Beatriz Pichi Malen

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Heiress of a long history, Beatriz Pichi Malen has dedicated her life to searching for and transmitting traditional Mapuche songs. Born in Los Toldos, in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, she is the great-great granddaughter –on her mother’s sid – of Cacique Coliqueo, a famous 19th-century Mapuche longko (chief). Beatriz has given talks, seminars, workshops and concerts throughout Argentina and abroad. She has also recounted her knowledge of the Mapuche culture for cinema and video. In 1990 she was invited by the Rockefeller Foundation to participate in the Fourth International Congress of Women in Manhattan. In 1994 she was awarded top prize in the category of Vocal Soloist at the Festival of Cosquín, and this year was also the beginning of a series of annual presentations she gives on the Mapuche culture. In 1995 she received the Cóndor de Plata –Argentina’s equivalent of the Academy Awards. In 1996 she received special mention at the Malambo Festival of Córdoba, and in 1997 at the Festival of Varadero. In July of the same year she received the TRIMARG ’97 (Tribunal Musical Argentina) award in the category of ethnic music. This institution also chose one of her songs to be included in a CD that was released internationally. In March 2000 she released Plata, a CD containing ancient Mapuche songs. In November 2000 the government department of the province of Buenos Aires declared Plata, her CD featuring ancient Mapuche songs, "Educational and Cultural Interest". In

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