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Ecuadorian Yaraví (2017)

Xylography (60 cm x 30 cm)

Adaptation of the Yaraví "Veneno de amor" (love poison) by Hevil Chávez performed by the Duo Benitez and Valencia.


"I eagerly feed
this fire
in which I blaze and burn".

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This song belongs to the yaravi gender, that was performer for funerals, some characteristic are the  low tempo and minor scales with a allegro final performing a lot of power an energy. Sort kind of reanimation or reborn from the hashes of sadness 
The Yaraví in the words of the master Humberto Salgado "is a kind of Indo-Andean ballad, extended to all the peoples subjugated by the Incario and with the primitive name of haravec, we distinguish in that two types: the indigenous (composite binary, 6/8 ) and Creole (simple ternary 3/4). Both with elegiac character and larghetto movement ... "

Adaptación del relato  de Yaraví Veneno de amor de Hevil Chávez interpretado Por el duo Benitez y Valencia.
Printmaking Ecuador Arte Leandro Lince woodcut South American art  xilografia grabado  musica ecuatoriana yaravi

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Printmaking Ecuador Arte Leandro Lince woodcut South American art  xilografia grabado  musica ecuatoriana yaravi
Printmaking Ecuador Arte Leandro Lince woodcut South American art  xilografia grabado  musica ecuatoriana yaravi
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