I will tell you a story that few, even Mexican people don’t know about the mariachi.

There's no doubt that the Mexican mariachi is a deeply rooted tradition in Mexican culture, and with good reason. The mariachi has an incredibly rich and lengthy history that goes back to the Spanish era.

Launching its initial stage in the 1870s, the mariachi quickly became one of Mexico's most popular cultural exports. And over the years, it has taken on status in all aspects of Mexican society.

Today, the mariachi is still a central part of Mexican culture and a mainstay of popular music life! Despite its extensive history, the mariachi word has many possibles origins and various interpretations.

Mariachi was born in Cocula; a little town in Jalisco, Mexico, and one of the stories told is that there in Cocula there is a Virgin named María del Río and the natives of the town made a song to honor the Virgin, called Marí Ce Son that means The María Song, and pronounced María Ce, and then Maria She, en then María Shi; with the time, just: Mariachi. 

Ok, let’s go to the untold story about the Mariachis:

Emperor Maximiliano, who ruled between 1863 and 1867 during the second Mexican empire,  was married to Carlota of Mexico, both of them were so much interested in the latest Europe Fashion, so they took a new way to consume fashion in Mexico, but this is another story.

And here you have a gossip: It is rumored that Maximiliano had a lover: a Mexican native called “La India Bonita” (The Pretty India) and he loved going with him to all the weddings she was invited to. The Emperor called to the weddings Marriage but not only to the celebration but their music played too. Subsequently, the word was deformed to Mariachi.

There’s something else, Maximiliano dressed in the European style but he wanted to feel close to the people, so take part of the Mexican clothing Style, the Chinacos costume and his clothes were adapted to the context giving way to the birth of the traditional Mariachi outfit.