Percussionist, flutist

Gustavo Eduardo Pineda

Gustavo Pineda Nolasco. Born 1962. Lawyer, Mayan priest. He was a member of several folk music groups, including: Sinti Tecan (1980), Zunca (1985), and Hacha Wayra (Xela, Guatemala, 1997). Ah Chowén (2014–2019). He conducted various research projects on the music and dance of indigenous peoples in El Salvador. He has published several poetry collections, including: Códice Coatepec and Libro de Oraciones. Won first place in poetry at the Oswaldo Escobar Velado contest, organized by the Western University Center (Centro Universitario de Occidente) in Santa Ana, 1990. He is also the author of the children's storybook Cuentos del Caracol y la Lluvia, as well as the books ¿Cómo nace el Maíz? and ¿Cómo nace una Laguna? (children's stories from the Árbol de Fuego series, part of the Árbol de Vida collection, Ministry of Culture). Author of the book El Reconocimiento Legal a los Pueblos Indígenas de El Salvador (Don Bosco University).