Cielito Lindo!. A song that has a lot of history. Over the years the Music is part of the Mexican community. Mexico has many styles of music, from traditional artist to the modern singers, such as Alejandro Fernandez or Mana.
Cielito Lindo, is probably one of the icon songs of Mexico, it is part of the folklore and the Mexican tradition. The writer of the song Cielito Lindo is Quirino Mendoza y Cortes.
Because of the mix of cultures in Mexico with the Spaniards, this song has words and places from Spain. On the song, he talks about the “Sierra Morena”, which is the name of the mountains that divide the south Region of Spain between Extremadura and Granada, in Andalucia.This area was the last region of the Arabs in the Iberia Peninsula, until the Catholic Kings of Castilla conquer the region in 1492. In the song Mr Quirino Mendoza, writes about two beautiful brown eyes coming down the Mountain (Sierra Morena), and because of the mix of cultures between the Spaniards and the Arabs who later conquered Mexico, the brown and beautiful girl is represented as the mix of the woman beauty with a diverse cultural mix.
This song is usually accompanied with Mariachis and has been sang by many international and national singers such as Pedro Vargas and Luis Aguilar. Also nowadays is an anthem on the Mexican Football matches to support their team on football world cups -All the Mexicans get together supporting their team singing Cielito Lindo!
On this particular video, the song is sang by different Mexican singers, combining different styles, and different sounds from diverse regions of Mexico, from the South to the North and back. It is a promotional video of one of the biggest banks in Mexico, Banamex, and they also promote and show the beauty of the Mexican towns.
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