Jose+Asuncion+Flores



Jose Asuncion Flores was a musician who created the music style called Guarania (8). He grew up in the capital of Paraguay in a very poor neighborhood. He joined a marching band at age twelve which gave him an interest in music (4). He started to create music that was very different than main stream and called it Guarania. So of his important songs include Nde Rendape ajú, Panambí Verá, Obrerito, Mburicao, Ñasaindype, Ñande Aramboha, Cholí, Musiqueada Che Amape, Ka´aty, and Arribeño Resay (4). Flores was later exiled from Paraguay and died in 1972.