El Charanguero : Jaime Torres, the charango player /
An intimate portrait of Jaime Torres, the world's foremost performer on the charango, a small stringed instrument created by the Andean Indians of South America. This is a rare inside view of the traditional music and rituals (including a ritual to Pachamama, Mother Earth) of the Indians of the...
| Other Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English Spanish |
| Language Notes: | In English and Spanish, Spanish dialogue with English subtitles. |
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Montpelier, VT :
Multicultural Media,
1994.
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| Series: | Academic Video Online
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | An intimate portrait of Jaime Torres, the world's foremost performer on the charango, a small stringed instrument created by the Andean Indians of South America. This is a rare inside view of the traditional music and rituals (including a ritual to Pachamama, Mother Earth) of the Indians of the Quebrada, a mountainous region of northern Argentina that was the southernmost part of the Inca empire. The film also contains dramatic concert footage, Jaime's band in practice, scenes from a Bolivian neighborhood in Buenos Aires, the dancing of a chacarera, as well as Jaime talking about his music, his culture and his life. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed July 11, 2018). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (56 min.) |
| Playing Time: | 00:55:53 |