La savia del algarrobo

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Released January 01, 2000

Overview

This documentary tells the life of Don Sixto Palavecino, an old peasant musician, patriarch of native music, who from an arid area of Northwest Argentina in Santiago del Estero, arrives to the city with his "sachero" (mountain) violin, with the goal of reaching the radio and from there spreading his natural language, Quichua, which has been kept alive among the local people for more than four hundred years.

Runtime

1h 26m


Origin Country

Argentina


Original Language

Spanish


Original Title

La savia del algarrobo


Status

Released


Production Countries

  • Argentina

Spoken Languages

  • Español (Spanish)

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