Rec | HIJO DE LA LUNA-MECANO

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The song tells the legend of a Romani woman who longs for a husband. In order to achieve this, she makes a deal with The Moon. The Moon says to her, that she will marry a brown man, but in exchange, she has to give her the first child they conceive as a product of the marriage. The woman accepts. Once she gives birth, both parents are shocked to see the baby is born white (as both of them are brown). He's specifically described as albino with grey eyes, son of The Moon. The husband, enraged because he thinks his wife has cheated, kills her and abandons the child on top of a mountain, so that he can die as well. However, The Moon is able to take care of him, freeing him from the parental neglect and violence he was most likely destined to live. The Moon, being the personification of motherhood, shapes herself according to the state of the child. When it's full, it means the child is happy. When it's in the waning phases, it means the child is crying, so she adopts this position in order to rock him to sleep as if she were emulating the figure of a crib. To me, this song is very brutal. There's a juxtaposition between the inherently violent lyrics and the softness with which these are presented in the performance and the rhythm of the song. I feel like it also preserves the whimsy in it through the melody, further emphasizing the immersive aspect of the legend that we're listening to. Very intense commentary on generational violence and the sacrificial aspects of being a woman on this earth from different perspectives; the one of motherhood and the one of a woman subjugated to misogyny in a loveless marriage, trying to adjust to the standards of patriarchy.

@mariamaria

Nov 4, 2024

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