CulterPaulus

25 years ago, the uruguayan popular duet, Los Olimareños, came back to Uruguay after their exile. For many years, during the military government, they were outside the Uruguay, and far from America some years, in Sweden, Spain and (coming back to America), Mexico and Argentina.

On 1984, after the democracy returned to Uruguay, they came to Uruguay, with thousands of people waiting for them. The same day there was a huge concert in Centenario Stadium, under the rain, and emotions, songs, hugs were present.

Some years after, the group was disolved, and they acted separated. But this year they announced to give one last concert together in the same place were they acted for last time, 25 years before: in Centenario Stadium. The concert was last weekend, and even when I couldn't be there, was following the facts on TV.

Their songs are about the people who lives in the rural areas of our country, about life in different places of Uruguay, our culture, our traditions and so on. The song I make reference in this post is about how time destroys places, in this case, the South neighbourhood, a place full of tradition in Uruguay, were time has erased some things (as the song says).

I just wanted to share a bit of their music, with one of my favourites: Adiós a mi barrio (Good by to my neighbourhood). It seems to transcend the good bye to a neighbourhood and tell about the entire country. Is a very emotional song.