The delegations from Antioquia, Cundinamarca, and Nariño were received amidst applause, and together with guest countries such as Mexico, Honduras, Panama, Peru, and Poland, they filled the José Eustasio Rivera Convention Center with music and folklore.
Locals and visitors gathered on the night of this Thursday, June 27, at the José Eustasio Rivera Convention Center in Neiva, to enjoy the Latin American Folk Music Meeting, which brought together 8 groups from 6 countries, who with their chords flooded this space with emotion. important stage.
In Colombia, the School of Traditional Music of the Mayor’s Office of Bojacá Cundinamarca, the Quintet Fusion Musical, from the department of Antioquia, were present; Herencia Tumaqueña, from the department of Nariño, who alternated with the group Centinelas del Norte, from Mexico; the National Traditional and Folk Music Company of Honduras, the Delegation of Panama, the Musical Group Herencias del Perú, and the Delegation of Poland as a guest country.
The opening of this Latin American folk music meeting was led by the Polish delegation, who with impeccable costumes, deep and high voices, and a unique style, infected the public with their songs in the rhythm of polkas and polonesas.
Likewise, to the rhythm of cumbias, delegations from Peru and Panama made those attending this great stage dance, while Herencia Tumaqueña from Nariño, lit up the public with rhythms from the Colombian Pacific, where drums, flutes, and marimbas accompanied lyrics. unique like the birimbí, arrechera, and look how beautiful it is coming down.
In its own style, the Honduran delegation made the audience dance with songs from their folklore like a mi honduras, honduras, beautiful land, play it, which, accompanied by the fresh voice of a young woman, delighted those present.
For its part, Mexico enchanted the public with romantic songs from regional Mexican music, as well as established hits from Los Tigres del Norte, Marco Antonio Solís, and the group Frontera, among other prominent artists from the country of the manitos.
In turn, the School of Traditional Music of the Mayor’s Office of Bojacá Cundinamarca, to the rhythm of tiple, requinto and bandola, recalled songs from Cundiboyacense music that today have become the identity of the Colombian people, like the greedy cat, long live the boyfriends, old town, among others.
The Quinteto Fusión Musical, from the department of Antioquia, had the honor of closing this cozy event after midnight, performing songs such as aires de mi tierra, parranda campesina, Hecho en Medellín, among other songs with Colombian musical airs.
Without a doubt, this is a musical event full of joy, brotherhood and unity of the Latin American peoples, which is worth not only sustaining, but strengthening as a display of true cultural wealth.
