Today's song: "El Pavo Real” (The Peacock); Venezuelan traditional music

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The federal entity framed within the federal territory of Sucre State in Venezuela, is the result of a high syncretism and a dynamic cultural diversity. This piece of land in the east of the country shows us, at present, an interesting and significant musical universe that enriches its collective feeling and its daily dynamics. It is in this socio-historical-cultural evolution where we find the indigenous, European and African musical contributions that have merged to offer us that beautiful musical range that this federal entity called Sucre State possesses.

Despite the strong globalizing process of culture, the devaluation and the loss that is experienced today of some of the musical expressions in Venezuela, in Sucre the musical tradition is maintained, through a process of resistance, because it feeds on the constant inventiveness and the deep popular roots of its cultores.

With this brief introduction, we present today's song titled "El Pavo Real”: a Joropo with Estribillo by José "Chelé" Romero. It is a musical form that is contained within the Venezuelan traditional-popular music genre called Joropo Oriental Sucrense or JOSU. Its author, José "Chelé" Romero is Director of the group "Oriente Terranova" and is one of the most important bulwarks of this musical form in the Ribero Municipality of Sucre State, Venezuela. Its exemplary interpretation of this musical genre gives it a distinctive and diverse indigenous sense in the municipalities of Ribero, Montes and Sucre. In this type of music, the joropo bursts in with the entrance of the Estribillo, which is a bit more moved, where we can appreciate the intonation of the song "cotorreao" with improvised verses.

This collection is part of the Discographic Work entitled Sucre, Music and Tradition (2002), which was conducted under the patronage of Fundapatrimoniosucre, with the support of the National Council of Culture (CONAC) and the Government of Sucre State, all State institutions Venezuelan. The work was musicalized, supervised and produced by this server who writes these lines (Estelio Padilla). All this Musical Production represents an enormous effort on the part of each one of us who are committed to promote and spread our Venezuelan culture. This is how, on this occasion, a part of the collection that brings together the emblematic musical instruments and genres of our tradition is shown, seeking to reaffirm the value of our musical expressions and their popular cultores, thus demonstrating the immense creative potential of the people of the State Sucre.

Estelio Padilla

Title of the Musical Production: Venezuelan traditional music. The legacy of the living Cultural Patrimonies
No. Of Track: 2
Title of the song: "El Pavo Real” (The Peacock)
Author: José "Chelé" Romero
Musical Genre: Oriental Joropo Sucrense (JOSU)
Musical Form: Joropo with Estribillo
Performer: Musical Group "Oriente Terranova"
Voice: José "Chelé" Romero, Rosauro Caraballo and Félix López
Accordion: César Ramírez
Square Drum: Felix Lopez
Maracas: Luís José Romero
Cuatro: Rosauro Caraballo
Production and Musical Supervision: Estelio Padilla

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