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Cancún. Cancún (/ kænˈkuːn / kan-KOON, US also / kɑːnˈkuːn / kahn-KOON, [4] Spanish: [kaŋˈkun] ⓘ), often spelled Cancun in English (without the accent), is the most populous city in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, located in southeast Mexico on the northeast coast of the Yucatán Peninsula. It is a significant tourist ...
Population. 12,642 (2010) Isla Mujeres (Spanish pronunciation: ['isla mu'xeɾes], Spanish for "Women Island", formally “ Isla de Mujeres ”) is an island where the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea meet, about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) off the Yucatán Peninsula coast in the State of Quintana Roo, Mexico.
Son jarocho ("Veracruz Sound") is a regional folk musical style of Mexican Son from Veracruz, a Mexican state along the Gulf of Mexico.It evolved over the last two and a half centuries along the coastal portions of southern Tamaulipas state and Veracruz state, hence the term jarocho, a colloquial term for people or things from the port city of Veracruz.
"La Sandunga" has been covered by many artists including Chavela Vargas, [6] Jaramar, [7] Lila Downs, [8] Susana Harp, [9] Los de Abajo, [10] Guadalupe Pineda, [11] and Raphael. [12]As early as 1946 it was recorded in the United States by the Viva America Orchestra as conducted by Alfredo Antonini with Elsa Miranda and John Serry Sr. for Alpha records (Latin American Music #12205A, 12205B ...
First page of the original edition of Hanacpachap cussicuinin. Hanacpachap cussicuinin (modern orthography: Hanaq pachap kusikuynin) is a processional hymn to the Virgin Mary in the Quechua language but in a largely European sacred music style.
Can vei la lauzeta mover (PC 70.43) [1] is a song written in the Occitan language by Bernart de Ventadorn, a 12th-century troubadour. It is among both the oldest [2] and best known [3] of the troubadour songs. Both the lyrics and the melody of the song survive, in variants from three different manuscripts. [2]
A chant (from French chanter, [1] from Latin cantare, "to sing") [2] is the iterative speaking or singing of words or sounds, often primarily on one or two main pitches called reciting tones. Chants may range from a simple melody involving a limited set of notes to highly complex musical structures, often including a great deal of repetition of ...
Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō[a] (南無妙法蓮華経) are Japanese words chanted within all forms of Nichiren Buddhism. In English, they mean "Devotion to the Mystic Law of the Lotus Sutra" or "Glory to the Dharma of the Lotus Sutra". [2][3] The words 'Myōhō Renge Kyō' refer to the Japanese title of the Lotus Sūtra. The mantra is referred to ...