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Los Mojarras
Los Mojarras are a band from the province of El Agustino Lima Peru that formed in 1992. They released their first album in the same year, titled Sarita Colonia, and are still currently producing music and performingLink labelThey have been politically active through their music, voicing political realities and views. Their music is referred to as Peruvian rock, however Luis A. Ramos-Garcia, a professor and researcher of Latin American theater and popular music from the University of Minnesota, describes their music as a “mixture of Chicha or Peruvian cumbia, Andean Cumbia, and Afro-Peruvian styling’s”.Luis A. Ramos-Garcia. ''Musical Migrations: Transnationalism and Cultural Hybridity in Latin/o America, Volume I''. Palgrave Macmillan, 2003 p.200 Their style of music also includes blends of rock music. Critically analyzed, the music of Los Mojarras, can be thought of as a form of transculturation, in which the emergence of mixed cultures are expressed through the mixture of mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mojarras - Triciclo Perú
The mojarras are a family, Gerreidae, of fish in the order Perciformes. The family includes about 53 species found worldwide in tropical and warm temperate regions. They mostly inhabit coastal salt and brackish waters, although some occur in fresh water. Mojarras are a common prey and bait fish in many parts of the world, including the South American coast and Caribbean islands as well as the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic coast of North America. These species tend to be difficult to identify in the field and often require microscopic examination. Most species exhibit a schooling behavior and tend to exploit the shallow water refugia associated with coastal areas presumably to avoid large-bodied predators, such as the lemon shark. Mojarra is also commonly used in Latin American countries as a name for various species of the cichlid family, including tilapia. Genera The seven genera currently assigned to this family are: * †'' Aspesiperca'' Bannikov 2008 (only known from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
