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Thread #159267   Message #3773141
Posted By: keberoxu
16-Feb-16 - 12:55 PM
Thread Name: Review: Travesura: Inti Illimani HISTORICO
Subject: Cajita de Olinalá
Gabriela Mistral's poem, Cajita de Olinalá is the basis for one of the Travesura tracks. Google the name of the poem, and pictures will come up. These little ornamental boxes are sold to tourists, and they are extremely colorful. The poem is lyrical and the melody is simple and tenderly sung. Because of the disrespectful packaging, no information is given on who wrote the music.

That it is a poem of Gabriela Mistral, comes not from the non-existent liner notes, but from the book La Cancion en el Sombrero, in which music director Horacio Salinas reviews each album that Inti Illimani released -- proceeding to his present group, Inti Illimani Historico, and this album.