Viral Oaxaqueños

[bixaorellana]

Two young men from the Cañada region of Oaxaca made and posted a video to their youtube channel "Que parió" for fun.

It has gone viral, with 7,677,185 views on youtube as I write this, and has been nominated by MTV for viral video of 2013, up against Gangnam Style, Harlem Shake, and Mami Silicón (my favorite).

I'm posting this video because it doesn't have the large banner proclaiming its viral status covering part of the action. Below you'll find the link to the original video & can see how many views it's had.

Original video on QuePario.com ~~

Article in English from back in May, when the video only had 3.2 million views: www.destructoid.com/dragon-ball-tacos-la-cumbia-de-goku-goes-viral-252299.phtml

Local news article: www.noticiasnet.mx/portal/oaxaca/159665-oaxaquenos-son-nominados-premios-mtv

Local news video & interview:

[bjd]

Pero, la cumbia es colombiana!

[bixaorellana]

Yes, it is originally from Colombia, but migrated to Mexico decades ago. Naturally, in all that time it has changed to become a Mexican form of music.

The site Afropop Worldwide is fascinating. Their overview on "the cumbia diaspora" says in part: ... in Mexico, it became so instilled in the local culture that some have forgotten that it came from Colombia in the first place. source

Here Afropop Worldwide explores the Cumbia style of Mexico's Costa Chica.

In-depth history of Mexican cumbia (in Spanish): cumbiavancouver.blogspot.mx/2011/05/history-of-mexican-cumbia.html

A great deal of history on all kinds of cumbia with an enormous amount of audio: supersonido.net/category/cumbia/