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For many it’s the sound of home. It’s the music their parents danced to at weddings, teenage siblings played to heal from a heartbreak and uncles sang out of tune to while drinking tequila.
It can be cheerful, patriotic, sad, desperate and hopeful. Mariachi music transports many listeners to a memory of a country they left behind, a long lost love or happy times with family members and friends.
For a while it seemed the music, along with the talented musicians who play it, were becoming another casualty of the coronavirus pandemic. Early last year numerous weddings, quinceañeras and other large events that usually feature mariachi bands were canceled.
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“Mariachi is something that brings the family a sense of melancholy,” she said, “and they can remember and reminisce on the person’s life.”
Mariachi music has been around for more than 100 years. The music’s popularity outside Mexico has grown so much that K-12 schools and universities have created mariachi music programs across the United States and the world.
The size of a mariachi ensemble varies, but it usually includes singers, violinists, and trumpet and guitar players. Performers wear charro suits, elegant outfits decorated with embroidery and silver or gold metal buttons.
Mariachi Divinas perform at an outdoor birthday celebration on Friday in Escondido, Calif.