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[princessneptune]

La Guerra de los pasteles 🎂

See that state in the red there? The one in Mexico? That is Puebla. The state where a great victory was won on May 5, 1862. You see, the French thought they had it made, that a swift takeover was imminent based on their army of 6000 soldiers. They were wrong. An army of INDIGENOUS folks gathered to fight back. On May 5, (yes that means Cinco de Mayo) the French sent troops in to attack the city of Puebla de Los Angeles, but were met from the North by the indigenos who would not be intimidated or taken down. When the fight was over and the French retreated, they had lost over 500 men. Puebla lost less than 100. Cinco de Mayo isn’t a day to get wasted and dress up as a racist stereotype. This day is a celebration to remember the Indigenous Resistance that took place, and the victory that seemed impossible. Indigenous resistance continues to this day, from the top of turtle island to the tip of South America. We fight imperialism and colonialism with pride. Please do not trivialize the important celebration of La Batalla De Puebla by reinforcing racist tropes. And don’t you dare tell Mexicans “Happy Mexican Independence Day!” you’ll look like an ignorant jackass. #cincodecultura

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[goddessoffortune989]

Telegram: @latingirl22

[buenohola]

buenassss

[resusmx129]

Deep compressions, make my heart beat 🫀🫀

[mudwerks]

(via Acidemic - Film: Famous Monsters of Mexico II: CURSE OF THE CRYING WOMAN, BLACK PIT OF DR. M)

[russellius]

GR: I always believed it, but I think for drivers, who are waiting for that first victory there's always a bit of pressure and media speculation (...). I knew I had it in myself, but you just wanna tick that box and say "I've done it". (...) I think the thing that stuck in my memory the most from that day, is not how it made me feel, but seeing how it made my whole team feel, and everybody who's supported me on my journey. Seeing my engineer, who's won championships in the past, won loads of races, he was crying on the podium.

[luteddecoction]

Yup!

I don't know a lot about how DotD is celebrated in other countries but let me share a few fun facts that I know about its history in Mexico (since I happen to be born and raised within the country)

The root of it all (at least in Mexico) relies in the 1920's when this guy José Vasconcelos (1882-1959), first secretary of public education in Mx. decided that he wanted to promote a sense of "nationality" within the country since Mexico was going through an identity crisis period after the Spaniards invaded.

So in order to re-group us he came up with something that would grant Mexico a sense of pride and unity in culture. He opted to create one day in which the catholic beliefs of the spaniards would merge with the pre-hispanic indigenous beliefs of the aztecs that revolve around the "Mictlán" (aka the underworld of the Aztec mythology).

The celebration succesfully spread across the country and depending on the area, the way that altars and offers are made vary depending on the resources at hand.

Here's a fragment (in spanish) of a university's research on the topic: UNAM

But yeah, if anyone here from elsewhere in the world who celebrates Day of the Dead knows bits and pieces of their own history around it, pls feel free to info dump me about it because I find this super interesting!

[mexicoantiguo]

Imagen de la Catedral metropolitana de Durango, Dgo. México.

Ca. 1900.

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Dia de los muertos

[smedussa]

Sweetmedussa 💕

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[thecrownedcrowd]

[buenohola]

[snowywolf1005]

HAPPY DAY OF THE DEAD!!!!🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽

Today, I decided to write of how Roger crew and Sofia family went to Kaiju Island and met mothra.

It rains in storming nights, Roger and others were at camp where mexico scientists are testing mothra cacoon.

"What do you think what mothra will be?" Jack question, "I don't know, but I'm so excited!" Said Shanks. "Well, I hope it doesn't kill us," said buggy m.

Roger looks at some videos of larva cracking out its egg and warp itself to become mothra.

"It's our first time to meet mothra," said Rayleigh, "Roger, Where's Sofia?" Oden ask, everyone looks for Sofia. Toki foud Sofia, standing outside raining, "she outside!" Toki shouted. Everyone got out.

"Sofia! What are you doing?!" Max shouted, but then the waterfall began to glow , "what the?!" Oden was surprised.

Here's the theme!

The cocoon begins to open, and mothra takes out her arm, causing the lights to flicker. Roger crew was stund, behide someone is recording.

Mothra came out of her cocoon, and then she spread her wings.

Mothra makes chirps, Sofia walks closer to mothra when she stops at the edge of the cliff. Mothra head looks at Sofia and walks closer to her.

Sofia put her hand on mothra head. "I can hear you..." She said, then later on Roger crew were the first to meet mothra.