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Recordings of the Mexican Independence Day celebrations (El Grito) at Benito Juarez Park

Date: 1985-09-15
Description: Three reel to reel tapes (also on C86-121, C86-122 and C86-123) Recordings of music performances at the El Grito, the performance kick-off for Mexican Independence Day. Familia Mora Arriaga plays ranchera and mariachi music. Quinto Poder plays cumbias, polkas, and corridos. While the event celebrated actually occurred on 16 September 1810, most Mexican American communties begin observations on the 15 September with an El Grito -- a celebration featuring parades, music, and dancing. The Metro-Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
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Recordings of the Mexican Independence Day celebrations (El Grito) at Benito Juarez Park

Music performances at the Mexican Independence festival

Date: 1985-09-15
Description: Eleven color slides. While the event celebrated actually occurred on 16 September 1810, most Mexican American communties begin observations on 15 September with an El Grito -- a celebration featuring parades, music, and dancing. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1985 and 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
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Music performances at the Mexican Independence festival

Mexican Independence Day celebrations (El Grito) at Benito Juarez Park

Date: 1985-09-15
Description: Forty color slides. Images of celebrations of Mexican Independence Day, including music (Mariachi Jalisco), parades, contests (tomato picking contest), and children break dancing. While the event celebrated actually occurred on 16 September 1810, most Mexican American communties begin observations on 15 September with an El Grito -- a celebration featuring parades, music, and dancing. The Metro-Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
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Mexican Independence Day celebrations (El Grito) at Benito Juarez Park

Mariachi Jalisco rehearsal and interview for the Miami-Dade Folklife Survey

Date: 1985-09-04
Description: Two audiotape reels copied onto audiocassette C86-120. Mariachi Jalisco is led by Rodriguez and featured Arellano (guitarrón mexicano), Martinez (vihuela mexicana), Lopez (trumpet), and Varel (trumpet).The group performs traditional Mariachi music from Mexico. Afterwards, a fieldworker interviews Rodriguez, Lopez, Varel, Martinez, and Arellano in Spanish.
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Mariachi Jalisco rehearsal and interview for the Miami-Dade Folklife Survey

Mariachi Jalisco practicing

Date: 1986-09-04
Description: Five color slides. Images are of a Mexican American mariachi band practicing in Francisco Rodriques' house. Mariachi bands, which began in the Mexican state of Jalisco, were often employed to play at special events. Full bands include trumpets, violins, and guitars. Recording of performance found on T86-76 and C86-120 in S 1576. The Metro-Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
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Mariachi Jalisco practicing

Images of the Mexican Independence Day celebration

Date: 1995-09-16
Description: One proof sheet with six black and white images. Images of the Mexican Independence Day celebration (celebrated 16 September). The Mexican American Music Survey was created to document the musical traditions of Florida's various Mexican-American communities: Apopka, South Dade County, Immokalee, the St. Johns River Basin, and Central Florida. Funded by a grant from the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Community Folklife Program, the survey was conducted between 1994 and 1996 by folklorist Robert Stone. Among the musical traditions were serenatas, conjunto, quinceanara ritual music, ranchera Michoacana, mariachi, norteno, Tejano, and pop music. At the end of the project, a sampler music tape was created by the Florida Folklife Program for distribution to various libraries.
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Images of the Mexican Independence Day celebration

Images of the Mexican Independence Day Celebration

Date: 1995-09-16
Description: 49 color slides. Images of the Mexican Independence Day celebration (celebrated 16 September). The Mexican American Music Survey was created to document the musical traditions of Florida's various Mexican-American communities: Apopka, South Dade County, Immokalee, the St. Johns River Basin, and Central Florida. Funded by a grant from the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Community Folklife Program, the survey was conducted between 1994 and 1996 by folklorist Robert Stone. Among the musical traditions were serenatas, conjunto, quinceanara ritual music, ranchera Michoacana, mariachi, norteno, Tejano, and pop music. At the end of the project, a sampler music tape was created by the Florida Folklife Program for distribution to various libraries.
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Images of the Mexican Independence Day Celebration

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a_s1576_t86-079	Recordings of the Mexican Independence Day celebrations (El Grito) at Benito Juarez Park	Sound	Community culture Rites and ceremonies Holidays and festivals Performers Performing arts Music performance Arts, Mexican Mexican Americans Mariachi Ethnicity, Mexico Folk music Mexico Polka music Bands (Music) Musical groups Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
Music performances at the Mexican Independence festival	Music performances at the Mexican Independence festival	Still Image	Fieldwork Musical groups Latinos Mexican Americans Arts, Mexican Mariachi Marimba Polka Bands (Music) Musicians Singers	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Mexican Independence Day celebrations (El Grito) at Benito Juarez Park	Mexican Independence Day celebrations (El Grito) at Benito Juarez Park	Still Image	Community culture Rites and ceremonies Holidays and festivals Games Contests Dance Dancers Break dance Latinos Bands (Music) Mariachi Musical groups Parades Music performance Performing arts Children	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
a_s1576_t86-078	Mariachi Jalisco rehearsal and interview for the Miami-Dade Folklife Survey	Sound	Mexican Americans Music -- Performance Folk music -- Mexico Mariachi Rancheras	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg
Mariachi Jalisco practicing	Mariachi Jalisco practicing	Still Image	Musical ensembles Latinos Mexican Americans Music performance Guitarists Guitar String instruments Performing arts Horns (instruments) Wind instruments Trumpets Musical instruments Mariachi Mariachi music Ethnicity, Mexico Bands (Music) Musical groups Musicians	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Images of the Mexican Independence Day celebration	Images of the Mexican Independence Day celebration	Still Image	Musicians Fieldwork Independence Day (Mexico) Holidays and festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Community rites Mariachi Folk dance Latinos Arts, Mexican Mexican Americans Accordionists Bands (Music) Dancers Students	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg
Images of the Mexican Independence Day Celebration	Images of the Mexican Independence Day Celebration	Still Image	Musicians Fieldwork Independence Day (Mexico) Holidays and festivals Special events Performing arts Music performance Community rites Mariachi Folk dance Latinos Arts, Mexican Mexican Americans Accordionists Bands (Music) Dancers Students	/fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg

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Recordings of the Mexican Independence Day celebrations (El Grito) at Benito Juarez Park

Recordings of the Mexican Independence Day celebrations (El Grito) at Benito Juarez Park

Music performances at the Mexican Independence festival

Music performances at the Mexican Independence festival

Mexican Independence Day celebrations (El Grito) at Benito Juarez Park

Mexican Independence Day celebrations (El Grito) at Benito Juarez Park

Mariachi Jalisco rehearsal and interview for the Miami-Dade Folklife Survey

Mariachi Jalisco rehearsal and interview for the Miami-Dade Folklife Survey

Mariachi Jalisco practicing

Mariachi Jalisco practicing

Images of the Mexican Independence Day celebration

Images of the Mexican Independence Day celebration

Images of the Mexican Independence Day Celebration

Images of the Mexican Independence Day Celebration

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Recordings of the Mexican Independence Day celebrations (El Grito) at Benito Juarez Park

Recordings of the Mexican Independence Day celebrations (El Grito) at Benito Juarez Park

Music performances at the Mexican Independence festival

Music performances at the Mexican Independence festival

Mexican Independence Day celebrations (El Grito) at Benito Juarez Park

Mexican Independence Day celebrations (El Grito) at Benito Juarez Park

Mariachi Jalisco rehearsal and interview for the Miami-Dade Folklife Survey

Mariachi Jalisco rehearsal and interview for the Miami-Dade Folklife Survey

Mariachi Jalisco practicing

Mariachi Jalisco practicing

Images of the Mexican Independence Day celebration

Images of the Mexican Independence Day celebration

Images of the Mexican Independence Day Celebration

Images of the Mexican Independence Day Celebration