Cantos Cautivos
169 results where found for «The Black King»
- Music piece by:Manuel M. Ponce
- Testimony by:Beatriz Bataszew Contreras
- Experience in:Campamento de Prisioneros, Tres Álamos, December 1974 - May 1976
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- « To every comrade who had a birthday, we would sing 'Las mañanitas' and we would give them presents. The majority of the female prisoners would come together and sing to you. I spent one birthday in prison. Birthdays were important for everyone because we were alive. Because you have a birthday when you’re alive. »
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- « that King David used to sing »
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- Music piece by:Víctor Jara
- Testimony by:Joaquín Vallejos
- Experience in:Academia de Guerra Naval, January 1974
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- « I was arrested at home together with a childhood friend who they’d gone to pick up first. My family thought he’d stitched me up, which was not true. »
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- « you spend your time stroking »
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- Music piece by:Sergio Vesely
- Testimony by:Sergio Vesely
- Experience in:Cárcel de Valparaíso, 1976
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- « Several of my friends and comrades disappeared after being arrested. The dictatorship denied knowledge of their whereabouts but I knew they were lying. »
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- « of what I am talking about and I can prove it. »
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- Music piece by:Rafael Alberti (lyrics), Ángel Parra (music)
- Testimony by:Alfonso Padilla Silva
- Experience in:Campamento Prisioneros Estadio Regional, 25 December 1973
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- « During Christmas 1973, approximately 660 men and 100 women were held as prisoners in the Concepción Regional Stadium. Concentration camp officials allowed us to celebrate Christmas on the pitch. We were in a corner of the pitch and we used the pole vault pit as a stage. »
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- « inland was thinking: if we triumph »
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- Music piece by:Miguel Bosé
- Testimony by:Carolina Videla
- Experience in:Cárcel Pública de Arica, January 1989
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- « I was 19 years old when they arrested me. I was one of the youngest political prisoners at the time in Arica. »
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- « Now I’m looking for you and you’re not here, I remember »
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- Music piece by:Antônio Marcos. Popularised in Chile by Claudio Reyes
- Testimony by:Carolina Videla
- Experience in:Cárcel Pública de Arica, January 1989
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- « My prison term happened during the last year of the dictatorship after the No vote won. I was set free because of 'lack of evidence', after a year and a half in prison. »
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- « looking for other horizons »
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You Will Pay (The Cigarette Smoke) (Pagarás [El humo del cigarrillo])
- Music piece by:Manuel Mantilla
- Testimony by:Fernando Aravena
- Experience in:Cárcel de Santiago, 1989
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- « The political prisoners were isolated but when they made us go down to the courtyard, we were with the common prisoners. »
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- « I want to get drinking »
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- Music piece by:Patricio Manns (lyrics) and Horacio Salinas (music)
- Testimony by:Fernando Aravena
- Experience in:Cárcel de Santiago, 1989
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- « During our mateadas in the Prison of Santiago, we always talked about the song ‘Vuelvo’ (I Come Back). It gave you the hope of returning to the fight. The prison was only something temporary. »
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- « without asking for forgiveness or forgetting »
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- Music piece by:Víctor Jara
- Testimony by:Alfonso Padilla Silva
- Experience in:Campamento Prisioneros Estadio Regional, 25 December 1973
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- « During Christmas 1973, I was one of some 600 men and 100 women prisoners in Concepción Regional Stadium. »
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- « Although strictly speaking, the song did not have a social or political message as such, to sing a song by Jara was tantamount to a tribute to him and to his example, and also to all the fallen comrades. »
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Musicalized Dialogue between Two Old Prisoners (Diálogo musicalizado entre dos ancianos presos)
- Music piece by:Sergio Vesely
- Testimony by:Sergio Vesely
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