My last concert!

Hi! Today I’m going to talk about my last concert. It was in December 7^th and the music group that went to see is Cultura Profetica.

They are four musicians from Puerto Rico : Willy Rodríguez, Omar Silva, Eliut González y Boris Bilbraut. They was form in 1996.

They are not limited to a single musical classification, although, their musical base is the “reggae roots”. However take jazz, funk and electronic music, also rhythms of hip hop and ska and brazilian music. I like because they are aware about the socio-politicals realities and motivate people to change.

They sing for freedom, equality, nature and the love for his country but his lyrics reach around the world. Their songs are fresh and spontaneus, with contemporary and universal character. They are an original and motivator music group.

However, their last disc I don’t like very much because is very romantic and most of their song talks about love. Equally, I went to see them because I thought that they would sing old songs

The concert was in the new place called Chimkowe in Peñalolen, near of the university. The place is very nice with a great soundsystem and very comfortable. Finally, the concert it was excellent, they sing almost three hours and play all of their songs, old and new.

A beautiful place...

There are so many places I would like to go, however, for some time ago I thought about going to México.

I would love to go because it’s a beautiful and great country, there are different cultures and gorgeous scenery like the mountains, the coasts, the valley, the desert and much more.

I would like to go in the winter of 2012 because in Mexico City will be a Latin American Congress of Students of Anthropology and Archealogy. This congress is a forum for meeting and sharing of knowledge which enriches you as a student and as a person. Know many different people throughout latin american.

I went to this congress in 2010 that it was in the azapa valley, near to arica and was a unforgettable experience. I learned a lot, not only of anthropology, and know great people who I hope to find in mexico.

On the other hand, I think that in Mexico are the best universities to study anthropology like UNAM and ENAAH, because of that I would like to study a postgraduate in this country; this is another reason why I like to travel to Mexico.

La nación clandestina

Today, I’m going to talk about a movie. The director is Jorge Sanjinés, and the movie called “La nacion clandestina”, this a Bolivian film that is about aymara peasant who denies his community and works with army like as a repressor during the military dictatorship. Then, he wants to back to their community for redemption doing a traditional dance which is dance to death.

This is one of my favorite’s directors because the subject that is shows in his movies are part of the past and present of latinoamerican Indian reality, his movies rescue the Andean cultural identity and show different historical events that marked Bolivia.Other films of Sanjinés are Yawar Mallku y las Banderas del Amanecer.

I think we should see more latinoamerican films because they have very interesting subjects that bring us closer to our own reality.

A new and strange term

In my first blog i’m going to talk about this strange second semester. I think anyone like summer classes, but is the risk we take in the first place when decided begin mobilizations.

However, I have high expectations about this term because some subjects that I took it seem to me very interesting. I hope approve all of them and get good marks to finish in February so don’t attend to final exams in March. Some of my subjects are rural and urban anthropology, cognitive culture and visual ethnography.

On the other hand, I feel a little bit sad about this semester because it means I will not travel to my home in Christmas and summer time. I’m from Punta Arenas and is very expensive and far from Santiago to travel such a short time.