mariachi

mariachi-orkesteri Of or pertaining to a traditional form of Mexican music, either sung or purely instrumental.
Of or pertaining to a band playing such music, or to the singers of such songs.
A traditional form of Mexican music, either sung or purely instrumental.
A group that plays mariachi music.
2002, Leonor Xóchitl Pérez, 8: Transgressing the Taboo: A Chicanas Voice in the Mariachi World, Norma Elia Cantú, Olga Nájera-Ramírez (editors), Chicana Traditions: Continuity and Change'', http://books.google.com.au/books?id=A58PjAgPaBEC&pg=PA151&dq=%22mariachi%22%7C%22mariachis%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Qk97U9aHPMnTkwWEqYDwBA&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22mariachi%22%7C%22mariachis%22&f=false page 151,

At her first performance with an all-male mariachi, the oldest member said to the musical director,(..)(No! I've never played with a woman; I'm not going to start now my translation).

Today Plaza Garibaldi near the center of Mexico City is considered the home of mariachis, where mariachi musicians congregate in the plaza, waiting for patrons and tourists to audition them and invite them to perform.(..)w:Vargas de Tecalitlán|Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán has been considered the premier Mexican mariachi for nearly a century.