Califórnia da Canção Nativa
Califórnia da Canção Nativa (translated literally from Portuguese: California of the Native Song) is a yearly regional music festival in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state of Brazil. The event first took place in 1971 and continues to be very successful to this day. The main focus of this festival is the celebration of the nativist Gaucho culture, values, world outlook, and history by way of music and song. The highest prize is the Calhandra de Ouro (Golden Lark). Competition finals are always hosted by the city of Uruguaiana. Given its three decades-long successful history, the festival has become very popular and has received many accolades, including the prestigious official recognition, classifying it as one of the great statewide cultural institutions. This list, up to and including the year of 1999, has been widely cited as to have appeared in an official festival publication called Livro de Poemas Oficial da XXX Califórnia da Canção Nativa. Henrique Dias de Freitas Lima - 1971 a 1973 Colmar Pereira Duarte - 1974 a 1976 Mauro Dante Aymone Lopes - 1977 a 1979 Carlos Alberto da Rosa - 1980 a 1981 Ricardo Pereira Duarte - 1982 a 1984 Nelson José Pereira da Silva - 1985 a 1986 Lourival Araújo Gonçalves - 1987 a 1989 Mauro Dante Aymone Lopes - 1990 Carlos Alberto da Rosa - 1991 Luiz Machado Stabile - 1992 José Mário Rodrigues de Freitas - 1993 a 1995 José Antonio Marques Fagundes - 1996 José Mário Rodrigues de Freitas - 1997 a 1998 Lourival Araújo Gonçalves - 1999 a 2000 Maurício Castanho Vidal - 2013 Luiz Machado Stabile - 2014 Culture in Rio Grande do Sul Erico Verissimo Ragamuffin War Jesuit Reductions Muckers Nheçu Sepé Tiaraju Guarani das Missões Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira: Festival Califórnia da Canção Califórnia da Canção Nativa 2020 Califórnia da Canção Nativa 2017