What Chicano Studies Means to Me

Before class   this class I did not know the meaning of what was Chicano Studies and the meaning of the word Chicano. Now i know what meaning of Chicano is  the first generation that Mexinanos that born in the U.S. I understend that Chicano Studies has a history in the United Sates. I also lerned about the importance of Hipanic History. I already Know somethings about many important people during the class like Cantinflas, Maria Felix, Diego Rivera, Fidel Castro, Emiliano Zapata, Pedro Infante, Quinceanera, The day of Death, and others, but I did know about La Malinche, Julia Alvarez, and Evita Peron. Even though I already know some things in class. This class helped me remember and apprecite my culture. I lerned a lot things in class even though it was very hard for me because English is my secon language, if for others this class were hard for me it was doble, but I pland to continue to writeing my blog because I likke it, and I learn a lot.

Michoacán Mexico

During the last summer my family and I traveled to Michoacan. Michoacan is the place where my mother and father were born. When we planned this trip many people told to us “You are crazy.” The reason is because the trafficking of drugs is really bad in that area. We visited my parents family, some of them of which I do not know.

Michoacan has a famous church were the La Virgen Del Carmen is. La Virgen Del Carmen is located in Tlalpujahua, Michoacan. The legend says that the village was surrounded by gold, silver, and carbon mines. They say that one day it was raining and the village was flooded by mud and the village was covered, but the only thing that was not covered in mud was La Virgen Del Carmen

 

Next Summer

Every year I wait for the next summer to come. Two years ago all my family and I spend time together after 12 years and 10 months of not having a family reunion. Since that time we reunite in Mexico City every summer. When we are there we spend around two months and we have time to visit some places. That time we visited one place in special it was Xochimilco. Xochimilco is very famous and nice. In there, people can find all types of trees, plants, and flowers. One night we decided to get there, but it was very late at night, it was around 12:00 PM. That night every one was excited and we all traveled in one car. We were around of 14 people including children. But when the car passed through street bumps some of us had to get out of the car and then get back inside the car again, it was so funny.

When we were in Xochimilco, we paid a person to take us and show the place, but during the journey, the man that was rowing the boat told us a story. The story was about a girl and her dolls. The dolls were everywhere ganging on the trees and the land. The place was very scary and mostly at that time. After a little incident, we almost left my brother in there because when he left the boat we had not noticed that we were leaving him behind in the island of the dolls. Then we returned to the same place were we started, but in the way we were singing, but without music. In Xochimilco almost all the time you can see a group of Mariachis, but at that time it was too late.

Extra-Credit of the day of Thanksgiving “Macario1960”

                During the day of thanks giving, I did nothing special. I watched a movie. The name of the movie was Macario, 1960. This movie is very old. The principle actor is Ignacio Lopez Tarzo, (Macario) Pina Pellice, (Macario wife) Enrique Lucero, (The Death) Jose Galvez, (The Devil) and Jose Luis Jimenez, (God). The gender is considered fantasy and the rating is PG-13.

Macario is an indigenous that works very hard cutting wood. Macario had five children and his wife. They lived in really bad conditions because most of the time they did not have anything to eat. Macario had a dream; the dream of Macario was to be able to eat a turkey by himself. He said that if he did not eat a turkey by himself, he was never going to eat again. Macario’s wife stole a turkey and cooked it for him. She gave it to him when he was going to work. Macario was going to the forest to eat the turkey. When, Macario was in the forest, God appeared to him, and asked him if he would share his turkey, but he refused to share the turkey with God. Then, the devil made him the same question as God, “If Macario could share the turkey with him,” but Macario refused too. The last person that was appeared to Macario was the Death. The Death asked him the same question that God and the Devil asked him. This time Macario accepted to share with the turkey with the Death. At the end of the movie Macario wife went to look for him in the forest. She found him, but she thought that he was asleep, but no he was dead. I think that this movie can be a message for those people that refuse to share something with others.