History

Young men with a large career are The Son Jarocho group called Estanzuela, they’ve got a great experience in the art of playing Mexican traditional music. Each and every one of the musicians has walked the Son Jarocho Path since childhood, and nowadays Estanzuela is a great group which represents our great culture and popular tradition.


Eleven years ago, in 1997 established as a group, was Estanzuela’s first time in the stage during the Jarana (folk guitar) Players Meeting due to the Candelaria Virgin Holydays in Tlacotalpan, Veracruz.

Since then, the group has been in the stage for meetings, regional festivals around the country and even in other countries.

The name “Estanzuela” is because of the ancient cattle dealer hacienda that was located nearby the Las Mariposas River, this hacienda had its golden years in the XVII century and until the beginning of the XIX century in Tlacotalpan, Veracruz, where this group is from.

Besides, since 1997, every Sunday night, around the Tarima (wood box), in the traditional Zaragoza square in Tlacotalpan, the Estanzuela’s Jaranas sound has preserved and revitalized this Sotavento’s (Sotavento is a region in Veracruz state) Tradition; the young boys had left the Fandango (name given to the musicians meeting to play around the tarima with no stage), sometimes due to the adult population disinterestedness to preserve traditions and musical identity from Veracruz.

Also, the group has been accomplishing a very important cause to promote and teach traditional music known as Son Jarocho and the art of making musical instruments, called Lauderia (Lauderia is the art to make Jarana and Requinto guitars) under Julio Cesar Corro Lara direction.