mariachi

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Six mariachis in traditional charro suits and sombreros perform with instruments on stone steps in front of a carved wooden door during Day of the Dead festivities in Oaxaca, Mexico.

View the Mariachi Northwestern performing “Cielito Lindo,” a classic mariachi song

mariachi: References & Edit History

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Additional Reading

Daniel Sheehy, Mariachi Music in America: Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture (2006), is a useful introduction to mariachi musical culture with a focus on the United States.

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: Metropolitan State University of Denver - 9 things you didn�t know about mariachi.	Gloria Lotha	Dec 23, 2024
	Add new Web site: The University of Arizona - Center for Latin American Studies - History and Evolution of the Mariachi.	Grace Young	Jul 12, 2024
	Add new Web site: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings - �Que Viva el Mariachi!	Gloria Lotha	Dec 14, 2023
	Added video.	Robert Lewis	Jan 29, 2016
	New bibliography added.	John M. Cunningham	Jan 08, 2014
	Article revised.	John M. Cunningham	Jan 07, 2014
	Add new Web site: AllMusic - Mariachi.	Swati Chopra	May 14, 2012
	Add new Web site: Texas State Historical Association - The Handbook of Texas Online - Mariachi Music.	Swati Chopra	May 14, 2012
	New article added.	Kathleen Kuiper	Apr 04, 2006
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998