Ana Veydó: Colombian Joropo Vocalist Smithsonian Folkways

While women in música llanera (plains music) have traditionally been encouraged to sing songs with
emotional or romantic themes, Ana is one of the few female singers that follow the recio (robust, coarse) style of
singing usually associated with the male voice. Considered one of the most archaic forms of the Colombian plains
joropo, the pajarillo type of golpe is the archetypical framework for recio-style singing. The lyrics usually allude
to the singer’s pride in their culture and homeland and in working with the earth. Learn more about Ana Veydó at
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In the plains of eastern Colombia, men have long sung to accompany their tasks of herding and milking
cows. Consequently, música llanera (plains music) has a masculine character, and its themes draw from the male-dominated
cattle-herding lifestyle. Yet today, one of the most renowned música llanera singers is a woman: Ana Veydó. Veydó is
one of the few female singers that follow the recio (robust, coarse) style of joropo singing usually associated with
the male voice. Here Veydó discusses the influence of feminine voices in música llanera. Learn more about Ana Veydó at
.

In the plains of eastern Colombia, men have long sung to accompany their tasks of herding and milking
cows. Consequently, música llanera (plains music) has a masculine character, and its themes draw from the
male-dominated cattle-herding lifestyle. Yet today, one of the most renowned música llanera singers is a woman:
Ana Veydó. Veydó is one of the few female singers that follow the recio (robust, coarse) style of joropo singing
usually associated with the male voice. Here Veydó discusses the influence of feminine voices in música llanera.
Learn more about Ana Veydó at .

In the plains of eastern Colombia, men have long sung to accompany their tasks of herding and milking
cows. Consequently, música llanera (plains music) has a masculine character, and its themes draw from the
male-dominated cattle-herding lifestyle. Yet today, one of the most renowned música llanera singers is a woman:
Ana Veydó. Veydó is one of the few female singers that follow the recio (robust, coarse) style of joropo singing
usually associated with the male voice. Here Veydó discusses the influence of feminine voices in música llanera.
Learn more about Ana Veydó at .