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 heterogeneous daily life. 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.
With this brief introduction, we present today's song: "El Mono" (Monkey), an Oriental Joropo Sucrense or JOSU, musical compilation by Ubaldo Aristóbulo Ramírez (Aristides). This piece of music is part of the Album "Arístedes Ramírez" * Cuereta with feeling; "Patrimonios Culturales Musicales" (2004) and, is an edition that was made with the purpose of disseminating the musical work of the popular cultists of the Ribero Municipality of the city of Cariaco, Sucre State, Venezuela. This song is a Joropo with Estribillo; musical form that is contained within the Venezuelan traditional-popular music genre that we call JOSU which is the result of that rich cultural hybridization that we mentioned previously.
It is important to note that this musical production is the result of joint work and sponsorship of the Regional Government of Sucre State, the Direction of Culture of the Sucre State, the Municipality of Rivero Municipality and Casa de la Cultura "Dolores Benita de Luna" of Cariaco in the Sucre State. This represents a huge effort on the part of each one of us who are committed to promoting and spreading our Venezuelan culture. It is about reaffirming the value of our musical expressions and their popular cultores, thus demonstrating the immense creative potential of the people of Sucre State. This joint work was coordinated by who writes these lines.
Ubaldo Aristóbulo Ramírez is one of the bastions of JOSU and his particular interpretation-improvisation of this musical form expresses an indigenous and characteristic sense of this Venezuelan geo-cultural environment. This can be seen when the Accordion bursts in, naturally, in the Chorus after the Joropo itself.
Finally, we must emphasize that, in spite of the strong globalizing process of culture, the devaluation and the loss that is experienced today of some of the musical expressions in Venezuela, in the Sucre State the musical tradition is maintained, through the permanent process of miscegenation-hybridization and resistance of our traditional and popular manifestations because they are fed by the constant inventiveness and the deep popular roots of their cultists.
Estelio Padilla
Title of the Musical Production: Arístedes Ramírez: Cuereta with feeling. Musical Cultural Heritage Collection Vol. 2
No. Of Track: 1
Title of the song: "El Mono" (Monkey).
Musical compilation: Arístedes Ramírez
Musical Genre: JOSU
Musical Form: Joropo with Estribillo
Accordion or Cuereta: Arístedes Ramírez
Cuatro, Bajo and Tambora: Ramón Linares
Maracas: Félix Martínez
- Cuereta: name given to the Accordion in eastern Venezuela.
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