So happy to have my “Mariachi Story” in the collection at the NHCC! It tells the story of how the guitar family of instruments arrived in Mexico from Spain by way of the Moors. The instrument evolved into what is pictured here-a vihuela played by the Mariachis in the fiestas of rural Mexico. Down below you can see the marriage couple-how the Mariachis got their name from Maximillian, the French Monarch who ruled Mexico briefly and named them from the French word “mariage” because they often played at weddings.
