Fandango Urbano 2016: Getting to know El Son Jarocho, and other cultural connections.

By Lupita Peimbert. (Culture) – It is all about sharing immigrant experiences, strengthening neighborhood connections, and bringing up traditional Veracruzana songs , music and zapateados in contemporary California, a region full of contradictions, highly techie and highly homeless, positively political, hungry for social justice, and so apt to artistic pursuits. And so they gather. They … More Fandango Urbano 2016: Getting to know El Son Jarocho, and other cultural connections.

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Rasgan y taconean una noche al mes, y los vecinos se preguntan de dónde son tales sonidos.

Por Lupita Peimbert. (Cultura) – En el garaje de su casa desde hace siete años, mes tras mes y sin faltar, Jorge y Lourdes se reúnen con otros practicantes de los sones jarochos que tanto aman, y a la fiesta le llaman fandango. El “son jarocho,” es un estilo musical y una tradición popular en … More Rasgan y taconean una noche al mes, y los vecinos se preguntan de dónde son tales sonidos.

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Want To See The First African Free-Town In The Americas? Go to Mexico.

Yanga. It is called Yanga.  In the middle of intense vegetation in Southeastern Veracruz, a state along the Mexican Gulf, the town of Yanga is evidence to the presence and settlement of Africans in Mexico. On our way to the Port of Veracruz, we stopped at Yanga. We saw the agricultural fields full of caña and…

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