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Dance is both bodily movement and a social setting in which music acquires particular functions. Across Mexico, dance repertories accompany community festivals, ceremonial observances, social gatherings, staged presentations, and regional celebrations. Rhythm, melodic phrasing, repetition, and the relationship between musicians and dancers vary widely: music for a procession is not necessarily organized like music for a couple dance or a theatrical performance. A recording may preserve the sound but not the full choreography or spatial arrangement. This category identifies materials related to dance while encouraging attention to the specific occasion, community, instruments, and movement tradition documented in each item.

Lani Zaachilla Yoo (Celebration in the House of Zaachila) brings together the music of Banda Baalachi, “The Joy of the Valley,” across three records. Recorded in 1990 and released in

This record documents the rich musical heritage of the Nahua community of Xalatlaco, State of Mexico, where music and dance are an essential part of collective life and religious celebrations.

Vinyl, LP, Album. INDIGENOUS MUSIC OF MEXICO. In contemporary Mexico, a great variety of cultural traditions coexist. The groups considered as indigenous maintain much more different repertoires among themselves than

Vinyl, LP, Album NORTHWEST INDIGENOUS MUSIC. Within the so-called Northwest of Mexico, two groups stand out, the Yaqui and the Mayo. The traditional musical genres are the same for both

Vinyl, LP, Album HUASTEC MUSIC. The area -the Huasteca- includes part of the states of Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, Tamaulipas, Puebla and Querétaro. It does not have precise limits

Vinyl, LP, Album DANCES OF THE CONQUEST. The album has two parts: one dedicated to the traditional music of contemporary indigenous cultures and the other to the heritage of mestizo

Vinyl, LP, Album MUSICAL TESTIMONY OF MEXICO. The album has two parts: one dedicated to the traditional music of contemporary indigenous cultures and the other to the heritage of mestizo

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