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116 results where found for «Candombe for José»
- Music piece by:Roberto Ternán
- Testimony by:Sara De Witt
- Experience in:Campamento de Prisioneros, Tres Álamos, September 1976
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- « We were in Tres Álamos barracks in September 1976. I don’t recall how many of us women were imprisoned there. I believe there were close to a hundred of us. »
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- « I still remember those intense moments when we sang so many songs. Gazing up at the sky, we sang
'Candombe para José' , which we called 'El Negro José'. I understood that song as something new and different from the songs we usually sang. It seemed more contemporary to me and it made me feel in touch with my people outside the camp. The line 'en un pueblo olvidado no sé por qué' ('in a God-forsaken town, I don't know why') seemed connected with how I was feeling at that time. »- [Read full testimony]
- Music piece by:Roberto Ternán
- Testimony by:Amelia Negrón
- Experience in:Campamento de Prisioneros, Tres Álamos, June 1976
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- « We were in Pavilion 1. One of us came up with the idea, I can’t remember who. There were so many of us and we spent the day inventing and creating things! »
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- « And from then on, we would sing it back and forth from one pavilion to the other during festive nights, and that is how 'Candombe para José', on a Saturday in June 1976, became the hymn of the political prisoners. »
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- Music piece by:Roberto Ternán
- Testimony by:Alejandro Olate
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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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- « Candombe for José (Candombe para José) »
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- Music piece by:Joan Manuel Serrat
- Testimony by:Beatriz Bataszew Contreras
- Experience in:Campamento de Prisioneros, Tres Álamos, December 1974 - May 1976
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- « Tres Álamos was a more 'normal' camp, even though we never had a trial. There was a lot of music, it was sort of ritualistic. »
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‘Candombe para José’ was very important. The line ‘ánimo Negro José’ (‘go for it, Negro José’) was a bit like saying ‘it will go away, there are always other possibilities’. I feel it was an encouraging song and also a way of showing each other affection. »- [Read full testimony]
- Music piece by:Eduardo Gatti
- Testimony by:Scarlett Mathieu
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- « ‘Moments’ was a song sung by the female comrades whose partners were imprisoned on the other side of Tres Álamos, or were fugitives or disappeared. We all sang it, but it was like their anthem. »
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- « There was a very dear comrade who loved
‘Candombe para José’ . She even requested that the song was sung for her funeral. »- [Read full testimony]
- Music piece by:Manuel José Castilla (lyrics) and Gustavo Leguizamón (music). Popularised by Mercedes Sosa
- Testimony by:Eduardo Ojeda
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- « We arrived at Camp Compingin on Dawson Island on the afternoon of
11 September . We knew that we had been arrested that morning, and we knew nothing else yet. »- [...]
- « We were taken for forced labour to build Río Chico, the other detention camp on Dawson Island. José sang “Balderrama” over and over again. It has the verse “where will we end up if Balderrama closes”. This was the truth because none of us knew where we would end up. »
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- Music piece by:José Agustín Goytisolo (lyrics) and Paco Ibáñez (music)
- Testimony by:Amelia Negrón
- Experience in:Campamento de Prisioneros, Tres Álamos, 1975 and 1976, until the closure of Tres Álamos
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- « There were so many of us women prisoners. Despite the circumstances, we had managed to invent our own world, one with our rules, according to what we thought and wanted for ourselves, our families and all the Chilean people. »
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- « Introduction by Ana María Jiménez: 'We are going to sing a song that for us, former prisoners, has great significance. This is 'Palabras para Julia,' a song with lyrics by José Agustín Goytisolo and music by Paco Ibáñez. It speaks of strength, love, resistance, and it became the anthem of the women of Tres Álamos. With it, we greeted those who arrived and said goodbye to those who were freed. With it, we remember and want to share it with you today.' »
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- Music piece by:Spanish version of 'Makhnovtchina', attributed to Ukranian anarchist Nestor Makhno, based on anonymous Russian melody.
- Testimony by:Julio Laks Feller
- Experience in:Recinto DINA, José Domingo Cañas Nº 1367, September 1974
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- « In late September 1974, the Soviet partisan’s song was intoned softly but with an awe-inspiring force in the José Domingo Cañas torture centre. »
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Recinto: Comisaría de Carabineros Nº 21, José María Caro (actual Comisaría de Carabineros Nº 11, José María Caro)- There are no testimonies about this detention centre.
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Recinto: Cuartel de Investigaciones, José María Caro (actual Brigada de Investigación Criminal, José María Caro)- There are no testimonies about this detention centre.
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- « We arrived at Camp Compingin on Dawson Island on the afternoon of