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    A Mexican town produced a 'Roma' star and a superb youth band. But will the band survive?

    by Esmeralda Bermudez, Los Angeles Times Feb 23, 2019 6 minutes

    TLAXIACO, Mexico_High on the mountain of Yucunino, where a valley of pines leads you straight to Tlaxiaco, everyone knows about the girl.

    "La Yalitza," they call her - as if she were a storm that swept through their town. Young and indigenous, she was like so many women here, until she was plucked from her corrugated metal shanty and made a Hollywood star.

    Yalitza Aparicio is now up for an Oscar for her role in "Roma," and her hometown couldn't be more proud.

    But as they eagerly watch to see where fame takes her, Tlaxiaquenos worry about the fate of another treasure in town.

    Life in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, rain or shine, revolves around fiestas. In Tlaxiaco, brass bands boom down cobblestone paths with dancers, fireworks and papier-mache puppets up to 10 feet tall. The parades happen every week. Kids join the calendas as soon as they're able to walk.

    In 2015, big news came across the radio station La Poderosa. A prestigious

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