The state of Chiapas will be present in the program Mexico: 30 Years of Indigenous Rock through the event Bats’i Fest (True Party), which will take place on August 15 and 16, in Zinacantán and Chamula.
In a press conference in which Angélica Altuzar Constantino and Cicerón Aguilar Acevedo, general director and coordinator of Artistic Promotion of the State Council for Cultures and Arts of Chiapas (Coneculta), participated virtually, they emphasized that they join together, in synergy, to show and make visible the presence of native languages in the different musical genres.
When taking the floor, Altuzar Constantino said: “Chiapas is a state that for three decades has been a bridge with the hearts of Mexico, spreading its song and treasuring the word of its ancestors. This goes back to the founding of the first indigenous Tsotsil rock group, Sak Tzevul, in 1996, created by the Martínez brothers.”
Meanwhile, Cicerón Aguilar emphasized that these 30 years have been a musical construction. For this reason, Coneculta will be present at this celebration with activities such as conferences, and with the publication of a book that compiles the lyrics of the groups Sak Tzevul and Hamac Caziim, a rock band originating from the Comca’ac people (also known as Seris), which was formed in 1995 with the authorization of the Council of Elders of Sonora. “We will send the message that all cultures are important to us, indigenous or non-indigenous. We will highlight the diversity of Mexico; the north and the south will unite through intercultural rock and linguistic diversity,” he declared.
It is worth noting that this musical movement, considered Mexico’s heritage, arose from the celebration of the founding of Sak Tzevul and Hamac Caziim, groups that paved the way for the performance and dissemination of mother tongues through musical styles.
The officials thanked Diana Reyes, from Colegio de Sonora, for her participation in weaving linguistic and sound networks, and for painting the map of Mexico with the colors of the mother tongues. Aguascalientes, Baja California, Chiapas, Mexico City, Coahuila, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Sonora and Tamaulipas, and countries such as Guatemala, Costa Rica and El Salvador have joined Mexico: 30 years of Indigenous Rock.
The poster, illustrated by the Chiapas artist Licha Matita, concentrates four fundamental moments of the celebration, merging the cosmogonies of the Seris of Sonora and the Tsotsiles of Zinacantán, Chiapas.
Source: cuartopoder
