Violeta Parra: Voice that embodied the fight for women's social justice (+seeding)

Published at: 05/02/2025 09:11 AM

On February 5, 1967, the world received the sad news of the physical departure of the Chilean poet, painter, sculptor, ceramist and singer-songwriter, Violeta Parra, who was the author of verses that ignite love and humanity in the souls of peoples.

Parra was born on October 4, 1917, in the commune of San Fabián de Alico, and stood out for his works, in which, evoking love and the purest passion, he offered unparalleled lyrics that are hymns to life and to those who continue to fight for peace with justice.

In his honor, it was decided to commemorate the Day of Music and Musicians in Chile every October 4th.

Her fierce passion for the culture of peoples led her to make several trips, where she sensed the reality of the peoples, who nourished their letters and songs. In June 1965, Violeta returned to Chile, where at the end of that year, on the corner of Avenida La Cañada and Toro Zambrano in the commune of La Reina, she set up a large tent with the plan of converting it into an important center of folk culture, together with her children Ángel and Isabel and the folklorists Rolando Alarcón, Víctor Jara and Patricio Manns, among others.

Violeta Parra decided to take her own life by shooting herself in the head, at 49 years of age in her tent in La Reina.

Today her song continues to resound in every corner of our America, where Violeta shines in the eyes of the people who continue to fight in the hope of achieving a better world because, as the Chilean woman sang, “everything changes”.

Mazo News Team