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Chuco or Shuco Atole
A beverage from the border towns of Honduras
and El Salvador consisting of corn flour, water, salt,
ground squash seeds, whole read beans with its
sauce and a dash of salt and chili. It is served in a
container made of squash shell serving the purpose
of a cup or bowl and is drunk with a spoon.
The shuco atole or simple “shuco” is corn based,
preferable with black corn which supposedly has a
different flavor; although it can be made with regular
corn. Also at time of incorporating the ingredients,
preferably use “monkey beans”, a smaller, round and
different flavor bean variety.
Salvadoran popular music is cumbia. Salvadoran
music has very diverse genres such as salsa,
chanchona, bachata. For traditional musical
melodies, marimba is used. Among the renowned
musicians are: Tito Flores San Vicente Orchestra,
Alvaro Torres, Marito Rivera y Grupo Bravo (with
over 35 years in the business), Bobby Rivas, Jhosse
Lora, The Flores Brothers, Pastor Lopez and some
of the most recent groups are: Prueba de Sonido
(Sound Proof), Rucks y Parker, Mecate, Frigüey,
Heavy Clan, Pescozada, Cosa Nostra, Son ¾,
Adhesivo, La Chanchona de Arcadio, Anastasio
y los del Monte, Las Nenas del grupo Caña, Alto
Mando and DJEmsy, Sr. Pelon 503, Bravitos Kids,
Los Vikings de Usulutan, Los Apaches de Usulután,
REDD, Rocio Caceres, Eskina Opuesta, Arquimedes
Reyes who stood out at the second season of Latin
American Idol.
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Marimba music
It is interesting to mention that since the 1970’s with
the projection of Andean music on part of Chilean
groups such as Inti Illimani, Quilapayun, folklore
composer-singers like Violeta Parra, Victor Jara
and Patricio Manns. El Salvador is witness the
importation of the type of music
Andean music made with charango, quena,
zampoñas, guitar and bombos de cuero or leather
drums is heard at many cultural activities and is taught
at many schools and high schools to young ones.
So far, there is not exact data of who brought Andean
music, but it is worth mentioning that some renowned
groups existed and continue existing such as: Xolotl
– Tekutet – Grupo Mayas – Ecos Nativos – Nacascol
– Tata Inti- Yulutecan – Sol nocturne.
Writers Francisco Gavidia (1863-1955), Alberto
Masferrer, Salvador Salazar Arrue (Salarrue),
Claudia Lars, Alfredo Espino, Pedro Geoffroy Rivas,
Manlio Argueta and the poet Roque Dalton are
among the most important artists from El Salvador.
Remarkable citizens from the XX century include
filmmaker Baltasar Polio and Guillermo Escalón;
Miss El Salvador, Maribel Arrieta; the singer Alvaro
Torres and the artist Fernando Llort; among the
graphic arts are the renowned painters Noe Canjura,
Carlos Cañas, Julia Diaz, Camilo Minero, Ricardo
Carbonell, Roberto Huezo and many more.