Luis Miguel

banguity which to them means “new life.” During Garifuna wakes the people will play and dance their traditional music so as to celebrate the life and have one last party in the name of the recently deceased so as to a cheerful send-off. As said by Fausto Miguel Alvarez, a teacher from the town of Cristales in Honduras, “People dance, because even though this one Garífuna has died, another thousand will be born." Here new life is understood to be the new life created in the wee hours of the…

one’s power and authority. On the opposite end of the spectrum, symbols can be used to degrade and defame a person. These two statements are true throughout history, but are especially evident in the society of colonial Mexico. In Death by Effigy, Luis R. Corteguera demonstrates that symbols were an integral part of colonial society through a court case centered on the town of Tecamachalco. The display of an effigy and sambenitos, special inquisitorial garments, reveals the importance of…

On July 30, 1926 Plutarco Elias Calles, the President of Mexico, had a conversation with two Bishops of Mexico, Pascual Diaz and Leopoldo Ruiz. In the correspondence made by Calles he tells the Bishops: “El único camino que existe para que todas estas dificultades terminen es que el clero se someta a esa ley...” Calles is warning the clergy to submit to the Mexican Constitution or there would be dire consequences. This conversation would take place a day before the suspension of religion…

couples come just to have a kiss for good luck in their relationship. He also talked how the painter Diego Rivera was born there, he gave a tour of Rivera’s home, which is now a museum. The anchors also gave another news story about a famous singer Luis Miguel, who ends up in jail because he never showed up to the jury. Also,…