Viva Mexico

    Probably not Hidalgo's exact words, but definitely what the gentewill be joyously shouting for the next few days!

    Viva Mexico! Viva la Revolución! Over the next four days Mexico will celebrate the bicentennial of their independence from Spain (the birth of the country) and the centennial anniversary of the revolution (freedom from a thirty year dictatorship and the creation of a new democratic constitution).

    Tonight at midnight the Mexican version of the “shot heard around the world” will ring throughout Mexico! In cities and towns throughout the country, a key official will ring a bell and shout the traditional declaration, El Grito de Dolores, and of course, mass revelry will ensue until the wee hours of the morning kicking off the actual holiday: La Independencia de Méxicoobserved on September 16th.

    El Grito de Dolores (The Cry of Dolores) was the battle cry of the Mexican War of Independence; proclaimed September 16th, 1810 by the priest of the people, Miguel Hidalgo in the small town of Dolores. Hidalgo ordered the church bells to be rung and gathered his congregation; he addressed the people in front of his church, encouraging them to revolt against the Spanish-- to take back their country, their land and their beloved Virgin de Guadalupe.

    This year is especially festive, as both barrels are locked and loaded. One hundred years ago, the Mexican Revolution began on November 20th with troops of campesinos crying out for "¡Tierra y Libertad!" (Land and Freedom!). Dictator Diaz was successfully overthrown and characters like Francisco “Pancho” Villa and Emiliano Zapata were emblazoned in the history books and iconized in taquerías the world over.

    The government has been making a big deal of the event: building monuments, marking several routes along highways throughout Mexico that were traveled either during Mexico's War of Independence or the Mexican Revolution, President Calderón will perform the Grito in Mexico City to a crowd of millions, and many more events and fairs for history bufsf and the patriotic. In a show of solidarity and revolutionary fervor, I am going to come tearing into the plaza on my stallion, guns a-blazing!

    this continent is also part of me. From Tijuana (where I have great friends) to Tierra del Fuego we are AMERICA LATINA...but my heart reaches Alert in the very up north canadian island Ellesmere to the last very south territory of Tierra del Fuego...THIS IS OUR CONTINENT...this is America and the real meaning of being AMERICAN....so this humble blogger that writes to you is a VERY PROUD AMERICAN PERSON....

    And one of our cousins are very dear guests of mine...THE MEXICANS CARAJOOOOOOOOOOO.....

    VIVA MEXICO!!!! And VIVA all the friends that I made from everywhere in Mexico...so dear country....And somehow I have lots of guests from Mexico that experience my tours here in Rio de Janeiro!!!

    Mexico is so wonderful that people express their passion in music, paintings, literature and food...uhmmmmm LAS TORTILLAS .... I am sure Raquel knows exactly what I am talking about!!!

    Music gaves us the incredible boleros specially songs written by Alberto Dominguez such as Perfidia (which means betreyal or faithless or simply Perfidy as the english versions says) that in one of the sentences it asks: PARA QUE QUIERO OTROS BESOS SI TUS LABIOS NO ME QUIEREN YA BESAR....which more or less means: "why do I need other kisses if your kisses refuse to kiss me???" Deep, eh????

    ARTS...well, names like the very famous FRIDA which I am not a big fan but it gives Mexico its contribuition to the World of Paintings giving some names to the World, but Mexico also has Diego Rivera and the less famous painter which for me they are the best like ERNESTO HERNANDEZ OLMOS (he is also an actor and a great musician) from Oaxaca which portraits tell us alot about mexican myths like THE MOTHER EARTH and some others aztec Gods; also the amazing paintings of CARLOS HERRERAfrom Durango which also paints legends of Mexico; it is amazing the presence of the Day of the Dead in all his paitings; and least but not last, RAUL DEL RIO with his amazing ANIMALS and Nature paintings and murals that I am happy to share hiw webpage: http://www.delrioproductions.com/index.html

    LITERATURE...well...Latin America is rich with ours writers and poets...so many Literature Nobel Prizes that gave to the World names such as the colombian Gabriel Garcia Marques and the peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa. Mexico gave to the World great writers such Octavio Paz who also got a Nobel Prize in 1990, no doubts of the the greatest intelectuals of Mexico in the early years...he was great to discuss about the modern political mexican scenerio...Well, but the literature tradition of Mexico comes from the very beggining of mexican history, they had a king which was also a poet named Nezahualcóyotl, do not ask me how to pronounce his name, all I know that he had some incredible participation in the mexican culture.

    AND FOOD....My goodness, I am sure that my friend Raquel and also my friend Mari can write pages of pages of Mexican delights...Mexican Cuisine is known all over the World and I would say this is the most complete gastronomy in our planet!!! Tortillas of all types, Enchiladas (uhhhh I love rice with chicken), Tacos...The quesadillas....burritos, fajitas...it is a whole universe of fantastic food (I do not like spiceys but I can eat with NO SPICY AT ALL). Apomg the name of so incredible World's Chefs, I think that Patricia Quintana is one of them...she combines sofistication with the most traditional Grandma's ( MUST BE A WONDERFUL ABUELA MEXICANA) cuisine tradition...

    Just like Brazil, when you go to Mexico and you research about Nature and Culture, you will find out a marvelous land full of incredible emotions that will live forever in your heart and thoughts!!!

    I am very fortunate to have Mexico's Friends and being so much considered in Mexico that keep on sending incredible people that make my work even more important.

    GRACIAS MEXICO!!!

    Salo and Raquel decided to trust their first visit to Rio in my hands....And they had very short time to explore everything...so I decided to show them the best of Rio and they became one more mexican family that I have in Mexico. Their knowledge about Latin American and their love for South America made my work very easy.

    We mostly saw Rio by day and by night, they experienced many local places...from the most famous attractions like the Christ and the Sugar Loaf to very off the beaten path places like my so dear fishing village Jurujuba and the indigenous tribe in Camboinhas.

    Gracias mis amigos por tanto cariño, tanta risa y tanta amistad. Todo el tiempo que pasamos aqui fué de increible alegria y me hicieron conocer gente tan hermosa y de mucho valor como vosotros.
    Les llevo siempre en el alma, en el corazon y en mis pensamientos!!!
    Sepan que yo amo a la gente mexicana y ustedes solo me comproban que estoy en el mejor camino!!!
    Aqui ustedes siempre tendrán amigos...Marcone y yo os queremos mucho!!!

    Ayer celebramos en México doscientos años de Independencia -al grito de "libertad"- y cien años de Revolución -al grito de "igualdad"-. Y la verdad es que yo he tenido sentimientos encontrados con respecto a esto del Bicentenario.

    Primero fue la negación, pues no somos libres (no puede uno salir a la calle por miedo a las balaceras), ni somos iguales (tan sólo comparar cuánto le pagan a un político por ir a descansar el culo a una oficina con aire acondicionado, y cuán poco gana un indígena que trabaja su tierra al rayo del sol). Entonces viene la amarguez, el enojo contra los gobiernos: "¿qué celebramos?, no gasten en celebraciones, mejor gasten en combatir el crimen, en ayudar la pobreza, hipócritas, traidores, ratas..."

    Pero ayer me aprisionó la nostalgia y me dio por prender la TV nacional (cosa que nunca hago), entonces ví la transmisión del grito de Independencia, allá en el Zócalo capitalino, y me invadió un sentimiento inexplicable al ver pasar docientos años de historia frente a mis ojos en un carnaval donde cada uno de sus elementos me resultaban sublimes, hermosos, dignos de festejarse (los danzantes típicos, la serpiente emplumada, el carro con juguetes mexicanos, las doce castas de la colonia, nopales, sombreros, el ángel de la libertad, el mariachi, los huapangos, las rancheras, los boleros, etc).

    Así que desistí del pesimismo con el que he vislumbrado el Bicentenario durante todo el año: la violencia no se va a acabar, la desigualdad y la oligarquía y la corrupción van a seguir, pero por todo lo demás que es y ha sido México, creo que merece la pena hacer fiesta, amén de que una celebración de éstas sí une a las personas (recordemos la vez que ganamos contra Francia en el mundial, ese día fue el que menos muertes se registraron en el país -suena tenebroso pero, de lo malo, lo mejor-).

    Yo me pregunto cuántos violadores, asesinos, rateros de todos los tipos (desde el presidente pues, hasta el morador de Tepito que llevó a su novia a ver los juegos pirotécnicos) no hubo anoche en Zócalo; mas por un momento dejaron de ser criminales para ser solamente mexicanos, para ser sólo hijos de la Madre Patria que se enorgullecen de nuestra cultura, nuestra comida, nuestra música, nuestros colores, nuestros juguetes, nuestros bailes, nuestros artistas, nuestra vegetación; doscientos años de historia, de cultura grandilocuente, pueden borrar por una noche los momentos de desesperanza e impotencia, porque para eso son las fiestas. Así que a todos ellos los oí gritar "¡viva México!" de corazón, y sin más, me sorprendí a mí misma diciendo, como boba frente al televisor: "viva".


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