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	Paracho - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Paracho (formally: Paracho de Verduzco) is a small city located in Michoacán, Mexico.
		A national music festival is held in Paracho once a year, usually the second week of August.
		Some instruments that can be found in Paracho are 10-string mandolins, mandolins with armadillo backs, quadrados, armadillo-backed guitars, acoustic bass guitars and, of course, regular guitars and mandolins.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paracho (166 words)

	Guitar makers play to tradition in Mexico's mountains \| csmonitor.com
		Like others in Paracho, set high in the mountains of central Mexico, Amezcua prides himself on sticking to a way of life that dates back to the 16th century.
		It is said that Paracho - which literally means "guitarmaking" in the Purepécha dialect - houses the world's biggest hive of guitarmakers, churning out about 80,000 guitars a year, priced from $50 to $3,000.
		Meanwhile, the migratory drain in Paracho, mainly consisting of younger men heading to US and Mexican cities in search of better pay, may be a more immediate threat to the instrumentmaking tradition.
	www.csmonitor.com /2004/0414/p07s02-woam.htm (651 words)

	MexicoFile.com
		Three years ago when I was beginning my sojourn into the guitar life of Paracho, I was waiting in the Guadalajara bus station and another traveler struck up a conversation with me. When I mentioned Paracho he said, "Oh yes, Paracho.
		And, more and more, some of the guitar builders from Paracho are traveling outside of Mexico to the U.S. or to Spain and getting a good dose of the state of the art on the outside — on the other side.
		They are very nice and helpful when you find them, but the Paracho spirit is independent, and attempts at organizing the talent there is so far have been ineffective.
	www.mexicofile.com /parachoguitars.htm (1691 words)

	Focus: international: Artisans try for a place in market (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Paracho (population 16,000), in central Mexico's Michoacan state, is one of the world's guitar-making centers; about one-third of the town's families make their living from the classical six-string.
		Paracho got the stringed instruments: such as guitars, mandolins, upright basses and bajo sextos -- six-string guitars with a deeper tone used to play rhythm.
		Paracho's Casa de Cultura, a nonprofit organization that offers classes in guitar-making and tries to support the region's other handcrafts, is trying to develop an Internet Web site to advertise the products of Paracho and the surrounding villages.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/business/98/04/08/guitar_2-1.html (1546 words)

	Paracho - Guitar Capital of Mexico
		The tiny Mexican town of Paracho is nestled among volcanic peaks in the mountains of Michoacan.
		In any case, another factoid about Paracho is that it is reputed to have more guitar builders than there are in the entire USA.
		In Paracho we have met very few fluent English speakers and have seen few foreigners; good Spanish is a basic requirement.
	guitar-vacation-retreats.com /paracho.html (1109 words)

	World's Best Luthiers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Paracho (30 minutes north of Uruapan) has a population of 30,000, including 2,000 luthiers, many from families who have been making guitars for three generations.
		Paracho is renowned for the hand-crafted artistry that goes into its guitars.
		In a world where identical, precision-made, high-quality instruments can be produced by machine in a matter of days, many of the world's players are less inclined to wait for a one-of-a-kind guitar, preferring instead mass-produced models from Japan and China.
	www.internationalliving.com /mexico/free/eletters_228.cfm (672 words)

	Imperfect Harmony: Santa Cruz and Paracho, Mexico, share tradition of guitar- making, but are still worlds apart By ...
		While Hill was wowed by the skill level he saw in Paracho, he was distressed by what he saw as a low level of standards.
		Paracho, he discovered, was famous not for making great guitars, but for making a lot of guitars.
		At 7,300 feet, Paracho is at the heart of the Purépecha Meseta, a region in northeastern Michoacan predominantly populated by the Purépecha, who live far from the city and close to tradition.
	www.santacruzsentinel.com /archive/2004/November/28/style/stories/01style.htm (2129 words)

	Links Guitar Classical Fingerstyle Acoustic Schools Seminars Workshops Mexico Travel Information
		We are now offering guitar buying trips to Paracho, Michoacan, the traditional center of guitar making in Mexico for many generations, as part of Guitar Vacation Retreats.
		He does not keep a large inventory in Paracho since most of his output is exported.
		Paracho, Guitar Capital of Mexico - an informative article on Paracho by California luthier Kenny Hill.
	guitar-vacation-retreats.com /links.html (2602 words)

	Paracho is a quiet little town with a big reputation - News - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Paracho is a quiet little town with a big reputation
		Paracho was founded as San Pedro Paracho in 1754 by the Rev. Francisco de Castro in the Meseta Purepecha area of Michoacan, northwest of Mexico City.
		One of the most recent arrivals in Paracho is the Centro Para la Investigacion y Desarrollo de la Guitarra, (Center for the Investigation and Development of the Guitar), a few blocks away from Casa de la Cultura.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/14636643 (1668 words)

	Discussion Forums: My trip to Paracho
		As everyone I suspect knows, Paracho, Michuacan is a Tarascan village of guitar makers in Mexico with a population of around 15,000 and by local estimates with somewhere between 1000 and 1200 guitar makers.
		I went to Paracho in early March of this year; and uploaded a bunch of photos and notes to the classical forum at e-borneo.
		It's also on a logical route to Paracho for Americans: by air to Morelia, by express bus over the new toll highway to Uruapan, then about 20 km over what was a good highway to Paracho, the last time I was there many years ago.
	www.acousticguitar.com /ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=print_topic;f=21;t=000017 (2586 words)

	Local & regional news from Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Mexico
		Paracho is well-known for it's luthiers who have constructed fine quality guitars for years, as well as other sometimes exotic stringed instruments.
		Instruments from Paracho inlcude mandolins, Charangos (a small instrument similar to a mandolin with an armadillo shell back), Quadrados (a type of square guitar), Flamenco and concert guitars, and acoustic bass guitars.
		To reach Paracho from Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, take Coastal Highway 200 north toward Lazaro Cardenas, turn off toward Uruapan and Morelia on Highway 37D near Feliciano, carry on up to Uruapan and from there carry on along secondary highway 37 in the direction of the Paracutin volcano and the town of Carapan.
	www.zihua-ixtapa.com /newshtml/local.shtml (2210 words)

	[12-28-95] Sam Quinones, Mexico's Artisans Abandon Their Crafts -- Guitar-Makers of Paracho Compete with Factories of ...
		For five generations the Barajas family has been making guitars in this town of 16,000 in north central Michoacan, one of the world's great guitar-making centers; about a third of the town's families make their living from the classical six-string.
		Using only rudimentary tools, few of Paracho's luthiers will be able to turn out the flawless guitar bodies that Asian guitar factories produce every day and American consumers have come to expect.
		Now is the perfect time for Paracho luthiers to form a cooperative.
	www.pacificnews.org /jinn/stories/1.04/951228-craft.html (847 words)

	Zalapa Guitars -Biography and Background
		Considered by many to be one of the finest guitar luthiers working in the Americas, Fructuoso Zalapa Luna was born in 1961 in the Town of Paracho, State of Michoacan, Mexico, into a family already comprised of skilled luthiers of the guitar.
		As a child of 10, Zalapa's career began with his family as a fledgling in the design and construction of the classical guitar—a career that has now spanned over 30 years.
		Zalapa is married and he and his wife are the proud parents of three children of elementary and high school age.
	www.zalaparacho.com /Page07.Biography.htm (790 words)

	Alan Aspuru-Guzik » Blog Archive » Starting off a new year. Congratulations to Paracho, Michoacán
		This form of goverment rejects any influence or support from the Mexican central government, and rather bases their community life on the natural customs and laws of the indigenous people.
		This is great news, because the people of Paracho are a thousand kilometers away from Chiapas, and are Purepechas, an ethnic group that is different from the Maya groups in Chiapas, that have been governed by this system since 2003.
		I am happy for them, and toast for a good 2005 for them, and for all the people in the world experimenting in participatory economics and participatory democracy.
	alan.aspuru.com /archives/2005/01/03/starting-off-a-new-year-congratulations-to-paracho-michoacn (279 words)

	Looking for advice on buying a guitar in Paracho. - Discussion Forums
		I would agree with the idea to find someone to take your friend around to different luthiers houses, but if you just want a cheap guitar from paracho there are plenty of those within sight on the main drag.
		The paracho angle is just the part of me that loves a good deal.
		I just figured that if you find a top maker in Paracho who you can trust will give you one of his own guitars, then you can get a very serious guitar for 1/3 the price.
	www.acousticguitar.com /ubb/Forum7/HTML/004180.html (1700 words)

	Teja's Paracho Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Located in the mountains of the state of Michoacan--about a six hour bus ride west of Mexico City--Paracho may be the only place in the world where a whole town's economy is based on building guitars.
		While it is true that a lot of the instruments made in Paracho are of relatively low quality (but they're also ridiculously cheap...), there is an emerging knowledge of the professional-level guitars that are also being built.
		Marc Silber, the Berkeley Instrument Exchange (Montalvo), and Kenny Hill are among a few of the folks who are importing some of these instruments into the US and are helping these instruments gain acceptance with players.
	www.tejagerken.com /Article_Folder/paracho_intro.html (609 words)

	Award Guitars and New Millennium Publishing and Magazine will be working to promote, assist in new technology to the ...
		Guitars made in Paracho are well known to have one of the best acoustic sounds in the world.
		Paracho guitars are not easy to obtain, sometimes waiting months for an order to arrive.
		We are a direct link to Paracho, Mexico and have agreements with several award winning guitar luthiers.
	pdfserver.emediawire.com /releases/2003/2/prweb57679.htm (444 words)

	Derek’s weblog of life and travels » Back from Paracho
		A batch of cows grazed surrounds by white egrets and the mountains loomed in the distance.
		We arrived in Paracho and were let off the side of the road in the rain and proceeded to make our way into town.
		Hey this pictures Are great..BY the way my family is from paracho and most of the time we go there for the fair…by the way i was just there on december…I also know the lady who sells food she is my uncles mother in law..she makes some good enchiladas…
	derekburrows.net /WordPress/?p=63 (1669 words)

	Paracho
		The climate is warm to moderate in the daytime - cooling after sunset with sunny mornings and rainy afternoons most of the year - clearing at night for star-filled skies.
		Paracho is world-famous for the guitars hand-crafted by local artisans and luthiers - some gaining world-class recognition.
		Wood from local trees is used in most of the guitars produced.
	www.sanbachs.net /cgi-bin/mexico/mexico2.cgi/City=PCH (249 words)

	Paracho de Verduzco. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
		Paracho de Verduzco (pah-RAH-cho dai ver-DOOS-ko), town (1990 pop 14,322),
		Paracho municipio, Michoacán, central Mexico, on central plateau, 18 mi/29 km N of Uruapan; 19°38'N 102°03'W. Corn, sugarcane, fruit, tobacco, livestock; mfg.
		Capital city or county seat is shown by the symbol
	www.bartleby.com /69/97/P01297.html (84 words)

	LoneStar Guitars
		LoneStar Guitars are made in the legendary mountain village of Paracho—high in the Sierra Madre Mountains of Mexico.
		Paracho artisans have been perfecting their craft for over 200 years.
		Many of the luthiers that work at LoneStar are fourth and fifth generation musical instrument makers.
	www.lonestarguitars.com (88 words)

	URUAPAN - THE REAL MEXICO. PARICUTIN, TINGAMBATO, PARACHO. By jennifer. j. rose -IN MEXICO CONNECT
		Vistas rapidly change from avocado orchards to forested dells, punctuated by trojes, the typical wooden Tarascan dwelling.
		About thirty minutes' north of Uruapan, on a well-paved road meandering through timber country is Paracho, Mexico's guitar capital.
		(See "Paracho - The Guitar Capital of Mexico" by Kenny Hill, The Mexico File December 1997-January 1998.) http://www.mexicofile.com/acapulco/parachoguitars.htm If the Museum of the Guitar and concerts just don't strike your fancy, violins, cellos and furniture are also made in this picture-book town.
	www.mexconnect.com /MEX/jrose/jruruapan.html (2892 words)

	paracho guitars..? - Acoustic Guitar Forum - tribe.net
		im visiting paracho soon (im about 40km away..) to search for a guitar, im wondering if anyone has an instrument from paracho, or has had any experience with these instruments, or even been to paracho.
		I was in Mier, Mexico for about a week a year and a half ago, and I bought an old classical guitar off some guy on the street for like $10.
		The label on the inside shows that it was made in Paracho, and the company is "Ochoa Guitarras".
	acousticguitarforum.tribe.net /thread/f3aeb6cd-8b0f-4f3d-8e2a-9da00d735670 (477 words)

	José Luis Cerda Báez carves wood in the Paracho style.
		A special style of handcarving wood is found among the artisans of Paracho, Michoacán.
		Before he begins, the carver needs to ensure that the wood he is using is completely dry.
		As José Luis Cerda Báez, mastercraftsman, works with the wood, he looks to taking advantage of such characteristics as color, grain, knots and even stains, incorporating these elements into the decorative appearance of the piece.
	www.mexicoetc.com /cerda.html (646 words)

	Región Uruapan
		It is the center of the Meseta Purepecha.
		The municipal of Paracho is integrated by eight painteresque communities which are full of traditions and with great natural and architectonical beauties.
		Community Park: the reforestation, magnificent place for the family gathering located 4 kilometers from Paracho.
	www.michoacan-travel.com /fiprotur/eng_upn_info_paracho.htm (162 words)

	tiedyefor's journal
		The highlight of this trip for my husband was to be a trip to Paracho, where they make all sorts of stringed instruments.
		When it looked like we were in Cheran, I finally had to ask the bus driver if there was a bus station, as people were pouring off of the bus in fits and starts.
		He said no, and when I asked how we were supposed to get to Paracho, he pointed to a taxi in front of us and said we should take it.
	tiedyefor.diaryland.com /030727_8.html (503 words)

	Southwest Guitar Festival - Los Ninos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		These students rehearse everyday, and perform frequently in Paracho, to the great pride of the small town’s residents.
		The annual Festival for the Guitar in Paracho brings the town to life; of the 10,000 residents of Paracho, there are almost 3,000 instrument makers producing over 80,000 guitars annually.
		In many ways, Paracho is a symbol of an earlier époque; the town lacks a major hotel, movie theater, and many of the modern conveniences that we in the United States take for granted.
	music.utsa.edu:16080 /guitar/LosNinos.html (494 words)

	Fox Valley Baptist Association
		Six of them were from Iglesia Bautista Betel, Paracho, and one from Genesis Mission, Moroleon.
		We concluded VBS with 80 in attendance in Paracho.
		May God provide to Iglesia Bautista Betel in Paracho a godly pastor and give clarity to their doctrinal understanding.
	www.fvba.org /news_Sept05.html (2365 words)

	Meetups near Paracho - Meetup.com
		Home > Meetups By City > Mexico > Meetups near Paracho
		There are currently no top interests within 50 miles of Paracho.
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	www.meetup.com /cities/mx/paracho (33 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Paracho (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		This is an extract from The Middle East Open Encyclopedia, made possible through the Wikimedia Foundation.
		Iraq Museum International always displays the most recent published revision of the source article, Paracho; all previous versions may be viewed here.
		They link directly to authoring tools for you to start writing a particular article.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/?title=Paracho (290 words)

	See how Guitars are built Paracho style - Classicalguitar.nl :: Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		I came across this fascinating article, with lots of step by step pictures on the building process in Paracho Mexico.
		If you don't know about Paracho and you are a guitarists you gotta check this out.
		I believe it is the only town in the world thats economy is completely based on guitar building.
	www.classicalguitar.nl /PrintPost.aspx?PostID=19628 (73 words)

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