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The Michigan Daily
Thursday, October 18, 1984
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Angel performance
By Laura Bischoff
W HILE THE TIGERS were win-
ning the World Series Sunday
night, Angel Parra began his concert in
the Ark. Students, members of Ann Ar-
bor's Latin American Community, and
others packed into the Ark to listen to
the famous Chilean folklore singer.
Angel Parra, now 40, began playing
the guitar at age 14 and toured Chile
with his family's musical group in a
traveling circus. Since then he has had
rich experiences in music and culture,
much of which he learned from his
mother, the well known Violeta Parra.
Violeta Parra is considered the
mother of the New Song Movement in
Latin America which is a cultural
movement aimed at reviving
traditional music and art and gaining
political and economic freedom for the
people. The Latin American people are
searching for their own cultural iden-
tity. They want to be able to express
themselves through their own music,
art, and poetry rather than being over-
whelmed by European and American
cultural influences.
Also the people want political and
economic control and freedom rather
than living under dictators and having
a few enjoy the benefits and profits of
their land and labors.
Currently Angel Parra lives in Paris
because the Chilean military junta has
declared him to be in "perpetual exile."
Since 1977 when he left his country,
Angel has been on numerous world
tours singing about the movement.
His concert was absolutely fantastic.
The energy and emotion with which he
sang and played the guitar conveyed
beauty, a cry for peace, and the feelings
of a man who is prohibited from ever
returning to his homeland.
He sang about other members of the
movement in "Simon Bolivar" and "El
Poeta Frente al Mar" and the unity
they have within the movement. And
the two songs that explicitly describe
the desire for peace and freedom were
"Cancion por la Paz" (Song for Peace)
and "La Libertad" (The Freedom). In
"La Libertad" Angel sang, You are
freedom, it is your eyes and your
hair; it is the nourishment of the
children, it is where people identify
with one another, it is to be able to
say good morning friend. . it is
never be able to say that freedom
has died.
"La Carta" (The Letter) was written
in 1961 by Angel's mother, Violeta,
when she received a letter while in
France informing her that her brother
had been arrested for the crime of
thinking and then tortured. The last
verse says, This letter is telling me,
that in my country, there is no
justice. They hungry ask for bread
and the army responds with bullets.
The two other songs by Violeta Parra
that Angel sang were: "Arriba
Quemando el Sol" which is about the
difficulties of the miners' lives in the
beautiful, rich Northern part of Chile,
and "Volver a 17" which reflects upon
the idea of returning to the tender and
innocent age of 17 and experiencing
love for the first time.
The emotion with which he sang
"Valpariso en la Noche" about his bir-
thplace seemed to illustrate the pain of
exile. Imagine the agony of not being
allowed to return to the city you love
and identify with.
Angel Parra also sang "Taita
Atlhualpa" honoring an old folklorist
who taught Angel "how to be strong,
and suffer pain in silence, but also to
keep open to love, and have honesty in
my heart." "La Senora Arana" was
dedicated to his five year old niece. In
the song the uncle explains to the niece
about spiders. He concluded with "al
Puerto de Valparaiso" which needed no
introduction for many people in the
audience who clapped and sang along to
the well known Chilean song.
Monday afternoon Angel Parra con-
ducted an informal workshop on the t
New Song Movement. In East Quad the
singer talked about his backround, his
mother, and the importance, extent,
and purpose of the growing movement.
He entertained questions regarding his
music and the New Song. Essentially
he commented that they are trying to
secure their own cultural identity and
struggling against the political and
economic injustices in his country.
Although the movement began in
Chile it has spread throughout Latin
America. The economic, political, and
social conditions are unsatisfactory to
the people and the resistance to these
conditions is spreading. The Master of
Ceremonies at the concert, Tamara
Williams, a Teaching Assistant in the
Residential College, read from the
notes Angel had given her.
Dance Theater
Dance Theater 2 i t .unces its first wave of performances at the Performance Network. The group will be presenting
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