca, Bermúdez Municipality, composer and performer of different musical genres in this region. Polo, Malagueña, Merengue, Bagpipe, Punto, among others, as well as creator and teacher of oriental comparsas. Master of Popular Culture as well as Segundo Campos, who is a pillar in the execution and teaching of the Mandolin. Accompanied by Augusto Villarroel, teacher of generations in the execution of the Guitar, Julio Quijada in the Maracas and Roger Cabrera in the Bass. These talented Venezuelan musicians meet to sing the experiences, and the daily life of the oriental being.

This collection is part of the Discographic Work entitled Sucre, Music and Tradition (2002), which was conducted under the patronage of Fundapatrimoniosucre, with the support of the National Council of Culture (CONAC) and the Government of Sucre State, all State institutions Venezuelan. The work was musicalized, supervised and produced by this server who writes these lines (Estelio Padilla). All this Musical Production represents an enormous effort on the part of each one of us who are committed to promote and spread our Venezuelan culture. This is how, on this occasion, a part of the collection that brings together the emblematic musical instruments and genres of our tradition is shown, seeking to reaffirm the value of our musical expressions and their popular cultores, thus demonstrating the immense creative potential of the people of the State Sucre.

Estelio Padilla

Title of the Musical Production: Venezuelan traditional music. The legacy of the living Cultural Patrimonies
Track # 3
Title of the song: "La pericaguara".
Author: Víctor López
Musical Genre: Oriental Merengue
Interpreter: Víctor López
Mandolin: Second Fields
Cuatro: Víctor López
Guitar: Augusto Villarroel
Maracas: Julio Quijada
Bass: Roger Cabrera.
Production and Musical Supervision: Estelio Padilla

• The pericaguara is a food made from flour that is extracted from the layer of a tree whose scientific name is canna edulis. This food is very nutritious for children and the elderly and is consumed since time immemorial.

"The pericaguara"

When I was little
They gave me queen Zasá (bis)
And those who are born right now
Milk car for others (bis)

The boys of now
They are born with a bad head (bis)
Because they do not give her the tit
Neither pericaguara atol (bis)

Disposable diapers
Just born (bis)
And I got a rag
Pinned (bis)

The boys of now
They are born with a bad head (bis)
Because they do not give her the tit
Neither pericaguara atol (bis)

When I was little
They buzzed me for the floor (bis)
And right now they sleep in a crib
Smiling and faramalleros (bis)

The boys of now
They are born with a bad head (bis)
Because they do not give her the tit
Neither pericaguara atol (bis)

To learn the Primer
One was made to cry (bis)
And right now with your lunchbox
They are taken to pre-school (bis)

The boys of now
They are born with a bad head (bis)
Because they do not give her the tit
Neither pericaguara atol (bis)

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