Escenas musicales transfronterizas y transculturales: El 'Napar-mex' o Los corridos y rancheras navarros

Abstract

This article aims to provide a reflection on the 'Napar-mex' music scene, in which Mexican corridos and rancheras merge with influences, traditions and folklore from Navarre. Mexican rancheras and corridos are part of the musical repertoire of any popular celebration in the Foral Community of Navarre. Navarre's fondness for the Mexican is such, that more than two decades ago it gave rise to the creation of its own music scene, known as 'Napar-mex', a non-commercial and aesthetically heterogeneous musical style that arises from the mix between rancheras, corridos and Basque punk-rock. After briefly reviewing the historical relationship between the Basque and Navarrese people and the Mexicans, the round trip made by the corrido is shown, whose origin lies in the Spanish romance, and which in recent decades has made an inverse path, finding its place in the Basque-Navarrese music scene.