El Tilingo Lingo
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- El Tilingo Lingo is a Mexican folk dance from the state of Veracruz, a city on the gulf of Mexico. I had never heard the tune until I made this video on Nov. 1, 2009, and I was instantly drawn to it. I love the use of harp throughout, especially in the opening, and I love the humorous lyrics. To me, they exemplify the "roll-with-the-punches" attitude of many Mexican farmworkers and laborers, and their approach toward the often backbreaking work they do. There is mention of a strike, or "huelga," in the lyrics below. Music from Veracruz is known as El Son Jarocho. The dance was performed by children at the Pueblo de Los Angeles historic monument on this year's Day of the Dead. They were dancing to a recording, and I can't locate the artist at the moment. I didn't find the online recordings as fetching as this one. The rhythm seemed too fast or too slow in the others, and the vocals not so clear and sweet as the tenor on this recording. I also love his accent and how he pronounces "zapatear."
"El Tilingo Lingo" was recorded by Los Lobos in 1978 on their album "Los Lobos del Este de Los Angeles" and is generally included as part of the Chicano movement's songs of protest. It was recorded in 1998 by the more traditional folk song group Conjunto Jardín. The online lyrics vary. From what I can gather a "tilingo" is a simple, pedantic person, and "lingo" as well.
The Conjunto Jardín lyrics are as follows:
"Ay que bonito es bailar
El son de tilingo lingo
Que lo puede zapatear
Tanto el chino como el gringo"
This means
"Oh how beautiful it is to dance
The sound of tilingo lingo
It can be danced equally
By a Chinese and a gringo."
Los Lobos took out the reference to Chinese and gringos, and instead sang "Se baila singulario," which as best I can translate means it can be danced "uniquely." I find the reference fascinating because the square in which the children were dancing is located at the heart of the historic birthplace of Los Angeles. From the beginning, the Mexican center of town was also the heart of L.A's Chinatown, and the Chinese-American Museum is housed in the same complex of buildings as the monument offices and exhibits.
In the chorus, the song mentions a strike:
"Ay repica pica pica...
Mientras estemos en huelga
No se puede comer uvas
Ni tampoco ensalada
Por la huelga de lechuga
"Oh how it picks and pecks(the harp)
While we're on strike
We can't eat grapes
We can't eat salad
Because of the lettuce strike"
Finally, it says:
"Ay repica pica pica
Hasta lo canta mi suegra
Que bonitas que bonitas
Todas las que están en huelga"
"Oh how it picks and pecks
Even my mother-in-law sings it
How beautiful
Everyone on strike"
For more information on the Day of the Dead celebration and other events at El Pueblo Historic Monument, see www.olvera-street.com.
Viva Veracruz ❤❤
Me encanta. Recuerdos de mi madre, ahora tiene 91 años.
Mi madre la cantaba, y es de un pueblo de España. Creo que mis padres la bailaban a su manera en sus pueblos de Cuenca.
Yo baile el tilingo lingo en la primaria fue muy hermoso!!!
wow...if this was in L.A. i`m really surprised.......well, let me explain myself, i`m from Veracruz......and i didn´t expect that our loved music and dance were so popular......it makes my day, and really give me the energy to continue dancing and fighting to save our precious culture.......thanks!!!!
You’re very welcome!
Nice little tune ..
When I first saw this, I didn't realise..
that the dancers, were also wearing face
paint too..
It's good to see an alternate view of Los
Angeles. . Its' Hispanic community, and The ' Day of the Dead ' celebrations.
Lots of info .. Good job Tatiana !
Los Lobos did a great version of El Eilingo Lingo
Yes, I go into that in the description. Thanks for watching!
This Los Lobos performing El Tilingo Lingo, the recording was done for United Farmer Workers for when they were on Lettuce & grape boycott/strike. The album is called Si Se Puede. It was re-released on an album called Rolas de Aztlan.
Kudos for posting this! Great audio quality too considering. I guess there must be a few variations out there, the one I have by Conjunto Villa Del Mar says nothing about strikes, grapes, nor mothers-in-law. It's all about the dance and how beautiful are the people dancing. Also says que bonitas son las hijas de Don Simón, (how beautiful the daughters of Don Simon are.)
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Me da mucho gusto que tambien hables español, pronto subire otros videos de mi hija, va llegando de una competencia en Phoenix, para que los veas haber si te gustan ok?
Saludos!!!!
Very nice.. sorry I don't speake English , pero me da mucho gusto que les guste el folcklor mexicano, mi video es de la academia de danza en Sierra Vista Arizona, Alma Dolores International Dance Centre.
Thanks
@luigyzam intenta : Conjunto Jarocho Villa del mar
El veracruzano no se faldea!
what does tilingo mean? yo no se.
si me gusto;
graciasm.facebook.com/public/Remedios-Rodriguez-Palma
aquí en Ubrique. vive la hija del fotógrafo (cubiles) este falleció,
@luigyzam yo tengo esa versión que se escucha, si quieres te la puedo pasar
changoss!! sin afán de otra cosa pero me puse este video para repasar mis pasos pero me dio flojerita aun así puess bien!
{Hola}
le faltó zapateado y éso que soy de Hidalgo...
Tienes razón. Nada de zapateado.
No lo saven bailar hahaha
asi no se baila
yo soy jarocha
Ay' que aburrido! Ya ni yo cuando estoy muy cansada de las horas de bailar en mi grupo de danza
parese que tienen flojera
tilingo es una cancion con mucho q sacar..!!! esta estampa me parece de flojera..
ni zapatearon casi, aburrido