Tag: Veracruz

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

June 10, 2016

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.

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

March 27, 2016

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.

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

August 5, 2015

Who would have known that African people brought in to the Americas as slaves would settle in a Mexican town?

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

July 22, 2012

Who knew that African people brought as slaves to America would have settled in a Mexican town?
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