Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Víctor Jara


Hello friends!! This time I will write about a person that I admire, about Víctor Jara.

Victor Jara was born in 1932 and he died in 1973. When he was a child he lived in Lonquén, a rural locality near Santiago. His family was poorest and his parents were peasants. He doesn´t study music, but his mother learned him to play the guitar.

He liked folklore, so he integrated the Universidad de Chile´s choir in 1953. He also liked theater, and then he studied acting and theatre direction in this university. He was a complete artist, because he was actor, director and musician. As theatre director he travelled to Cuba, Argentina, Uruguay and Venezuela and as musician he travelled to Holland, France, Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru and Argentina. He also won many awards as musician.

In 1970 he works in the electoral campaign of the Popular Unity. After, he work in poblations as musician and voluntary and he speak against the civil war and fascism.

11 september, 1973: Víctor Jara is captured by the militaries and he is led at Chile´ Stadium. In this place, he is tortured and murdered.

To finish, I think that Víctor Jara is a consistent person, he support poor people and he helped them. He believed in the popular movement, in the equality and freedom.

Víctor Jara will live forever in the heart of the Chilean people!

5 comments:

  1. The vistor jara is a man very famous, but i really doesn't now all the things you tell us. Thak for information!
    Victos Jara is a icon for militar dictatorshirp.
    Bye!

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  2. I don`t like his music, but I believe that he is a very important chilean figure, because, though he died a lot of years ago, he continued being present in the music and thoughts of a lot of people.

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  3. Hello!

    I also admire Victor, his ideas and his music are a great contribution to our society.

    I also believe that Víctor Jara will live forever in the heart of the Chilean people!

    See you !

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  4. I agree with Tamara.
    I think that Victor Jara is the best chilean composer.
    He inspirate to figth for our ideals. i like his lyrics are the reflect of the realty of the chilean people and their life.

    Bye!

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  5. Hy dear Rodrigo,
    I also admire Victor Jara, unfortunatly I don't know much of his songs, but the ones y know, are very beautiful, and the topics of what he write are very important.
    But, apart of Victor as a musician, he is an example as a person.

    Have nice week :)

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