(19 May 2025)
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Mexico City, Mexico – 18 May 2025
1. Roberto Yurisic plays the organ grinder while shooting bubbles
2. Various organ grinders play while Chilean street musicians dance around them
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Gabriel Rivera, an organ grinder for 10 years:
"We are the soundtrack of the city. We can’t talk about Mexico City without listening to an organ grinder."
4. Various organ grinders parade through the historic center of Mexico City
5. Organ grinder dressed as a Charro plays
6. Various organ grinders play while Chilean street musician dance and play around them
7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Roberto Yurisic, Chilean organ grinder who migrated to China where he plays:
"Come, support the organ grinders, these are our traditions, Latin Americans, 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, so 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."
8. Various organ grinders
9. Female organ grinder playing
STORYLINE:
Organilleros mexicanos y chilenos deleitaron al público con un desfile en la capital mexicana el domingo como parte del Tercer Festival de Organilleros.
El evento busca difundir la tradición y memoria histórica de los organilleros con actividades que incluyen exposiciones fotográficas y presentaciones musicales.
Los organilleros aspiran obtener el reconocimiento como Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial de la Ciudad de México.
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