Música cebolla (Spanish for "onion music") is a genre of

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emphasising sentimentality and intimacy. Indeed at times the feelings expressed in música cebolla are "exacerbated". Música cebolla had its heydays in the 1950s and 1960s, and was thus contemporary to Nueva ola,Nueva ola
, Musicapopular.cl. Retrieved October 21, 2012. the early

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and the introduction of Cumbia to Chile. For long time música cebolla was derided, ridiculized or ignored by mass media. Among older generations

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is an icon of música cebolla albeit she rejects the label. Palmenia has influenced contemporary música cebolla artist like

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and Los Vásquez.

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