The U.N educational and cultural agency, UNESCO, has added mariachi music to its intangible cultural heritage list, along with 232 items from 70 countries. Mariachi music, which features guitars, violins and trumpets, originated in and around Guadalajara, the bands supposedly getting their name because they were invited to play at marriages. Mariachis wear the charro costumes favored by Mexican cowboys because this is the way movie directors wanted them to dress.
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Jimm Budd
Reporting From Mexico City
Member of the Society of American Travel Writers
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