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JUEGO DE GARROTE VENEZOLANO. Serie maestros: Mercedes Perez

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VOICE-OVER: The Master Mercedes Pérez Amaro was born on September 24, 1917, in La Piedad, a village in the Palavecino municipality of the state of Lara, Venezuela. His parents were Toribio Pérez Torrealba and Anastasia Amaro. He started to learn stick fighting at the age of 14. He was taught by his friend Gualberto Castillo. Castillo taught him a stick fighting style which was brought by the master Clarencio Flores from La Rinconada, a village near the town of Curarigua in the Torres municipality, Lara. Such style was brought by the 30's -- last century. Among master Mercedes Pérez's students highlights the researcher and stick fighter master Eduardo Sanoja.
DEMOSTRATIONS: 6th Stick Fighting Regional Festival. Humocaro Alto in 1998 with Abel Pérez Wilke. First International Stick-Fighter Meeting, in 1998 with Alejandro Pérez Wilke. Both demostrations were performed when the master Mercedes Pérez was 81 years old.
VIDEOS SUPPIED BY: Argimiro González -- a researcher and practitioner of this art.
TAKEN FROM: Enciclopedia Autodidactica "El Juego de Garrote". Arte Civil Venezolana. Volume III. Testimonios.


NARRACIÓN: Maestro Mercedes Pérez Amaro, Nació en el pueblo de La Piedad, municipio Palavecino, estado Lara, Venezuela. 24 de septiembre de 1917. Sus padres fueron Toribio Pérez Torrealba y Anastasia Amaro de Pérez. Se inicia desde muy joven (14) en el juego de la riña con palos con su compadre el maestro Gualberto Castillo quien le enseña la defensa personal personal con palo del caserío La Rinconada de Curarigua. Juego traído durante los años 30 (1930) con el gran maestro Clarencio Flores. Entre sus alumnos se destaca el investigador y maestro Eduardo Sanoja.
EXHIBICIONES: 6to Festival Regional del Juego de Garrote. Humocaro Alto. 1998, con ABEL PÉREZ WILKE. 1er, Encuentro Internacional de Jugadores de Palo. Barquisimeto, Venezuela, 1998, con ALEJANDRO PÉREZ WILKE. Para el momento de ambas exhibiciones contaba con 81 años de edad.
REGISTRO FÍLMICO sumistrado por ARGIMIRO GONZÁLEZ (Investigador y jugador de garrote)

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