Shadowy Narcissus: some Castelao characters
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Rianxo artist Castelao's humane drawings.Alfonso Daniel RodrÃguez Castelao was the most important man in Galician history. As a playwright, painter, writer, actor, composer, caricaturist, congressman and doctor, his aim was to defend the poor and the oppressed and all that was related to his homeland in the times that he lived in, strongly marked by the abuse of the powerful and by the Spanish Civil War.My mother Concha tells about how Castelao would ride on his horse to the villages in times of hunger and poverty to cure the sick for free.He was born in Rianxo in 1886 and he passed away in Buenos Aires in 1950. Castelao was buried in Argentina, where he had to go as a political exile, but now he is at the Santo Domingos de Bonaval Pantheon of Illustrious Galicians in Santiago de Compostela, less than ten steps away from Galiza's most important woman ever, RosalÃa de Castro.1. Castelao2. "The immigrant that didn't succeed"3. "An OurFather so that God delivers us from 'Justice' "4. "Lord: they won't bestow Justice upon me."5. " - They say that young man has a superior education. - Yes, but his accent is so Galician ..."6. Boy atop a pine tree7. "Viatic"Music: "Os Fastos" by Xocaloma.(Lyrics by Eduardo Pondal).* Para cando boas edicións dixitais das discografÃas de Xocaloma e Fuxan os ventos?* A fermosa cantante de Xocaloma, Dolores Plata, é para min a mellor cantante galega da historia. Ela fixo nos anos 80 un precioso disco de jazz titulado "Lúa descolorida" no que traducÃa con moita sensibilidade poemas de RosalÃa. Non está editado en disco compacto.
Canal: Travel & Events
Añadido: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Autor: xensboy
Duración: 02:22
Puntuación: 5.00
Reproducciones: 549
Etiquetas: Bonaval Castelao Castro de Dolores Narcissus Plata Rianxo RosalÃa Shadowy Xocaloma
Comentarios
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nir1971 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I checked some Galician folk music and dances on youtube I loved it...it is very similar to ours not the music but the dances and the costumes...
nir1971 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I checked wikipedia about him, he was republican, I dont think it matters at one point if we are talking about democracy...
xensboy (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
The Republican artists and intellectuals had to leave Spain because of their ideas, for fear of imprisonment or death, as happened to the great poet GarcÃa Lorca.Thanks, Nirva.
nir1971 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
it is amazing how you can reach through people with your art, applicable to everyone.. without hurting anybody, thats the power of peace, what did he get intead political exile, what was he guilty for? other than sharing his humane opinions with people... i can so relate to his caricatures..it is very universal ...
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