Cantos Cautivos

« The Puchuncaví Prisoners Camp had a daily routine similar to that of military regiments. In a ridiculous ceremony, the flag was raised every morning at dawn and then it was taken down at nightfall. »

National Anthem of Chile

Music piece by:

Eusebio Lillo and Ramón Carnicer

Testimony by:

Sergio Vesely

Experience in:

Campamento de Prisioneros Melinka, Puchuncaví, 1975

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« Campamento de Prisioneros Melinka, Puchuncaví »

Candombe for José (Candombe para José)

Music piece by:

Roberto Ternán

Testimony by:

Alejandro Olate

Experience in:

Campamento de Prisioneros Isla Dawson, 1974

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« The youngest among us, aged 17 or even 16 years, did the heaviest work on Dawson Island. We had to fell trees, cut them, split them in two, cut them into wedges, and walk the several hundred meters back to the barracks carrying the logs on our shoulders. »

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Go Tell It to the Rain (Ve y díselo a la lluvia)

Music piece by:

Clan 91

Testimony by:

Eduardo Ojeda

Experience in:

Campamento de Prisioneros Isla Dawson, 1973

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« We had a comrade who sang beautifully. He was called Peye and was a student at the State Technical University. »

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« We arrived at Dawson Island on the afternoon of 11 September. All we knew was that we had been arrested in the morning - nothing else. »

National Anthem of Chile

Music piece by:

Eusebio Lillo and Ramón Carnicer

Testimony by:

Eduardo Ojeda

Experience in:

Campamento de Prisioneros Isla Dawson, September 1973

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« At Compingin Camp on the island, Mario started telling us about the Spanish lyrics of the Yugoslav song 'Tamo daleko'. The song was not Croatian: it was Serbian. »

Far Away (Tamo daleko)

Music piece by:

Djordje Marinkovic. Chilean adaptation of traditional Serbian song, originally composed in 1916.

Testimony by:

Eduardo Ojeda

Experience in:

Campamento de Prisioneros Isla Dawson, 1973

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« This is another song that was performed by the band Los de Chacabuco and was sung in the prisoners’ weekly show. It’s a very old Mexican song that was popular in Chile. »

La Adelita

Music piece by:

Unknown

Testimony by:

Luis Cifuentes Seves

Experience in:

Campamento de Prisioneros Chacabuco, January – February 1974

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« This is one of the songs the band Los de Chacabuco arranged and performed at the weekly show authorised by the military. »

Barlovento

Music piece by:

Eduardo Serrano

Testimony by:

Luis Cifuentes Seves

Experience in:

Campamento de Prisioneros Chacabuco, January – February 1974

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St John Passion (Pasión según San Juan)

Music piece by:

Ángel Parra

Testimony by:

Luis Cifuentes Seves

Experience in:

Campamento de Prisioneros Chacabuco, January - February 1974

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« This song is the third track on the cassette recorded in the Chacabuco concentration camp by the band Los de Chacabuco, formed by Ángel Parra and conducted by him until his release. »

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Chacabuco Mass (Misa chacabucana)

Music piece by:

Ángel Parra and Ariel Ramírez

Testimony by:

Luis Cifuentes Seves

Experience in:

Campamento de Prisioneros Chacabuco, January - February 1974

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« This song is the second track on the cassette recorded in the Chacabuco prison camp by the band Los de Chacabuco, formed by Ángel Parra and led by him until his release. At the time that the cassette was recorded, Ángel had already been freed and Ernesto Parra had become the group's conductor. »

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