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Las Cafeteras

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Las Cafeteras is a Chicano band from East Los Angeles, California.Their music fuses spoken word and folk music, with traditional Son Jarocho, Afro-Mexican music and zapateado dancing. [1]

34 relations: Afro-Mexicans, Caifanes, Cajón, Chicano, Civil rights movement, DREAM Act, East Los Angeles, California, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, El Sereno, Los Angeles, Facebook, Female homicides in Ciudad Juárez, Folk music, Glockenspiel, Harmonica, Immigration reform, Jarana jarocha, Jawbone (instrument), Juanes, Lila Downs, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Master of ceremonies, Musical ensemble, Native American flute, Ozomatli, Requinto jarocho, Singing, Son jarocho, Spoken word, Twitter, United Farm Workers, United States, Veracruz (city), Viacom Media Networks, Zapateado (Mexico).

Afro-Mexicans

Afro-Mexicans (afromexicanos; negros; afrodescendientes.), also known as Black Mexicans are Mexicans who have both a predominant heritage from Sub-Saharan Africa and identify as such.

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Caifanes

Caifanes is a Spanish-language rock en español band from Mexico City.

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Cajón

A cajón ("box", "crate" or "drawer") is a box-shaped percussion instrument originally from Peru, played by slapping the front or rear faces (generally thin plywood) with the hands, fingers, or sometimes various implements such as brushes, mallets, or sticks.

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Chicano

Chicano or Chicana (also spelled Xicano or Xicana) is a chosen identity of some Mexican Americans in the United States.

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Civil rights movement

The civil rights movement (also known as the African-American civil rights movement, American civil rights movement and other terms) was a decades-long movement with the goal of securing legal rights for African Americans that other Americans already held.

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DREAM Act

The DREAM Act (acronym for Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act) is an American legislative proposal for a multi-phase process for qualifying alien minors in the United States that would first grant conditional residency and, upon meeting further qualifications, permanent residency.

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East Los Angeles, California

East Los Angeles, or East L.A., is an unincorporated area in Los Angeles County, California.

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Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros is an American folk rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 2007.

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El Sereno, Los Angeles

El Sereno is a Los Angeles neighborhood in the Eastside Los Angeles region of Los Angeles County, California.

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Facebook

Facebook is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California.

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Female homicides in Ciudad Juárez

The phenomenon of the female homicides in Ciudad Juárez, called in Spanish feminicidio ("feminicide") involves the violent deaths of hundreds of women and girls since 1993 in the northern Mexican region of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, a border city across the Rio Grande from the U.S. city of El Paso, Texas.

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Folk music

Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival.

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Glockenspiel

A glockenspiel (or, Glocken: bells and Spiel: set) is a percussion instrument composed of a set of tuned keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano.

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Harmonica

The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock and roll.

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Immigration reform

Immigration reform is change to the current immigration policy of a country.

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Jarana jarocha

The jarana jarocha is a guitar-shaped fretted stringed instrument from the southern region of the state of Veracruz, Mexico.

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Jawbone (instrument)

The quijada, charrasca, or jawbone (in English), is an idiophone percussion instrument made from the jawbone of a donkey, horse or mule cattle, producing a powerful buzzing sound.

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Juanes

Juanes at the Zelt Musik Festival 2015 in Freiburg, Germany Juanes at the Zelt Musik Festival 2015 in Freiburg, Germany Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez (born August 9, 1972), known professionally as Juanes, is a Colombian musician who was a member of the rock band Ekhymosis and is now a solo artist.

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Lila Downs

Ana Lila Downs Sánchez (born September 9, 1968) is a Mexican-American singer-songwriter and actress.

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Los Angeles Philharmonic

The Los Angeles Philharmonic (LA Phil or LAP) is an American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California.

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Master of ceremonies

A master of ceremonies, abbreviated M.C. or emcee, also called compère and announcer, is the official host of a ceremony, a staged event or similar performance.

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Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble, also known as a music group or musical group, is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music, with the ensemble typically known by a distinct name.

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Native American flute

The Native American flute is a flute that is held in front of the player, has open finger holes, and has two chambers: one for collecting the breath of the player and a second chamber which creates sound.

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Ozomatli

Ozomatli are an American six-piece band playing primarily Latin, hip hop, and rock music, formed in 1995 in Los Angeles.

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Requinto jarocho

The requinto jarocho or guitarra de son is a plucked string instrument, played usually with a special pick.

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Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques.

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Son jarocho

Son jarocho is a regional folk musical style of Mexican Son from Veracruz, a Mexican state along the Gulf of Mexico.

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Spoken word

Spoken word is a performance art that is word based.

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Twitter

Twitter is an online news and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages known as "tweets".

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United Farm Workers

The United Farm Workers of America, or more commonly just United Farm Workers (UFW), is a labor union for farmworkers in the United States.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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Veracruz (city)

Veracruz, officially known as Heroica Veracruz, is a major port city and municipality on the Gulf of Mexico in the Mexican state of Veracruz.

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Viacom Media Networks

Viacom Media Networks, formerly known as MTV Networks, is an American mass media division of Viacom that oversees the operations of many of its television channels and Internet brands.

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Zapateado (Mexico)

The zapateado is a group of dance styles of Mexico, characterized by a lively rhythm punctuated by the striking of the dancer's shoes, akin to tap dance.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Cafeteras

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