Good afternoon dear friends and dear friends of Hive. Motivated by the date of the celebration of the month of May, in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, La Cruz de Mayo is celebrated in all states, a festival that begins on May 3, where devotees dress the crosses with ornaments. natural and placed on altars, where it is worshiped, with recitations, songs, dances, games, etc. I wanted to share a few tenths with the structure of the European spinel, an adopted tradition where they are interpreted in a recited way and also in a sung way, using their beautiful variants according to the population. These tenths have the structure of five stanzas: a quatrain and four forced tenths of a foot, where each foot or end of the tenth is adjusted to the initial quatrain where its verses are octosyllable with ABBA rhyme and the tenths with 10 octosyllable verses or words, with rhyme ABBAACCDDC. In the East of the Country these tenths are sung in the musical forms: Galerón and Gaitas Margariteñas especially, in the west the country: Décimas de Canturías, in the Barlovento area are recited and thus we find this literary form in other musical forms, not only to sing to the Cross, but to sing to it all year round, for example the Zuliana Bagpipes, they have these structures.
These tenths dedicated to the May Cross, are completely my own, as are the photos, except for some that I place their respective credits.
Décimas a la Cruz 2021
De las risas y los llantos
galerones todo el día
que la gente aplaudiría
cuando ¡dijo bien! mi canto
I
Quiero cantar con mi hermano
como en los pueblos, solían
unas salves y Fulias
con una rosa en la mano
Cruz de Mayo la sembramos
entre décimas y cantos
y por eso quiero tanto
los recuerdos imborrables
y la luz inigualable
de las risas y los llantos
II
Con el cuatro y mandolina
entonamos punto y llanto
malagueñas entre cantos
desde oriente se encamina
escuchamos voces finas
de Chelías y María
unas jotas y fulías
en presencia de la cruz
con el alma de Jesús
galerones todo el día
III
La Bandola de los llanos
le rinde culto a la cruz
alumbrando con su luz
a toditos los paisanos
voces graves y sopranos
y esa bellas canturías
entre tonos y armonía
honran al santo madero
y cantores con esmero
que la gente aplaudiría
IV
Con el cinco bien templado
el pandero y el requinto
le hago caso a mis instintos
en cantar muy afinado
esos tonos arraigados
que nos cubre con su manto
y por eso, mientras tanto
salves, décimas y tonos
a la cruz que no abandono
cuando ¡dijo bien! mi canto
Tenths to the Cross 2021
Of the laughter and the crying
galleries all day
that people would applaud
when he said okay! my song
I
I want to sing with my brother
as in the villages, they used to
some salves and fulias
with a rose in hand
Cruz de Mayo we sow it
between tenths and songs
and that's why I want so much
the indelible memories
and the unequaled light
of laughter and crying
II
With the four and mandolin
we sing point and cry
malagueñas between songs
from the east it is headed
we hear fine voices
of Chelías and María
some jacks and fulías
in the presence of the cross
with the soul of Jesus
galleries all day
III
The Bandola of the plains
worships the cross
shining with its light
to all the countrymen
bass and soprano voices
and those beautiful songs
between tones and harmony
they honor the holy tree
and singers with care
that people would applaud
IV
With the five well tempered
the tambourine and the requinto
I listen to my instincts
in singing very in tune
those ingrained tones
that covers us with his mantle
and for that, meanwhile
salves, tenths and tones
to the cross that I do not abandon
when he said okay! my song
Cuadro a la Cruz de Mayo por Aracelis Mor
Canto a la Cruz de Mayo por Argenis Bello
Obra Cruz de Mayo por R. Revilla
Velorio de Cruz de Mayo, estado Portuguesa.
foto: Margarita Morales
Cantos a la Cruz de Mayo, Cabudare, estado Lara.
foto: Margarita Morales
Velorio de Cruz de Mayo, Barquisimeto, estado Lara
Velorio de Cruz de Mayo. El Tocuyo, estado Lara
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