Mexican Independence Day Eve (live)

Okay, Mexicans we get. But what is a Chicano/a? - It is a blend of American and Mexican.

In the Zocalo of Mexico City, el presidente waves the bandera and cries out, Viva Mexico!

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Mexicans are romantic Latino/as

Happy Cinco de Mayo (Spanish "5th of May"), an American holiday most celebrants think is the Mexican equivalent of the "4th of July." That day is actually the 16th of September, celebrated on the eve of.

The "Cry from Dolores" (Grito de Dolores) occurred in Dolores ("Pains"), Mexico, on September 16, 1810, when Roman Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang his church bell and gave the call to arms that triggered the Mexican War of Independence [from European colonial forces].

Isn't that right, young Mexicans at Sick NW? 

The Cry of Dolores is most commonly known by the locals as El Grito de Independencia ("The Cry of Independence").

Every year on the eve of Independence Day, the president of Mexico reenacts the cry from the balcony of the National Palace in Mexico City, while ringing the same bell Fr. Hidalgo used in 1810.

During a patriotic speech, the president calls out the names of the fallen heroes who died during the War of Independence and ends the speech by shouting Viva Mexico! ("Long live Mexico!") three times followed by the Mexican National Anthem. More: Cry of Dolores

How shall we celebrate? - Let's eat! We'll have the vegan gluten-free Mexican Buddha Bowl

Real Americans (of the Americas) know Spanish

Looks delicious!

It's good to bear in mind when attempting to learn or speak Spanish that Spanish is NOT the indigenous language of Mexico or the Latin America. Spanish is a colonial European language from Europe's Iberian Peninsula used by Spain to take over, forge an empire, and dominate the "New World."

The language of Mexico, if it had to choose only one, is native Nahuatl (the Uto-Aztecan languages of the Aztecs, in particular the Mexica tribe).

Who is the face of Mexico? It was Frida Kahlo.

To think Spanish is the way to the heart of the culture is like imagining that learning "American" is the way to get to know the US of A. There are many languages the U.S., the tongues of immigrants, with many more dialects and accents.

Fortunately, we have a standardized English so that newscasts from around the country are mutually intelligible. But try speaking New Yorkese in the South, and you're in for a surprise or that stuck up Nor'easter Harvard Square jabber in laid back California and someone will hand you a decongestant (or laxative).

With enough time, these would all divide into unique languages. Originally, the First Nations had their own languages and it's unclear that there was a way for them all to communicate by verbal means. They managed but were not merged into an "empire" as we are today, with England and English on top.

Edward Vining's map (1885) of journey of Buddhist missionaries from Buddhist China and Afghanistan to California and Mexico, following coastline north all the way up then east and south down along the Pacific coast.

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  What does Mexico have to do with Buddhism? That's a good question. Buddhist missionaries arrived in Fusang (Mexico, California, and the Pacific coast) before either Catholic priests or Christian missionaries.
• See A Narrative History of Buddhism in the Americas (Rick Fields, How the Swans Came to the Lake, shambhala.com)
• An inglorious Columbus; or Evidence that Hwui Shan and a Party of Buddhist Monks from Afghanistan Discovered America in the 5th century, A.D. (Edward P. Vining, 1885, Internet Archive)
• Crystal Quintero, the Mexican Buddhist, with fellows Pfc. Sandoval and Dhr. Seven, Wisdom Quarterly Wiki edit