Banchikilli - The Music of the Spanish Arawaks of Moruca
- Title
- Banchikilli - The Music of the Spanish Arawaks of Moruca
- Subject
- Collection of twenty-five songs recorded in Santa Rosa, Moruca, 2005.
- Description
- The Banchikilli songs are the intangible cultural heritage owned by the Lokonos of Moruca. Self-described as 'Spanish' Arawaks, the identity marker 'Spanish' distinguishes the group from other Lokonos of Guyana. The Spanish Arawaks trace their heritage to Venezuela, having been forced to migrate to Guyana to escape persecution from the new independent Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The Spanish Arawaks say that the Banchikilli genre was brought by their foreparents which they have preserved. Banchikilli, translated to mean 'to play with the banjo and violin', is a hybrid of the ancient Lokono melody and the indigenous Joropo, the national music of Venezuela.
- Creator
- Rohan Sagar
- Source
- Interviews with the culture-bearers of Santa Rosa Moruca.
- Publisher
- Rohan Sagar
- Date
- 2005
- Contributor
- The Mariaba Players
- Rights
- The Mariaba Players
- Relation
- Mari-Mari, Joropo
- Format
- mp3
- Type
- Traditional, folk
- Coverage
- Moruca, Guyana
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