Music in times of Chilean Dictatorship

One of the most important manifestation’s ways in Chile at the dictatorship time, was the music; a lot of musicians used the music like a powerful tool to sing about the horrible things that happened in that time and for showed the unhappiness of the people.

But sadly that kinds of manifestations were persecuted by the military government because that’s manifestations could “open the eyes of the people” so that was dangerous for the government because that didn’t was conveniently for them, the want that nobody think or act against the government, that was forbidden.

One of the most horrible persecutions was when Victor Jara was tortured and killed. He was an amazing singer and he’s music transcended till our days, like others bands like “Sol y lluvia”, “Quilapayun”, “Los jaivas”, an others.

I think that Victor Jara’s music transcended because was made with a lot of feelings and powerful ideas and thoughts, he was a brave man, after all the repression he never keep silence, he never stopped show the reality beyond his music and still in this days everybody remember and listen Victor Jara’s music and remind that he was an amazing man, and also remind for no forget the horrible thing that happened in the past.