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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1978)
Chile Latin American ensemble recalls past works toward cultural understanding By MELODY WARD Of the Emerald Pueblo Unido stands bathed in magenta, moving in time to robust rhythms — flowers caught up in a musical wind. Lead singer Kemy Cavallari's Incan heritage shows in her sharply defined features, outlined cleanly and sharply like a condor s visage. Her voice is strong and free when she sings, eagerly melodious when she speaks. The Latin American folk en semble performed Thursday night in the EMU Ballroom, capping a three-day series of events spon sored by the Eugene Committee for a Free Chile. ‘ We want to show what hap pened in Chile, the cultural rich ness that flourished, through government-stimulated growth of culture, Cavallari says. That culture was destroyed, she explains, by the 1973 military coup, which executed or exiled supporters of President Salva dor Allende, including most folk musicians and "tried to silence the voice of the people.” Now what we want to show is that in spite of that oppression, people continue to express them selves through their culture.” "No matter how simple the lyrics may be, for the people of the Americas, the Indian music has become a symbol of resistance, Kemy Cavallari prefaced a tradi tional Incan folk song. "It is being raised as a banner of hope. 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Signature & Date Signature of Parent or Guardian if participant is under 1Q_ PLEASE PRINT NAME ADDRESS £1EL STATE Z1L. PHONE AGE SEX „„ _ Entry donation is $5.00 each Make checks payable to The Mall Run '. Bring or mail application with your entry fee to: The Mall Run, Oregon Lung Association 1262 Lawrence, Eugene, OR 97401 Attn: June Konker of Indians in Hispanic America for centuries is to live together for a year before marriage to see if it works out. It has proven very heal thy.” she laughs. "All of us have lived in the Un ited States since the coup, Kemy Cavallari says. The group is based in San Francisco. While most ac tive in the Chile solidarity move ment, Pueblo Unido often per forms at benefit concerts for American Indians or anti-nuclear organizations. ‘‘We work basically at the cul tural level. Culture is the product of people's frustrations, of people's struggles, of people's hopes — that's where people’s roots are,” Kemy Cavallari says. "My song is not for killers who hunger for money or power, but for the people who labor so that the future may flower,” she quotes from a Victor Jara poem. Many of his songs were addressed to the oppressed conditions of Latin American mineworkers. The folk music performed by Pueblo Unido, which means “people united,” grew out of the Latin American Indian tradition. It evokes participation involuntarily, swelling with intense feeling both vibrant and reflective. It typifies the Chilean new sons movement. “Thev have had a long history of repression.” Outside the Ball room, folk art, fashioned by im prisoned laborers is being sold to (Continued on Page 9) BOOK THANKSGIVING FLIGHTS NOW!!!!!!! EUGENE TRAVEL 687-2823 “on campus” 831 E. 13th St. Eugene, Oregon r J'untyfrf .if' WORLD .' FINEST COFFEE.' MEXICAN A SWISS CHOCOLATE RARE A EXOTIC TEA.' 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Folk music, crafts and art were financially supported by the Allende government, and group spokesperson Kemy Cavallari says the folk arts continue to represent the resistance of the Chilean working class, nearly two-thirds of the population. Photo by Erich Boeketheide
