Lotería Huasteca
Cada grabado representa un aspecto de la diversidad cultural de la región Huasteca.
Each print represents an aspect of the cultural diversity of the Huasteco region.
Artist: Alec Dempster
(via fuckyeahmexico)
Posts tagged Cultura.
Mexico’s Native Corn: Suited for Survival
Maize, Mexico’s staple food as well as a symbol, has the potential to adapt to climate change and mitigate its effects without any need for genetically modified seeds, according to agricultural scientists.
Mexico has at least 59 landraces (traditional, locally-adapted strains that are rich in biodiversity) and 209 varieties of corn. White maize is the most commonly eaten variety, while yellow maize is used for animal feed or processed into cornflakes, starch and other products.
Maize is thought to have developed from an ancestor grain in four possible geographical locations in Mexico, according to the 2009 study “Origen y diversificación del maíz, una revisión analítica” (Origin and Diversification of Maize: An Analytical Review) by researchers at the state Autonomous National University of Mexico (UNAM), the Autonomous University of Mexico City and the Postgraduate College.
“Climate change will have different impacts, because corn varieties are adapted to very specific conditions,” Carolina Ureta, a researcher at the UNAM Biology Institute, told IPS. “While some varieties will benefit, others will be harmed.”
“We can focus our attention on varieties that grow in adverse conditions, and see what genetic improvement is possible,” she said.
Ureta has been working since 2009 on a research project titled “Effects of Climate Change on the Distribution of Mexican Maize and its Wild Relatives”, due to be completed in 2012 as the final stage of her doctorate in biological sciences. Her research is to be published in a forthcoming issue of the U.S. journal Global Change Biology.
According to her results, the territorial distribution of maize is expected to shrink 15 percent by 2030, and 30 percent by 2050. The north of the country will be most affected because of its drier conditions.
Maize is a symbolic crop in Mesoamerica, the region covering southern Mexico and Central America, because of its vital importance in pre-Columbian culture.
Some 3.2 million Mexican farmers cultivate maize, and over two million of these producers use it for family consumption, according to official statistics.
Read more at IPS News
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See documentary on the historical and cultural significance corn has in Mexico and how genetically modified varieties are threatening to destroy this legacy.
“La Cultura Cura,” saying made popular by the author and poet José Antonio Burciaga. Through dance, song, and poetry, our spirit remembers.
Photo: Pocho1
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Ilhuicato Cualnezi (Cielito Lindo)
Inin cuatlahtla canaca, ilhuicato cualnezi, iutze temohticac
Ze omeye in ixtelolotzin tlilime, ilhuicato cualnezi, in amoixpan.
O, o, o
Ixcuicati uan amo tichocaz
Catle cuicati papaquilia, ilhuicato cualnezi, inon yolome.
Inin tonacazaua tlen tihpia, ilhuicato cualnezi, itlaca mo camatzin
Amo ti ixmaquilia ni anahque, ilhuicato cualnezi, ca neua no yaxca.
O, o, o
Ixcuicati uan amo tichocaz
Catle cuicati papaquilia, ilhuicato cualnezi, inon yolome.
Interpretada por Doña Petra, Milpa Alta, Mexico
Diego Rivera’s Murals of the History of Mexico
This is a selection of just a few of the many beautiful images painted on the walls of Mexico’s National Palace.
Palacio Nacional de Mexico, Cd de Mexico
Los Dichos Más Populares del Mexicano
Los dichos se han consagrado como referentes de la lengua Mexicana, las usamos para saludar, prevenir, animar y hasta insultar.
via ElUniversalTV
♫ Javier Solis - Las Mañanitas ♫
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Ventana a Mi Comunidad: Totonacos - Tierras Mágicas
Serie de videos Ventana a mi Comunidad. Una producción de Videoservicios Profesionales SA de CV para la Coordinación General de Educación Intercultural y Bilingüe de la SEP, México. http://ventana.ilce.edu.mx
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Ventana a Mi Comunidad: Raramuris (Tarahumaras) - Cazando Chichimocos
Serie de videos Ventana a mi Comunidad. Una producción de Videoservicios Profesionales S. A. de C. V. para la Coordinación General de Educación Intercultural y Bilingüe de la SEP México.http://ventana.ilce.edu.mx
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Ventana a Mi Comunidad: Tseltales - La Comida
Serie de videos Ventana a mi Comunidad. Una producción de Videoservicios Profesionales SA de CV para la Coordinación General de Educación Intercultural y Bilingüe de la SEP, México.http://ventana.ilce.edu.mx
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Ventana a Mi Comunidad: Mazatecos - Silbando Entre Los Montes
Serie de videos Ventana a mi Comunidad. Una producción de Videoservicios Profesionales S. A. de C. V. para la Coordinación General de Educación Intercultural y Bilingüe de la SEP México. http://ventana.ilce.edu.mx
- via lachusita
A Muralist’s Masterpiece Tells The Story of the Mexican People.
Tucked away inside of one of Los Angeles’ oldest buildings, the artist could be mistaken for a squatter.
He sleeps on a ragged piece of carpet. He makes do without a shower. He wears nearly the same clothes every day: a plain T-shirt and worn-out sweat shorts.
But around the corner from where he sleeps is Hugo Martinez Tecoatl’s masterpiece: an elaborate array of murals vibrantly splashed across 4,000 square feet of space. Aztec gods, bicycles, serpents, marigolds and tributes to Pancho Villa, Benito Juarez and Emiliano Zapata stretch from the hardwood floor up 30- to 40-foot walls and across the ceiling.
Read More, Here. See More Photos, Here.
- via LA Times
Art Never Dies: La Friducha Fuerte
Time lapse video of artist Nichole Camarillo painting Frida Kahlo. This portrait is titled “Art Never Dies: La Friducha Fuerte”. This is the first of five releases in the “Art Never Dies” series. Total actual painting time was 3 hours. For more info, and to keep up to date on each new painting, visit my website, http://www.nicholecamarillo.com -Click on ‘Blog’ for more info. Or follow me on twitter:http://twitter.com/dirtyprettynix
- via NicholeCamarillo
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