(19 May 2025)
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Mexico City, Mexico – 18 May 2025
1. Various organ grinders play while Chilean street musicians dance around them
2. Various organ grinders parade through the historic center of Mexico City
3. Organ grinder dressed as a Charro plays
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Gabriel Rivera, an organ grinder: ++PART OVERLAID++
"We are the soundtrack of the city. We can’t talk about Mexico City without listening to an organ grinder."
5. Organ grinders parade through the historic center of Mexico City
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Roberto Yurisic, Chilean organ grinder who migrated to China where he plays: ++PART OVERLAID++
"Come, support the organ grinders, these are our Latin American traditions, and I think that in a globalized world we are slowly losing our identity and we are almost all becoming the same, especially with the internet."
7. Organ grinders play while Chilean street musician dances and plays around them
8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Roberto Yurisic, Chilean organ grinder: ++OVERLAID WITH VARIOUS OF ORGAN GRINDERS++
"I think that when one knows where one comes from and embraces one’s roots, I think one can be happier in life because one knows who one is."
9. Yurisic plays organ while shooting bubbles
STORYLINE:
Mexican and Chilean organ grinders delighted passersby in Mexico City as they paraded through the capital on Sunday.
“We are the soundtrack of the city,” said Gabriel Rivera, who has been an organ grinder for many years. “We can’t talk about Mexico City without listening to an organ grinder.”
During the third Festival of Organ Grinders, Chilean organ grinders and street performers known as “Chinchineros,” played their drums and twirled, brining a vibrant and rhythmic one-man band performance to the Mexican public.
Chilean organ grinders are part of the cultural heritage of the country since 2017 when it turned from a marginal profession to a very appreciated one.
"These things give us identity, and I think that when one knows where one comes from and embraces one’s roots, I think one can be happier in life because one knows who one is," said Roberto Yurisic, a Chilean organ grinder who migrated to China where he plays.
These organ grinders and Chinchineros hope that people in Mexico and across Latin America can recognize their artistic skill and traditions.
AP video shot by Amaranta Marentes
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