Lafayette Park will become the center of Central American culture and music this weekend with one of the biggest free festivals in the city coming to the Westlake District on Saturday and Sunday, Aug.

During days of anxiety, stress and confussion, I have found Guatemalan (represent) songwriter and artist Ishto Juevez gives me a great dose of chill pill. I first heard of his majestic existence from ...

At Los Angeles' Lafayette Park in October, the two-day Festival Chapín, postponed from summer because of ICE raids, ...

The ninth annual Festival Chapin de Los Angeles, which is marketed as the largest Guatemalan festival outside of Guatemala, ...

Sheehy, Daniel E. 1977. "Music of Guatemala: Music of the San Lucas Band. Music of the Earth & Songs of the Face of the Earth: Ancestor Songs of the Tzutuhil-Maya Indians of Guatemala." ...

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