Tagged With: Mexican independence day
Mexican Americans Celebrate Independence Day in New York City
Text, Photos, & Video: Francisco Collazo Translation: Julie Schwietert Collazo [vease abajo para la version en espanol] ** I saw them crossing the river with my own eyes. No one stopped them. In fact, they crossed two rivers en masse: the Hudson and the East Rivers. They came from everywhere– the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten … Continue reading
Fiestas de Sangre/Celebrations of Blood
Text & Photos: Francisco Collazo [Vease abajo para version en espanol] Translation: Julie Schwietert Collazo Video: Courtesy of La Voz de Michoacan * From the roof of my apartment building in Mexico City, I can see and enjoy the fireworks lighting up the dark horizon of the city’s center while people celebrate 198 years of … Continue reading
Dance Fever…Mexican Style
English version; Please scroll down for Spanish version and video. by Francisco Collazo; Translated by Julie Schwietert Collazo Walking in Mexico City, we come upon a group of dancers in a park near Circular de Morelia Street. The group, we learn, is named Binniruyaa, and is comprised of a group of students from different disciplines: … Continue reading
