Chigualos and Lullabies

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• What is the difference between chigualos and lullabies?
• Examples of chigualos and lullabies

The chigualos They are compositions in verse (rounds and couplets) originating from Manabí (Ecuador) that are sung between December 24 and the first days of February, in honor of the Niño Dios.

In some Manabi localities, chigualo festivals are organized, where they sing like a Christmas carol, while sweets are distributed to the children and small nativity scenes are built.

Also called "chigualo" or "lullaby" to the wake-up ceremony for young children in Colombia. The verses dedicated to children. There may be an instrumental accompaniment with the chonta marimba, the cununos, the bass drum, the drum and the guasás.

In all cases these are compositions in verse that are lovingly dedicated to a child, be it a child of the family, the Child God or a deceased child.

• See also: Short couplets

What is the difference between chigualos and lullabies?

• Chigualos. They are loving songs that are present in various Latin American countries, varying in instrumental accompaniment and dance.
• Lullabies. They are lullabies that are commonly sung to children to help them sleep. Lullabies can also be present in both funeral rites and chigualos parties in honor of the child God.

Examples of chigualos and lullabies

1. The reed flower
   It is tender in color
   Let's sing to the Child
   All winter.

1. Go to sleep little boy
   Just go to sleep,
   That here your guards
   They will take care of you.

1. The yerbita of this patio
   how green it is.
   The one who stepped on it is gone
   It no longer withers, get up from this ground
   flowering lemon branch;
   lie down in these arms
   that were born for you, with ve you write victory,
   the heart is with zeta,
   love is written with a,
   and friendship is respected.

1. Cute child beautiful child,
   Child where are you going
   Child if you go to heaven you will not delay

1. Little boy permission
   That i am going to play
   Respectfully
   In front of your altar

1. That seizes and goes
   Good travel to glory goes
   Your godfather and your mother
   Canalete they have given you
   Good trip!

1. Estrellita, where are you?
   I wonder where you go
   A diamond you can be
   And if you want to see me
   Estrellita, where are you?
   Say you won't forget me

1. My child is sleeping now,
   It's already night and the stars are shining
   And when you wake up
   We'll get to play

1. Sweet orange, watermelon wedge,
   bring all your joy to the child.

1. Little tree of the green field shade it,
   shade it, my love falls asleep

1. Sleep, sleep, sleep now
   That if the father does not hurt
   And if the black is good and it hurts already
   his father Montero is going to work
   so that one day the black man will go to work. Not breaking rock, no sir, he doesn't even think.
   My black is going to the capital
   to learn in books
   all the things he does not know here. So he learns to speak like the gentlemen.
   Just sleep. Just sleep ...
   Sleep off, sleep on, sleep off now
   That if he doesn't hurt, I regret it now, and then if my little black boy will earn his bread
   selling fish, chontaduro and salt.
   Go to sleep, boy, sleep now
   I opened those big eyes, did you hear
   nor thank you give me Oh blessed black because you do not hurt
   well placated with your father (Juan Guillermo Rúa)

1. Let's sing let's sing, let's sing
   the child is gone and in heaven is
   don't cry bold for your son now
   The angels of heaven are going to take care of him, let's dance with the child, the child leaves
   the angels of heaven will bring you wings
   the child has died, let's go to chigualiá
   throw me that child from there to here Let's make a wheel where the child is
   with palm and crown like one more angel
   mommy mommy, mommy mommy
   because there are happy people if it is not for crying. We are partying and in heaven they are
   because a black angel can already be painted.

1. What joy I feel
   in my heart
   to know what's coming
   Little Boy God, this Little Boy knows
   you know my opinion,
   He has the key
   of my heart the child in his cradle
   blessing cast
   and everybody
   blessed it was at twelve o'clock
   a rooster crowed,
   announcing to the world
   that the Child was born.

1. Up there on that hill
   A child has been born to us
   We have come to see it
   And to praise him with affection (Xavier Cobeña)

1. Little boy, little boy
   They say that you are very small
   The most important
   It is your infinite love (Xavier Cobeña)