Neddiel Muñoz Millalonco is a

Huilliche The Huilliche (), Huiliche or Huilliche-Mapuche are the southern partiality of the Mapuche macroethnic group in Chile and Argentina. Located in the Zona Sur, they inhabit both Futahuillimapu ("great land of the south") and, as the Cunco or Ve ...

educator, poet, researcher, and traditional singer from

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. Her performance of traditional

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music of southern

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as part of the musical group Armazón has been preserved in two recordings: ''Gulkantün, canto ceremonial williche'', which focuses on traditional Huilliche songs and is sung in

Mapudungun Mapuche ( , ; from 'land' and 'people', meaning 'the people of the land') or Mapudungun (from 'land' and 'speak, speech', meaning 'the speech of the land'; also spelled Mapuzugun and Mapudungu) is either a language isolate or member of the s ...

, and ''Tributo a los Selkʼnam'', which focuses on music of the

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. The recordings were based on research Muñoz conducted among communities in the southern

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n archipelagos. Her recordings are considered a dialogue between the elders of the Huilliche people and the younger generation, with the traditional songs fused with rock styles and traditional instruments played alongside modern ones. She also leads the band Anklaje, which performs indigenous music that, Muñoz says, "was forgotten for many years, but is reclaiming its place and the respect that it always should have been given." She has worked to further spread knowledge of this music through presenting at international festivals and collaborating on preservation projects with the General Council of Caciques of Chiloé. In 2020, her piece "Kitral" won her second place in the folk music category of the Concurso de Composición Musical Luis Advis, a composition contest in Chile. Muñoz has also written poetry and worked as a children's educator and as an actress, appearing in the

Silvio Caiozzi Silvio Caiozzi (born 1944) is a Chilean film director and cinematographer. Select filmography * ''In the Shadow of the Sun (A la sombra del sol)'' - 1974 * '' Julio Begins in July (Julio comienza en julio)'' - 1979 * ''Historia de un roble solo ...

film '' And Suddenly the Dawn'' in 2017 and the film ''

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'' in 2023. In her review of ''Sorcery'' for the

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, Leila Latif described her performance as "darkly enigmatic".

Discography

* ''Gülkantun - Canto Ceremonial Williche'' (1999), with Armazón * ''El deshielo del canto - Tributo a los Selkʼnam'' (2003), with Armazón * ''Encaminados por los espíritus'' (2017), with Anklaje * ''We Newen'' (2019), with Anklaje * ''Küme Rupu'' (2022), with Anklaje

Filmography

* ''La primera música'' (2012) * '' ...Y de pronto el amanecer'' (2018) * ''

'' (2023)

References

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