Sunday, December 15, 2013

Ñamkelen


Ñamkelen is a word that comes from the mapudungun which is the language of the Mapuche people, it refers to something that is fallen, obsolete or forgotten. In this song there are only two sentences which are "mataste dioses con tu religión, que maldad!" (you killed gods with your religion, such evil!) but with them is more than enough to deliver an extremely powerful message. This is an open demonstration against invading cultures that, with the promise of evangelize and "modernize" the aboriginal peoples, end up killing them both physically and culturally, and all its traditions and identity becomes something Ñamkelen ...

This video is of the full album, the song Ñamkelen is on minute 27:33...




1 comment:

  1. hola Pablo, queria saber si me puedo contactar contigo, te dejo mi correo.
    nfredes88@hotmail.com
    gracias

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