This week Beat Latino goes to Mexico to celebrate one of the nations’s most important holidays! There, as well as all over cities in the U.S.A. with large Mexican populations, December 12 is a day to celebrate the virgin that is the Patron of the Mexico and the Americas, the Virgin of Guadalupe, a celebration that actually begins at 12:01 on Dec. 11 with the singing of the classic birthday song, and continues through the night.
Nobel laureaute poet and essayist Octavio Paz once said that at this point, Mexicans really only believe in the Virgin of Guadalupe and the National Lottery. Paz is referring to the profound cultural – often not even religious – devotion of Mexico for this figure that may have be related to the pre-Colombian female deity known as Tonantzín, so Beat Latino in her honor plays a few pre-Colombian tunes for good measure. Enjoy!
http://beatlatino.com/2017/12/homage-to-guadalupe-tonantzin/
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mañanitas para la Virgen de Guadalupe | Ben Travera King | Our lady of the guitar. | 80-Minutes of Music/Talking Taco Music | 2004 | 03:55 |
| Madre mía de Guadalupe | Indira Montes | La Rosa de Guadalupe. | Platino Records | 2016 | 02:47 |
| Buenos días Paloma Blanca | Las Flores | Homenaje a la Virgen de Guadalupe. | Discos America | 2004 | 03:12 |
| Guadalupe | Linda Ronstadt, los Lobos , The Chieftains | The Essential Chieftains. | RCA Victor/Legacy | 1996 | 02:50 |
| Tríptico mexicano – Tenochtitlan | Flor de luna | Flor de luna. | O+ MUSIC | 2005 | 02:53 |
| Pyramid Temples | Alice Gomez | Obsidian Butterfly. | Silver Wave Records | 2003 | 04:32 |
| Triptico mexicano – Aztlán | Flor de luna | Flor de luna. | O+ MUSIC | 2005 | 02:08 |
| Danzando en Azitlán | Mdm | Prehispanic music vol 1. | Prodisc | 2008 | 04:04 |
| Tonantzin | Xavier Quijas Yxayotl | Aztec Dances. | Canyon Records | 2005 | 02:49 |
| Tonantzin de mananita | Flor de luna | Flor de luna. | O+ MUSIC | 2005 | 01:59 |
| Triptico mexicano – Mesoamerica | Flor de luna | Flor de luna. | O+ MUSIC | 2005 | 03:22 |
| Fantasía Azteca | Sabicas | La guitarra española vol 2. | Piros Juan’s Digital | 1998 | 03:56 |
| Madre de los Mexicanos | Las flores | Homenaje a la Virgen de Guadalupe. | Discos America | 2014 | 03:50 |
| Mi Lupita | José Guadalupe Esparza | Le canta a la Virgen de Guadalupe. | Fonovisa | 2007 | 03:11 |
| Mañanitas a la Virgen | Las flores | Homenaje a la Virgen de Guadalupe. | Discos America | 2014 | 02:35 |
| Guantanamera (a la Virgen de Guadalupe) | La Lupe | La Lupe’s Era. | Fania | 2016 | 03:04 |
| Adiós Reyna del Cielo | Indira Montes | La Rosa de Guadalupe. | Platino Records | 2016 | 03:43 |