Música para los Dientes

Ricardo Tenaud
1997-01-01

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13 min

Based on the life of the Lima crier Don Leónidas Gonzales in charge of the production of the traditional Revolución Caliente crispy cookie. He says that with a kerosene lamp in his hand at six in the afternoon he toured the squares of Miraflores, Magdalena and Barranco, shouting in a singsong voice: “Revolución Caliente, music for the teeth; sugar, cloves and cinnamon, to grind the teeth. perhaps he is the last vestige of a tradition.