Si regresamos el tiempo a nuestras clases de historia en la secu, recordaremos que Maximiliano y Carlota fueron los emperadores que dominaron a nuestro país bajo las ordenes del monarca francés Napoleon III.
Ya que nos ubicamos en tiempo, la nobleza y gente popular de clase social alta siempre imitaba a la realeza en todo, en la forma de vida que tenían y por supuesto en el vestir; la realeza era algo así como las Kardashian, pésimo pero entendible ejemplo.
¿Se imaginan un reality de “Keeping up with the emperors”? Nada lejos de sérlo, pues el emperador le ponía los cuernos a la hermosa Carlota con una joven y bella indigena a la que llamaban “La india bonita”, y se dice que Maximiliano viajaba 7 horas a Cuernavaca solo para ir a verla.
Mexicanas 1, Francesas 0
Aquí es donde empieza lo bueno, Maximiliano era el fan #1 de las bodas, le encantaba el pachangon, la música y el pulque…todo un mirrey de época, y le fascinaba el traje típico de charro de aquel entonces; el traje de charro que se componía de una chaqueta muy corta, pantalones bastante amplios con tapabalazos; calzoneras de casimir (para los rancheros ricos) o de gruesa gamuza (para los caporales y mayordomos), con botones de plata en los costados y en el tapabalazos. En la parte inferior que dejaba al descubierto el calzón, se lucían bordados, deshilados y otras delicadas labores. Calzaban zapatos “de ala” o botas de gamuza también llamadas “botas de campana”, las que se enrrollaban en la parte inferior de las piernas a manera de polainas sujetadas por medio de correas llamadas ataderos. Tanto las botas como los ataderos se adornaban con ricos bordados y cinceles elaborados por mujeres mexicanas.
Pero obvio, Maximiliano como influencer de época; siempre fashion, nunca infashion, decidío portar un traje con lujosos arreos, bordados en realce, adornos de oro y plata, acompañados de una chaqueta negra de paño inglés y un moño muy coqueto en el cuello, pensó que el sombrerito de ala chica no le iba muy bien y que necesitaba algo mas grande para cubrirse del sol, todo un stylist.
¿Y porque mariachi? Cuenta la leyenda que el emperador se refería a las bodas en su lenguaje natal, “le marriage”: las bodas. Y la gente al verlo llegar a la fiesta decía -”ya llegaron los le marriage”… la palabra evoluciono hasta convertirse en “los mariachis”. ¿Son reebok o son nike? ¿Les suena? Algo así paso, confiusión sonora.
¿Quien hubiera pensado que nuestro ex emperador Maxi fue el co-creador del traje típico de mariachi que conocemos hoy día?
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En la cima de un pico solitario en México, se encuentran los restos del templo El Tepozteco, dedicado al dios azteca de la embriaguez. Parece un punto peligrosamente alto para disfrutar de la bebida demoníaca, entonces, ¿qué significaba?
“ Este portaestandartes huasteco retrata a una deidad del pulque, puesto que la fecha dos-conejo era el día en que se le festejaba junto a esta bebida. La rigidez de la composición denota influencia mexica, pues la escultura huasteca era mucho menos rígida en periodos anteriores”.
A Huastec pulque deity with a rabbit design on its chest. The 2 rabbit day was the day in which the drink was celebrated. It’s believed to have Mexica influence in its design due to Huastec sculptures were less rigid in prior times.
Yesterday, I posted on tobacco, a plant I think Michael Pollan missed in his new book, “This is Your Mind on Plants”. Today I’m posting on another notable omission, cannabis.
Canada legalized cannabis in 2018 (only the second country to do so) and Canadian citizens are allowed to possess no more than 28 grams, and grow up to four plants for personal consumption. Cultivation is only permitted to licensed producers and the use of herbicides and insecticides is tightly monitored. At the same time as it became legal, penalties for illegal production and impaired driving were increased. Whether or not to allow cannabis stores was left up to individual municipalities. In the Greater Vancouver Area, White Rock has three retail cannabis stores but neighboring Surrey has none. In one store, if you go on a Wednesday, you can get a 10% senior’s discount. According to Forbes, the Canadian legal cannabis market was valued at $2.6 billion in 2020 with 60% growth expected in 2021.
After alcohol, cannabis is the most popular psychoactive drug in the world; at least 250 million people smoked it last year, ten times more people than number 3, cocaine. It’s particularly popular in North America and 50% of the adult Americans have tried it at least once. Although still illegal federally, It’s legal in 18 US states.
Cannabis alters the mind because it locks into already existing receptor sites in the endocannabinoid system. Specifically it’s main ingredient, THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol), bonds to the CB1 receptor. CB1 receptors usually accommodate the neurotransmitter, Anandamide. In a tragic case, a Scottish woman was born with a very rare genetic condition which resulted in a massive over-production of Anandamide. It was said that she was immune to anxiety, unable to experience fear, and insensitive to pain. Maybe this explains part of the appeal of cannabis as a recreational drug.
CB1 receptors are found in many animals all the way down to reptiles. In nature, if an animal becomes intoxicated, it runs the risk of becoming somebody else’s lunch and this is why the cannabis plant manufactures THC. Human beings are the only animal that appreciates beauty but we’re also the only species that enjoys getting stoned.
There are many negative health outcomes associated with cannabis use and legal cannabis is required to display mandatory warnings on the package. Some warnings refer to cognitive effects, such as impairments of memory and concentration. Others warn about smoking during pregnancy and impaired driving (too bad a case of beer doesn’t have them too), but this last photo is my favorite:
“Warning: Cannabis can be addictive. Up to 1 in 2 people who use cannabis daily will become addicted.”
Yeah, and the other 50% are in denial. /Flowerishness
PS Thanks, to all the people who wrote me concerning yesterday’s post on tobacco. I’ve never received so much mail on a post before.
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