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Cutumay Camones is a band from El Salvador, formed in 1982. Its stated objective is to recover Salvadorean cultural roots and to provide popular music for the national liberation movement.
In May 1982, Cutumay Camones was formed by a directive from the People's Revolutionary Army of El Salvador, a part of the FMLN, as cultural ambassadors for the national liberation movement. The name comes from the Nahuatl for a town in Santa Ana in western El Salvador, where the FMLN had an uprising in January 1981.
The group originally had three members: Eduardo, Gabino, and Ricardo, and two months later Paco and Israel joined. By 1984, Lolo had joined, and eventually the group consisted of five permanent members: Lolo, Paco, Ricardo, Eduardo, and Teresa. The members used pseudonyms for security. Except for Eduardo, none of the members were musicians prior to joining. Cutumay Camones uses traditional rhythms such as cumbia and ranchera, and instruments such as marimba, accordion, and guitarrón.
In 1988, the group officially disbanded.[1] Paco was assassinated in 1993 by the National Civil Police,[2] and Eduardo died in 2007 from cancer.[3]
References
- ^ "Cutumay Camones : Popular Insurgency And Music In El Salvador". Noticias de Antropología y Arqueología. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) - ^ Pullin, Lara (19 July 2006). "F.M.L.N. Resists Wave of Repression". Green Left Weekly. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ^ Flores, Frankie (13 July 2007). "Muere Eduardo "El Holandés": La Voz de Cutumay Camones". Diario Co Latino (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 March 2012.