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"Sin Cultura… No tengo Inspiración ni Corazon"

"without culture, i don’t have inspiration or heart"

At the Border/ En la Frontera.

San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico.

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El Desfile de San Antonio en Guanajuato, México — The San Antonio Day Parade in Guanajuato, México — 16 jun 2013 (photos are mine w/ a Creative Commons license)

I think this is the name of the parade, anyway. It’s also possible that the parade was a local variation of the Fiesta de los Locos which occurs in nearby San Miguel de Allende on the same day since there was a contingent of people in masks and costumes as well.

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Xochipilli represents the concept of enlightened understanding.The best way to do this is through study and observation, in the scientific tradition of our ancestors. Xochipilli is associated with flowers which is a metaphor for poetry, where truth and big ideas are summarized in words and song.  The art of poetry was the highest art form in Mexico Tenochtitlan and all over Anahuac.

Poetry was not just spoken, it was sung.

The idea was that “art made things divine”, and only the divine was true.

There were different kinds of poems, like war songs, moral, and philosophical works.

Nezahualcoyotl (“Fasting Coyote”) of Texcoco is considered a pre-eminent poet-ruler of the 15th century. One of his most famous works describes life as temporary - and beautiful - as flowers.

The theme of “flowers” was regularly used: to symbolize the temporary fragility and beauty of existence.

The poet Cuacuahtzin used this theme of flowers: “I crave flowers that will not perish in my hands! / Where might I find lovely flowers, lovely songs? / Such as I seek, Spring does not produce on earth;”

The Nahuatl expression for poetry was in xochitl, in cuicuatl (“flowers and song”).

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"Somos Chicanos: Strangers In Our Own Land" : David F. Gomez

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Solo borracho y dormido olvido que estoy jodido.

Proverbio Mexicano (en la pared del colectivo)

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Murillo Karam Moves to Close Ayotzinapa Case After Months of Rage

Thousands took to the streets of Mexico City and dozens of others throughout Mexico and the world for the eighth Global Day of Action for Ayotzinapa on January 26, four months to the day 43 students from the Escuela Normal Rural de Ayotzinapa were forcibly disappeared in Iguala, Guerrero, by government security forces. Three other normalistas were shot and killed by authorities that night.

In a press conference the next day, Jesús Murillo Karam, Mexico’s Attorney General, assured reporters there was “legal certainty” to declare that all 43 students were murdered, effectively closing the case.

“Without a doubt, the evidence allows us to determine that the students at the teachers’ college were abducted, killed, burned, and thrown into the San Juan River,” Murillo Karam said.

Hours later, Enrique Peña Nieto held an official event where he echoed previous statements calling on Mexicans to get over Ayotzinapa.

“I’m also convinced that this moment, this moment in the history of Mexico, grief and tragedy and pain can not leave us trapped, we can not stay here,” said Peña Nieto. He added: “We have to move forward with greater optimism.”

Although many presume the 43 were killed soon after being abducted, the student’s parents insist the government keep the case open until independent scientists can prove remains found in Cocula are those of their children.

Photo credits: La Jornada, YouTube, Regeneracion Radio

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futbolmexicano:

¡Que viva MEXICOOO!

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Selena Quintanilla Perez

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badassmexicans:

Fuck what you heard he makes leading a revolution look bad ass!

BAM

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thinkmexican:

“We were here before the borders, and we will be here long after they fall!”

via monsita

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mermaidcomplex:

San Antonio, westside (by the anti-binky)

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