Popular Lira: Lira With popular name in Chile know the printed broadsides that emerged in the late nineteenth and popular poets who published their poems in tenths of a metric old came to America with the Conquest , along with various other literary expressions used by the people, as riddles, proverbs, tales, legends and romances. In each statement, the poet included five or six tenths compositions or generally glossed by a quatrain, in which he commented, from his own perspective, national events and local events that affected him. Mixed well, current affairs, hinting at the human, with facts or biblical characters, they put on stage to the divine, toast, Paya, counterpoints, cuecas and tunes. Each sheet belonged to a single poet, and was led, in general, for coarse popular engravings illustrating the themes, also made by one of them. The poets were selling their sheets advertising them loudly in the streets, markets and railway stations. In Europe it was called "string literature", by the way in which the authors offered leaves hanging on a string or cloth, tied from one tree to another. The popular poets also published small booklets with tenths and romances, as well as cuecas and popular songs at the time. In Chile, the peak time of such popular press was roughly between 1860 and 1920, and his first collection was the German professor and scholar of our culture Rodolfo Lenz, who donated to the National Library about five hundred sheets as part of only three collections that exist in our country. Central Library of the University of Chile has the collection formed by Mr. Raul Amunátegui with approximately 850 sheets and the Library National also preserves the federalism of Avila Alamiro containing 350 sheets. Fortunately, in the last twenty years have recognized the value as a historical source of this type of popular literature. It has begun to explore issues in its statements as the Pacific War, the government of José Manuel Balmaceda, border problems and election contests, among others. They have also gained interest by angel songs and chants to the divine in general. Especially valuable are popular engravings that illustrated his tenth poets, especially those related to tragic or violent acts, crimes and shootings. Exposure to
develops during the month of February in the Ecomuseum Cobquecura, sponsored by the Museum of the graph of the city of Chillan
