This july will mark the 9th edition of Playa Vicente´s Tesechoacan Festival. A four day celebration of music, culture and community
The Tesechoacan Festival comes along every year on the month of july at the Beautiful location of Playa Vicente, Veracruz, Mexico. This festival has a duration of four days and incorpporates great activities, You will find: Concerts, Theater, Parades with Classic "Mojigangas", Childrens Concerts, Painting and Photographic expositions as well as book presentations.
This festival is born as a popular initiative to conserve and share the musical traditions of the sotavento region, in 2004, by the cultural community project - Los Soneros del Tesechoacan - During the last 8 years of celebration, a cultural and creative exchange between the diferent national and international bands has been created.
The stage has received an important number of bands from mexico and latin america such as: Cenzontle ( U.S.A ), La familia Duarte ( Paraguay ), Mono Blanco, Los Vega, Los Utrera, Los Cojolites among other important son jarocho groups, Mariachi Tradicional Charanda ( Mexico city - Mihoacan ) to mention a few. You can learn more about what is presented at the festival sound cloud page. http://soundcloud.com/festivaldeltesechoacan
This festival is an emotive community effort to share the traditional musical culture of the region with as many other cultures as possible, and mutually enrich each other. It is an opportunity to exchange experiences between the youth and the adult community of different regions. It has been a great community work from the beginning. Overall, it is a mirror, in with the reflection we value and recognize the individual history of every cultural zone of Mexico and our foreign visitors' countries also.
As it is well known, mexico is currently living under a very tough historic situation. efforts as this festival and the creation of artistic and musical events in communities as ours, have a lot of relevance for the children of this area.
Offering and showing different alternatives and ways of life, next to migration or organized crime. With every dollar that you donate to this project, you also create a tangible benefit. you help us make sure that the 9th Tesechoacan Festival has more diffusion and the service for the participants and visitors is as welcoming as possible.
Come and know more about the project on our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/festival.tesechoacan
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El Festival del Tesechoacán se realiza en el mes de julio en la localidad de Playa Vicente, Veracruz, México, con una duración de cuatro días. Dentro de las actividades ofrece el festival están: conciertos, obras de teatro, desfiles con mojigangas, conciertos infantiles, exposiciones fotográficas, de pintura y presentaciones de libros como las más destacadas.
Este festival nace como una iniciativa popular de conservación y difusión de las tradiciones musicales del sotavento, en el año 2004, por iniciativa del Proyecto Cultural Comunitario -Soneros del Tesechoacán-. A lo largo de estos 8 años de realización se ha creado un intercambio creativo entre los distintas agrupaciones nacionales e internacionales que nos visitan, con los grupos de artistas locales y la gente del pueblo en general.
En su escenario han desfilado ya un importante número de grupos del México y Latino Ámerica como Cenzontle (E. U. A.), La Familia Duarte (Paraguay), Mono Blanco, Los Vega, Los Utrera, Los Cojolites, entre otros importantes exponentes del son jarocho tradicional, Mariachi Tradicional Charanda (México DF-Michoacán), solo por mencionar algunos. puedes conocer un poco de lo presentado en el festival en el Sound Cloud del Festival. http://soundcloud.com/festivaldeltesechoacan
El festival es un emotivo esfuerzo por compartir la cultura musical tradicional de nuestra región con la mayor cantidad de culturas posibles y enriquecerlas mutuamente.
México se encuentra viviendo una situación histórica en donde esfuerzos como el festival y los talleres de música y creación artística en comunidades como la nuestra toman mucha relevancia para los niños de la zona ofreciendo una alternativa de vida distinta a la migración o al crimen organizado.
Con cada dólar que aportes al proyecto, nos ayudarás a que el noveno Festival del Tesechoacán tenga más difusión y el servicio a los artistas participantes y espectadores sea más acogedor y cálido.
Ven y conoce más del proyecto en nuestra página de facebook.
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You are now part of this Festival! WE THANK YOU. Your name will appear on the list of credits of the 9th Festival of Tesechoacan
Estimated delivery: Jun 2012Pledge $10 or more
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We will send you a poster of a past edition of the Festival de Tesechoacan with a particular and special design of the Sotavento region
Estimated delivery: Sep 2012Pledge $25 or more
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We have beatiful T-shirts with wonderful designs with the elder musicians of the region; take a look at them by passing-by our facebook page: www.facebook.com/festival.tesechoacan (remember to tell us your size).
Estimated delivery: Sep 2012Pledge $35 or more
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You cannot join us for the Festival? A DVD with the best of the 9th Festival of Tesechoacan.
Estimated delivery: Nov 2012Pledge $50 or more
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Get your favorite tshirt of the elder musicians of Playa Vicente and the DVD of the 9th Festival of Tesechoacán.
Estimated delivery: Nov 2012Pledge $100 or more
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All of the articles above, plus a MUSIC CD of the organizers of the Festival! Los Soneros del Tesechoacan. Listen for a sample on iTunes: http://bit.ly/I7GANi
Estimated delivery: Nov 2012Pledge $170 or more
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Get a beautiful Hand-made Shawl made by "Tia Cayita - one of the eldest Craft-Woman from the region. Llevate un precioso rebozo de telar de cintura, hecho por Tía Cayita!
Estimated delivery: Sep 2012Pledge $1,000 or more
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Tons of thanks for getting involved with the Project! We will send you a UNIQUE AND PERSONALIZED JARANA ( a small guitar ) used by the musicians in the festival. It is a musical piece of art. You'll have all of the articles above.
Estimated delivery: Nov 2012Pledge $2,500 or more
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What can we even say? We will send you either a traditional hat or shawl from the region please tell us what do you prefer, we will also send you 2 UNIQUE AND PERSONALIZED JARANAS ( a small guitar ) used by the musicians in the festival. It is a musical piece of art. You'll have all of the articles above and a pleasant stay at Playa Vicente for 6 days. Sadly we cannot cover your transportation to Playa Vicente, but if you come by yourself, we will gladly take care of your housing on town and your delicious meals
Estimated delivery: Jul 2012
