Incantations du Chiapas / Polyphonies de Durango
Music - Mexico
Los Cardencheros © Juan Leduc ©
María Licanchitom,Maruch Mendez, song, incantations
Chep Jil, violin
State of Chiapas
Los Cardencheros
Canzon Cardenche,four-voice polyphony
Antonio Valles Luna, Fidel Elizalde Garcia, median voice
Genaro Chavarría Ponce, upper voice
Guadalupe Salazar Vazquez, bass voice
State of Durango
With the collaboration of Enrique Pérez López (Chiapas) and Francisco Cázares (Durango)
Coproduction musée du quai Branly ; Festival d’Automne à Paris
Event organized with support from the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Ministry of Culture and Communication, and the French Institute
With the support of EDF Energies Nouvelles and Air France
France Musique records this concert
Laborers on cotton plantations in the state of Durango (northern Mexico) first sang canción cardenche, three-voice a cappella polyphony with elements
from ancient hymns brought by missionaries. Two maya women – shamans – from the southern state of Chiapas sing and heal, carrying on traditions
handed down over the centuries.