We are now offering a travel size of the Zapatista songbook with bonus lyric translation! This compilation is part of an ongoing effort to promote and preserve the unique Mayan culture of Chiapas, Mexico. Although these songs are new rather than ancient, they speak to the modern struggles of an ancient people while preserving wonderful traditional Mexican music styles dating back to the times of Emiliano Zapata.
These revolutionary songs chronicle the early years of the Zapatista uprising in the 1990's with songs such as "El Combate de Ocosingo" (The battle of Ocosingo) and speak ongoing Zapatista themes such as "Respeto a las Mujeres" (Respect the Women).
With nearly fifty songs, this songbook includes full notation and lyrics so that you can learn, teach, and share these beautiful and heartfelt revolutionary songs with your friends and family. The appendix following the main section of the travel size songbook contains English translations of these extraordinary lyrics. Best of all, its compact size allows it to be slipped right into your instrument case!
Listen to the songs! Also available in our online store.... a 3 volume CD set to accompany this songbook!
These songbooks are being widely distributed within the Autonomous Zapatista education systems and your purchase will contribute to this ongoing effort. For every book that we sell we donate 3 cancioneros to the Zapatista Schools.
The travel size songbook is 153 pages and measures 8 x 6-1/2 with a soft cover and a spiral binding.
Click here for more info on the Zapatista Music program
We ask that you pay whatever you can between $12 and $25.
