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29 August 2021

Mariachi, Charro and Mexican National Attire on Moscow’s Red Square

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Today, August 29, the third show of the Fourteenth Spasskaya Tower International Military Tattoo hit the cobblestones of Red Square. 

Every night, till September 5, guests from Russia, Belarus, Greece, Mexico and Qatar will be performing in the very heart of Russia to the joy of the audiences. 

Tonight we’d like to introduce the Military Band of the Ministry of Defense of Mexico, noting that the ensemble has already taken part in the Festival back in 2015. But then it went under the name of the Representative Music Band of the Mexican Armed Forces. 

Established in 1889 on orders of the then Mexican President General Porfirio Diaz, the ensemble has a deep-rooted history that has seen several name changes. 

In 2015 following a series of reforms the ensemble got its present form uniting musicians from all three military services - the Army, Navy and Air Forces. 

The Military Band of the Mexican Armed Forces is a regular participant of different international festivals and fora. Musicians have already performed at the Saumur International Festival of Military Bands (France) and TATTOO MILITAR CHILE in Santiago (Chile).

Captain 1st Rank Israel Jimenez Segovia, Head of the Band, revealed that before their performance at the 2015 Spasskaya Tower Festival the ensemble had always performed still, but for Moscow’s tattoo they had to prepare a defile. “It was a novelty for us, but we liked it and since then we have started to perform music in motion more frequently”. According to Captain Segovia, if compared to 2015 the orchestra has been updated by 60%, the dance group has significantly increased. In 2015 there were only two couples, this year there are 17 dancers. “And it turned out to be a true disaster”, admitted the head of the Mexican band, “as more people means more rehearsals”. 

Sounds of Guadalajara mariachi song by Pepe Guízar, La Marcha de Zacatecas by Genaro Codina, Huapango by José Pablo Moncayo and El Fronterizo by Homero Guerrero fill the air above Moscow’s Red Square while the cobblestones turn into a colourful and vibrant dance-floor, making the audiences to feel a genuine taste of Mexico as well as the heat and joy of that distant but very welcoming country. Artists leave the square singing Galarza's Viva Mexico song that’s traditionally performed on September 16 to commemorate the country's Independence Day.

As usual, the show ended with grandiose fireworks lighting the sky over Moscow’s Red Square.

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