In groups of five or more, Mariachi bands wear extravagant charro suits and perform at various events like parties, quinceañeras, funerals, or in the streets. Playing music that often celebrates themes of life, death, love, and betrayal, mariachi music is also plagued with machismo. Loosely...
On the rousing “Copitas, Copotas” Aguilar fights for his right to party, proclaiming “I like tequila, mezcal suits me fine”. In fine comic form, Aguilar performed the song as a tipsy teacher in a primary school classroom in the 1959 filmLos Santos Reyes. Aguilar is in a more somber...
Glumly, they let him go.They had reached the depths of mariachi misery.These are bitter times for the street-corner musicians known as mariachis, whose trumpet choruses and silver-buttoned suits are a national trademark in Mexico.The yearlong economic crisis has left Mexicans with little ...
the members of Flor de Toloache are sporting the best statement accessories of all – instruments. And, unfortunately, their fabulous black charro suits are not part of the collection’s offering.
Charro suits are typically black with heavy gold – or silver – threaded embroidery and sometimes even ornamental buttons. For accessories, they wear a bolero or bow tie, an adorned belt and a wide-brimmed hat called a sombrero. Part of Mexican culture ...
“There has been a boom in the whole mariachi culture,” said Sheehy, pointing to the upswing in business for tailors who make the cowboy-style suits, with silver ornaments down the sides of the pants, as well as for craftsmen who make mariachi instruments such as the guitarron, a large...