Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto are a

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n traditional folkloric

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group formed in the

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s and sounds product of a mixture of the Colombian

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and

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heritage. The gaiteros meaning those who play the gaita flute and San Jacinto for the town the group originated from San Jacinto in the Colombian

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of Bolívar. On November 9, 2007 the group won a

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in the category Folkloric Music for their album "'' Un Fuego de Sangre Pura: Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto from Colombia''" (A Fire of Pure Blood), released on

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Recordings.

History

Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto's members were born in San Jacinto in the Colombian

of Bolívar in the 1940s. Miguel Antonio Hernández Vásquez also known as "Toño" Fernández, assembled a group of San Jacinto musician including Juan and José Lara, Pedro Nolasco Mejía and Manuel de Jesus "Mañe" Serpa who formed the group's official line-up. From the 1950s onwards, they began touring Colombia, managed by writer and researcher

Manuel Zapata Olivella Manuel Zapata Olivella ( Santa Cruz of Lorica, Córdoba, 17 March 1920 – Bogota, 19 November 2004) was a doctor, anthropologist and Colombian writer. Biography When he was a boy, his father, the professor Antonio María Zapata Vásquez, m ...

. As decades passed, the group began incorporating a second generation of musicians, among whom can be found some of the sons of the original line-up. En 1982, due to Toño Fernández's health problems, Joaquín Nicolás Hernández Pacheco, Fernández's nephew, took the role of director of the band. In 2006, the group recorded an album for the

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label. In November 2007, the group won a

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for the best Folkloric Music album. During the award ceremony, they appeared on stage with Puerto Rican group Calle 13. Currently, the group is headed by four of the original members, Nico, Toño, Juancho and Rafa Rodríguez, who perform with a new generation of gaiteros: Gabriel Torregrosa (son), Fredys Arrieta, Dionisio Yepes, Gualber Rodríguez and other young musicians who occasionally play with the group.

Discography

*'' Un Fuego de Sangre Pura'' (2006)

References

External links

Smithsonian FolkwaysOfficial Group page

*http://www.tamborygaita.com (documentary film which includes Toño Fernández, Nicolás Hernández, Juancho Fernández, Toño García, Rafael Rodríguez, Gabriel Torregrosa (senior), and Delia Zapata Olivella). {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaiteros de San Jacinto 1940 establishments in Colombia Colombian cumbia musical groups Latin Grammy Award winners Musical groups established in 1940

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