Quilapayun

Quilapayún, which means 3 beards in Mapuche, was a folk music group from Chile that formed in 1965. They were among the longest-lasting and most influential ambassadors of La Nueva Canción Chilena, the new Chilean song movement. Their rendition of the song “El Pueblo Unido Jamas Sera Vencido” became an anthem of resistance. And their participation in the cantata “Santa Maria de Iquique” was a major artistic contribution to Chilean and Latin American historical awareness.