🎷 Music 🎵
Quick Overview!
Music is a cultural connector in the Filipino American community of the Pajaro Valley. It was a way first- and second-generation Filipino Americans expressed themselves and provided a platform for social gatherings and cultural exchange.
🔍 Guiding Questions 🔍
- Think of a song that is important to you and that relates to your family and or community. Why is that song important to you? What is the message of the song?
- How does music bring a community together?
- Pick “Frio En El Alma” or “Dahil Sa Iyo” and look up a translation of the song. What is the message of the song? Why do you think this specific song is and was important to a specific community member and or community as a whole?
📚 Suggested Secondary Source Readings and Additional Resources 📚
Guevarra, Rudy P. "Survival and Belonging: Civil Rights, Social Organizations, and Youth Cultures Links to an external site.," in Becoming Mexipino: Multiethnic Identities and Communities in San Diego. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2012.
Tagami, Jeff. "Learning to Dance the Cumbia." October Light Links to an external site.. San Francisco: Kearny Street Workshop Press, 1987.