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La Zandunga (Poema Guiengola)
Artista partecipante (featuring): Trío Xhavizende
Testo della canzone: La Zandunga (Poema Guiengola)
- 1. still haven't finished transcribing this, it's the Zandunga sung in Zapotec.
- 2. This part is taken from the song 'La Llorona'.
- 3. This part is taken from another version of the Sandunga.
- 4. was the fourth ruler of the Zapotec kingdom of Zaachila from 1487 until his death in 1529. He led an alliance of Zapotecs and Mixtecs against the armies of the Aztecs. [reference]
- 5. Both Iztaccíhuatl and Popocatépetl are volcanoes (the latter being active) located between the states of Puebla and Morelos. There is a legend that Popocatépetl was a warrior and Iztaccíhuatl a princess who were very much in love, but Popocatépetl went to war and Iztaccíhuatl was told he died in battle. Iztaccíhuatl died from grief, and when her lover returned to find her dead, he carried her near Tenochtitlan where she was laid to rest. The gods pitied them and covered them with snow and turned them into volcanoes. Jesús Helguera's painting of them is one of the most known and recognizable versions out there.
- 6. is a Zapotec archeological site.
- 7. Guiengola literally means 'the rock'.
- 8. Moctezuma I was the second Aztec emperor and fifth king of Tenochtitlan. During his reign the Aztec Empire was consolidated, major expansion was undertaken, and Tenochtitlan started becoming the dominant partner of the Aztec Triple Alliance. [reference]
- 9. the Zapotec people
- 10. was the sixth tlatoani (ruler) of the altepetl of Tenochtitlan and ruler of the Aztec Triple Alliance. [reference]
- 11. was the seventh tlatoani (ruler) of Tenochtitlan. [reference]
- 12. was the eighth Aztec ruler, the Hueyi Tlatoani of the city of Tenochtitlan, son of princess Atotoztli II. [reference]
- 13. or atecocolli, is a shell that's used to make music.
- 14. is a percussion instrument from Mexico, used by the Aztecs and other cultures. [reference]
- 15. are horizontal, cylindrical wooden drums with slotted tonguesthat were struck by tongs. [reference]
- 16. a Mesoamerican deity of war, sun, human sacrifice and the patron of the city of Tenochtitlan. [reference]
- 17. a. b. a state of Mexico.
- 18. daughter of Ahuítzol
- 19. was the last sovereign king of the Zapotec, an indigenous Mesoamerican people. [reference]
- 20. refers to Francisco Ignacio Madero González a Mexican statesman, writer, and revolutionary who served as the 33rd president of Mexico from 1911 until his assassination in 1913. [reference]
- 21. refers to Emiliano Zapata a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, the main leader of the peasant revolution in the state of Chiapas, and the inspiration of the agrarian movement called Zapatismo. [reference]
- 22. was an ancient Mesoamerican city located in a sub valley of the Valley of Mexico, known today as the site of many of the most architecturally significant Mesoamerican pyramids built in the pre-Columbian Americas. [reference]
- 23. was an Aztec altepetl (city-state) located on an island in Lake Texcoco, in the Valley of Mexico.[reference]
- 24. is the second most important archeological site in the state of Oaxaca in Mexico, and the most important of the Zapotec culture. [reference]
- 25. (is the first most important archeoligical site in the state of Oaxaca) is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site in the Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán Municipality in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. [reference]
- 26. was a large pre-Columbian city built by the Maya people of the Terminal Classic period. The archaeological site is located in Tinúm Municipality, Yucatán State, Mexico. [reference]
- 27. is a popular Mexican dance that has come to symbolize Mexico both domestically and internationally. [reference]
- 28. is the original name of Yucatán in the Mayan language.
- 29. is a geographical and cultural region located in Mexico along the Gulf of Mexico. [reference]
- 30. is a city and municipal seat of Zacatlán Municipality located in the Sierra Norte de Puebla region of Puebla in central Mexico. [reference]
- 31. is a Mexican folk dance and music style, part of the style Son Huasteco. [reference]
- 32. is a guitar-like string instrument from Mexico that varies in three different states: Huastec, Veracruz and Yucatán. [reference]
- 33. is a type of broken chord. Other types of broken chords play chord notes out of sequence or more than one note but less than the full chord simultaneously. [reference]
- 34. a percussion instrument consisting of a set of wooden bars struck with mallets to produce musical tones. [reference]
- 35. is either one of two things: (1) a traditional melody of Chiapas, (2) a woman from Chiapas.
- 36. is a village in Mexico, in the state of Guerrero in the municipality of Tetipac.
- 37. is the most common traditional garment worn by indigenous women from central Mexico to Central America. [reference]
- Rey Cozijoeza:
was the fourth ruler of the Zapotec kingdom of Zaachila from 1487 until his death in 1529. He led an alliance of Zapotecs and Mixtecs against the armies of the Aztecs.
- Popocatépetl:
Both Iztaccíhuatl and Popocatépetl are volcanoes (the latter being active) located between the states of Puebla and Morelos. There is a legend that Popocatépetl was a warrior and Iztaccíhuatl a princess who were very much in love, but Popocatépetl went to war and Iztaccíhuatl was told he died in battle. Iztaccíhuatl died from grief, and when her lover returned to find her dead, he carried her near Tenochtitlan where she was laid to rest. The gods pitied them and covered them with snow and turned them into volcanoes. Jesús Helguera's painting of them is one of the most known and recognizable versions out there.
- Guiengola:
is a Zapotec archeological site.
- de la piedra:
Guiengola literally means 'the rock'.
- Motecuhzoma Ilhuicamina:
Moctezuma I was the second Aztec emperor and fifth king of Tenochtitlan. During his reign the Aztec Empire was consolidated, major expansion was undertaken, and Tenochtitlan started becoming the dominant partner of the Aztec Triple Alliance.
- Binnigula'sa:
Zapotec for "the Zapotec people", lit. 'the people of the clouds'.
- Axayácatl:
was the sixth tlatoani (ruler) of the altepetl of Tenochtitlan and ruler of the Aztec Triple Alliance.
- Tizoc:
was the seventh tlatoani (ruler) of Tenochtitlan.
- Soconusco:
a region in the southwest corner of the state of Chiapas in Mexico along its border with Guatemala.
- huehuetl:
is a percussion instrument from Mexico, used by the Aztecs and other cultures
- teponaztlis:
are horizontal, cylindrical wooden drums with slotted tonguesthat were struck by tongs.
- Ahuítzotl:
was the eighth Aztec ruler, the Hueyi Tlatoani of the city of Tenochtitlan, son of princess Atotoztli II.
- atecocolis:
or atecocolli, is a shell that's used to make music.
- Huitzilopochtli:
a Mesoamerican deity of war, sun, human sacrifice and the patron of the city of Tenochtitlan.
- Coyolicatzin:
daughter of Ahuítzol
- copo de algodón:
Coyolicatzin means "copo de algodón" (Eng. 'flake / ball' of cotton').
- Hidalgo:
a state of Mexico
- Morelos:
a state of Mexico.
- Tenochtitlán:
was an Aztec altepetl (city-state) located on an island in Lake Texcoco, in the Valley of Mexico
- Madero:
refers to Francisco Ignacio Madero González a Mexican statesman, writer, and revolutionary who served as the 33rd president of Mexico from 1911 until his assassination in 1913.
- Zapata:
refers to Emiliano Zapata a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution, the main leader of the peasant revolution in the state of Chiapas, and the inspiration of the agrarian movement called Zapatismo.
- Mitla:
is the second most important archeological site in the state of Oaxaca in Mexico, and the most important of the Zapotec culture.
- Monte Albán:
(is the first most important archeoligical site in the state of Oaxaca) is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site in the Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán Municipality in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca.
- Chichén Itzá:
was a large pre-Columbian city built by the Maya people of the Terminal Classic period. The archaeological site is located in Tinúm Municipality, Yucatán State, Mexico.
- Mayab:
is the original name of Yucatán in the Mayan language.
- Jarabe Tapatío:
is a popular Mexican dance that has come to symbolize Mexico both domestically and internationally.
- Huasteca:
is a geographical and cultural region located in Mexico along the Gulf of Mexico
- Zacatlán:
is a city and municipal seat of Zacatlán Municipality located in the Sierra Norte de Puebla region of Puebla in central Mexico.
- huapango:
is a Mexican folk dance and music style, part of the style Son Huasteco.
- jarana:
is a guitar-like string instrument from Mexico that varies in three different states: Huastec, Veracruz and Yucatán.
- arpegio:
is a type of broken chord. Other types of broken chords play chord notes out of sequence or more than one note but less than the full chord simultaneously.
- marimba:
a percussion instrument consisting of a set of wooden bars struck with mallets to produce musical tones.
- huipil:
is the most common traditional garment worn by indigenous women from central Mexico to Central America.
- Chiapaneca:
is either one of two things: (1) a traditional melody of Chiapas, (2) a woman from Chiapas.
- Chontalpán:
is a village in Mexico, in the state of Guerrero in the municipality of Tetipac.
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1. | Pochutla |
2. | Guigu Bi'cu |
3. | La Zandunga (Poema Guiengola) |
1. | Luis Martínez Hinojosa | Canto Libre Del Istmo Vol. IV (1973)* |
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Oh goodness, I just realized I spent more than an hour on transcribing and adding notes :) Sorry if the notes are long! it's mostly for me to come back to later, and for those of you who don't know who these people are or where these places are located.