Biography
La Soberana
La Soberana is a Uruguayan Murga (traditional carnival group) founded in 1969. Censored and banned by the military-civic dictatorship in 1974, she participated again in the Uruguayan carnival in 1987, 2006 and 2007.
History
Rooted in the La Comercial neighborhood of Montevideo, the murga was created by José Alanís (later known as "Pepe Veneno"), his brothers César, Luís and Darwin and Ángel "Pelado" Díaz, among others, in the troubled years 1969. year after its creation, they obtain the first prize in the official contest of the Uruguayan carnival, and later they publish several long plays for the disappeared Macondo seal.
The political position of the murga, critical of the government of that time, earned her censorship and persecution of its members, who were occasionally deprived of their freedom.
The year after the 1973 coup d'etat that ended up installing the dictatorial regime, the murderess parades dressed in national colors and chained through the streets of Montevideo. For this fact it is prohibited and one of its main figures, José "Pepe" Alanís is arrested for "moral attack against the Armed Forces, vilification and derision." After being subjected to torture and a three-year imprisonment, Alanís emigrates to Sweden as a political refugee.
After the return to democracy, the murga appears in the contest of 1987, with a style that José "Pepe" Alanis catalogs as "opera-murga", that is, a structured show as a play with an approach, development and outcome
In 2006, almost 20 years after his last presentation, he returns to participate in the official contest of murgas of the Uruguayan carnival. Within its ranks are several of its founding members.
History
Rooted in the La Comercial neighborhood of Montevideo, the murga was created by José Alanís (later known as "Pepe Veneno"), his brothers César, Luís and Darwin and Ángel "Pelado" Díaz, among others, in the troubled years 1969. year after its creation, they obtain the first prize in the official contest of the Uruguayan carnival, and later they publish several long plays for the disappeared Macondo seal.
The political position of the murga, critical of the government of that time, earned her censorship and persecution of its members, who were occasionally deprived of their freedom.
The year after the 1973 coup d'etat that ended up installing the dictatorial regime, the murderess parades dressed in national colors and chained through the streets of Montevideo. For this fact it is prohibited and one of its main figures, José "Pepe" Alanís is arrested for "moral attack against the Armed Forces, vilification and derision." After being subjected to torture and a three-year imprisonment, Alanís emigrates to Sweden as a political refugee.
After the return to democracy, the murga appears in the contest of 1987, with a style that José "Pepe" Alanis catalogs as "opera-murga", that is, a structured show as a play with an approach, development and outcome
In 2006, almost 20 years after his last presentation, he returns to participate in the official contest of murgas of the Uruguayan carnival. Within its ranks are several of its founding members.