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Parra Family
{{no footnotes, date=January 2010 The Parra family is a Chilean family known for its many artists. Members of the Parra family are noted contributors to Chilean culture with almost every member being a distinguished national artist. The family is not closely related to the Parra Pizarro brothers, members of the Chilean rock fusion group Los Jaivas. Family members First generation * Nicanor Parra (1914-2018) - Physicist and self-styled "anti-poet" * Hilda Parra (1914-1975) - Folklorist artist, toured with Violeta as "Las Hermanas Parra" * Violeta Parra (1917-1967) - Folklore singer and composer * Eduardo "Lalo" Parra (1918-2009) - Folklore singer and musician * Roberto Parra (1921-1995) - Folklore musician * Lautaro Parra (1928-2013) - Folklore musician * Óscar Parra (1931-2016) - Clown Second generation * Isabel Parra (b. 1939) - Folklore music singer * Catalina Parra (b. 1940) - Visual artist * Ángel Parra (1943 - 2017) - Musician * Clarita Parra (b. 1948) - Folklore m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Chile had a population of 17.5 million as of the latest census in 2017 and has a territorial area of , sharing borders with Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. The country also controls several Pacific islands, including Juan Fernández Islands, Juan Fernández, Isla Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas Islands, Desventuradas, and Easter Island, and claims about of Antarctica as the Chilean Antarctic Territory. The capital and largest city of Chile is Santiago, and the national language is Spanish language, Spanish. Conquest of Chile, Spain conquered and colonized the region in the mid-16th century, replacing Incas in Central Chile, Inca rule; however, they Arauco War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |