Metadata
Title
Harp
Alternative title
Aapa
Creator
Yaqui tribe
Created
2008
Description
Original object (physical):
Dimensions: 129 X 60 X 46 cm.
Wood technique
Description
The harp is a chordophonic musical instrument made of wood and sheet metal, made up of the soundboard, head and pegs that tighten thirty strings. It was introduced in the Yaqui culture from the beginning of the evangelization at the beginning of the 17th century.
In Yaqui symbolism, this instrument is a creation of God, it is used only in the musical accompaniment of the Pascola dance, in which both the dance itself and the Pascola itself are associated with evil spirits, enchantments and legends that suggest images forged by a medieval European mentality, charged with magic. Its function is to harmonize the melody played by the violin with chords and sounds, as well as to mark the rhythm of the son, which will have to be opposed by the rhythm of the tapping of the soles of the feet on the ground and the repercussions of the tenábaris that he carries the Pascola on his legs (Islas, 2017). Every time the instrument is played, it is tuned according to the pitch in which the son or songs for the dance are to be played.
Subject
Musical instruments--Mexico--Ethnic groups | Religion and culture--Sonora (Mexico : State)--Holy Week | Religious dance--Mexico
Format
Still image / jpg
Spatial
Sonora , Cócorit
Temporal
2001 - 2010
Is part of
Music and dance room, Museum of the Yaqui people
Provenance
Museum of the Yaqui people. Sinaloa and Obregon No. 200, Cocorit, Cajeme, Sonora
Acquired for the reopening of the museum in the town of Cócorit. It is exhibited in the traditional festival room of the Museum.
Language
eng , yaqui
Date
2021-09-17
Identifier
Web Catalogación Obregón 2016 - 2635
ISC-CGPC-MY-0007
RS-OM-MEY-07
Relationship
References
Islas, Cristian. (2017). Sones para la danza de pascola: transcripción de la música para violín y arpa de la comunidad Yaqui. Sonora: Instituto Sonorense de Cultura.
Contributor
Sonoran Institute of Culture
Casanova, Juan (photography)
Buitimea Flores, Teodoro; Ruiz Félix, José María (investigation)
Valencia, Carlos ; The Yaqui Pride Project (translation to english)
License

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Rights
Sonoran Institute of Culture




