Guatemala history, folklore and traditions
Born in the city of Huehuetenango on June 14, 1879. Together with his brother Simeon won scholarship to study at the National Conservatory, where in 1906 were required to perform military service urgently on the border with El Salvador. Ended the conflict, moved to Santa Ana (El Salvador), where he ...
10.29.08 | Guatemalan musicians | Read more
Born in the city of Quetzaltenango on December 20, 1906; started in music since the age of 5, playing the marimba in the piccolo and the treble on a wooden crate to reach the instrument. At the age of 15 years and accompanied her tours of work in his father, Francisco Román Bethancourt, who was ...
10.26.08 | Guatemalan musicians | Read more
Marimbista, trumpet player, arranger and composer, was born in Guatemala City on May 17, 1948, son of Bernardo Galvez and Marta Navas. Czech, as they call it in show business, he studied at the top with his father and Secor after he entered the National Conservatory, where, despite not having comple ...
10.25.08 | Guatemalan musicians | Read more
Guatemalan musicians, his music and compositions have had and will have a privileged place in the world. In section Guatemalan musicians and in the future, we will provide them the biographies of the most famous musicians Guatemalans. ...
10.25.08 | Guatemalan musicians | Read more
Guatemala were rich cultural traditions that have continued in the period of domination by the Aztec and Spanish empires. This mask dance, performed at Christmas in the town of Chichicastenango (and other peoples), is a demonstration of the mix of Mayan and Christian traditions. Dear visitors ...
10.22.08 | Folklore, Traditions | Read more
Instrument to Guatemalans that we give the name of indigenous and we find both in the city and in rural areas of the...
It's a bird that very few have been privileged to admire in all its splendor. The quetzal (Pharamachrus mocinno), st...
Born in San Juan Ostuncalco, Quetzaltenango on October 1, 1891, died in Guatemala City on May 27, 1966. One of the glori...
