Chiquitibum
Chiquitibum , formerly probably Sikitibum , is a Mexican battle cry that originated in January 1923 during a Mexican soccer team's first trip abroad and later became known abroad under the name México México ra ra ra , especially due to the soccer World Cup in Mexico in 1970 . In an article from Rolf Kunkel's time published during the 1970 World Cup , one can read: “Mexico sets completely new standards for enthusiasm for football. Anyone who has never started the journey back from the Aztec Stadium to the city center after a Mexican victory does not know what a football happening is. ... A drama of excitement, enthusiasm and fanaticism takes place over a length of exactly 14 kilometers. Tens of thousands of cars, hundreds of thousands of people, plus drums, trumpets, car horns, and the rhythmic "Mechiko-Mechiko-ra-ra-ra" over and over again. An inferno of noise that makes the Cologne Rose Monday procession appear like a Corpus Christi procession . "
history
On the trip of Club America to Guatemala in 1923, the need arose among travelers to develop their own anthem in view of their historical mission, which could also serve as a cheer. As the team was driving through the Mexican state of Oaxaca and most of the players were going to sleep, Carlos Garcés stood puzzled at the window and heard the sound of the train wheels as they rolled towards the train station of Matías Romero . The sound appeared to Garcés like a "Si-ki-ti" ("Chi-qui-ti") and gave him the crucial idea. He picked up pen and paper and wrote it down. The next day, the team formulated the following lines:
Sikitibum, a la bim bom ba
Sikitibum, a la bim bom ba
A la bio, a la bao
A la bim bom ba
América América ra ra ra.
The team sang the stanzas in public for the first time with exuberance when the players were received by President José María Orellana Pinto in the Presidential Palace of Guatemala . In order to protect her refrain from being taken over by others, Garcés registered the stanzas with the Ministry of Education in 1924 : "But they shouldn't be my property, but belong to the Mexican youth and the Club America."
Using the ra ra ra
The final exclamation, "ra ra ra," according to one source, represents the sound the draft made when it whistled through the windows of the moving train in which the crew was traveling. Later the term apparently became a kind of synonym for a cry of hurray and in some Spanish-speaking countries it is also replaced by a "ganará", which then means something like "On to victory". The rest of the words have no meaning and are only used for rhythm. The praised object or the praised person is inserted in front of the “ra ra ra” and can therefore be freely exchanged. As early as the 1950s, the Mexican boxing idol Raúl Macías “El Ratón” was heard by the audience with the well-known Mexican hymn “Alabio, alabao, a la bim bom ba! Ratón, Ratón. Raaa, Raaa, Raaa! ”Cheered. Pope Benedict XVI experienced the same affection . on his trip to Mexico in 2012, when he was greeted by a children's choir with the refrain: "Chiquiti bum alabimbomba, Chiquitibum alabimbomba, alabio, alabao, el Papa, el Papa, ra ra ra".
Chiquitibum in art
On the occasion of the soccer World Cup , which was held again in Mexico in 1986 , the refrain was musically processed and brought out by Nacho Golacho under the title Siquiti Bum . In 2006 the song was recorded again by the girl group Chic Pack under the title Chiquitibum . A song containing the chorus with a different text was brought out by the group Conjunto Primavera under the title México Ra Ra Ra on their 2000 album Morir de Amor .
Already in 1976, under almost the same title ( México, México, ra ra ra ), a socially critical Mexican film , directed by Gustavo Alatriste , denounced poverty and political corruption in Mexico.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rolf Kunkel (Die Zeit): Me-chi-ko ra-ra-ra - Typology of Schlachtenbummler (article from June 19, 1970, updated November 21, 2012)
- ↑ The origin of the Chiquitibum at terra.com.mx (Spanish)
- ↑ La porra del balompie nacional (Spanish)
- ↑ Chiquitibum at wordreference.com (English; accessed June 29, 2018)
- ↑ Stephen D. Allen: A History of Boxing in Mexico (University of New Mexico Press, 2017), p. 93, ISBN 9780826358554
- ↑ Rompe Papa el protocolo y saluda a felles en León (Spanish; article of March 24, 2012)
- ↑ Nacho Golacho: Siquity Bum at discogs.com
- ↑ Nacho Golacho: Siquity Bum on YouTube
- ↑ Chic Pack: Chiquitibum on YouTube
- ↑ Mexico Ra Ra Ra at allmusic.com
- ^ Conjunto Primavera: Mexico Ra Ra Ra on YouTube
- ↑ México, México, ra ra ra in the Internet Movie Database (English)