It’s illegal to have a #CincoDeMayo playlist without music by la Reina Selena Quintanilla-Pérez and keeping with the family theme many members of her backing band were members of her family. Here she with two of her popular hits “Amor Prohibido” y “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom” (https://youtu.be/yw2UPqSJUeU?si=LBBTb3kw4itJXA-S) #RetroView#Selena
Tune in Tuesday AKA TODAY @ 6:30pm EST/5:30pm CST for a special edition of #RetroView with a post #CincoDeMayo party playlist available here ( https://bit.ly/3UxERyj ) . Also, here’s the 2022 ( bit.ly/3w5mAR7 ) and 2023 ( bit.ly/4b3Bw1m ) playlists for some pre-gaming fun! See y’all then💕
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I heard a fascinating talk about Santa Muerte a few months ago. I only a know a little bit, if anyone knows more, please share.
Santa Muerte seems to be a syncretic creature. Indigenous death beings presided over various aspects of life; they were often pregnant and gave advice. These combined with the grim reaper introduced alongside (enforced) Spanish Catholicism. By the 18th century, Santa Muerte was her own entity, presented as a skeletal figure.
Women pray to Santa Muerte, and she is often associated with the poor and marginalised groups. She doesn't judge, and anyone can follower her; she has no ordained priesthood.
She was first worshipped in northern Mexico, but now also found in southern Mexican celebrations of Dia de los Muertos. This revival might be connected to an increase in poverty, e.g., following NAFTA.
In one of the Nahua creation myths, “The giant earth monster Tlaltecuhtli (“Earth Lord”), a crocodile-like creature, swam in the sea searching for flesh to eat. The gods turned themselves into serpents, entered the sea, and tore Tlaltecuhtli in half. The upper part of her body became the land, and the lower part was thrown into the sky to become the stars and heavens.” (Michael E. Smith, The Aztecs (Oxford: Blackwell, 1996)
Greetings, myth lovers! To celebrate #CincoDeMayo, today's theme is: #Mexican and Mexican-American myths and legends. Write out a story and use the hashtag #MythologyMonday for boosts. See you all soon!
Today is Cinco de Mayo, a day of festivities that has morphed from a relatively quiet commemoration of the Mexican army’s victory over French troops in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, into a U.S.-centric, taco-infused, margarita-fueled celebration. But this year, Atlas Obscura is marking the occasion with this deep dive into Mexican culture. https://flip.it/tFksmY #Culture#Mexico#CincoDeMayo#USA
Starting the afternoon off with a margarita at La Casa, the oldest consecutively operating Mexican restaurant in Sonoma County. After I will check out the Cinco de Mayo festival on the Sonoma Plaza and eat as much food as I possibly can. I'll share pics.
Cinco de Mayo is Indigenous history. The battalion that helped defeat the French in Mexico was composed of Nahuas from Puebla called the Zacapoaxtlas. And the president, Benito Juárez, was a Zapotec who helped protect Mexico from Euro re-invasion, showing heroic examples Native resistance to Еυrope
#White#Americans: As we near May 5 & a holiday massively co-opted by the #US, many of you/us should reconsider that sombrero & learn the history of #CincodeMayo. It celebrates an epic battle w/the French won against all odds & was revived by activists from the 1960s/70s #Chicano Movement because they viewed their struggle against the systemic #racism they faced in the #UnitedStates in the same light.
Tune in Thursday @ 6:30pm EST/5:30pm CST when #RetroView pre-games #CincoDeMayo with a party playlist that will be up midday tomorrow AKA Thursday. Also, here’s the 2022 (https://bit.ly/3w5mAR7) and 2023 (https://bit.ly/4b3Bw1m) playlists for anyone that wants to pre-game our pre-gaming! See y’all then💕
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Very interesting framing by #California state senator Dave Cortese and assemblyman Ash Karla on the recent highway offramp closures around #SanJose during #CincoDeMayo. They claim that Caltrans’ action was “racist targeting” and “blatantly unconstitutional”.
I disagree, of course: the closures were prudent as they prevented predictable #sideshows and #takeovers from occurring during a Friday night celebration.
But maybe I’m missing something here. I know racist anti-cruising laws were only recently repealed, but I think this closure allowed more cruising, not less. I would appreciate it if someone from #sfba could help me learn why this action can be perceived as racially motivated.
“Two State Lawmakers Question Cinco de Mayo Weekend Off-Ramp Closures in San Jose”
We celebrate Cinco de Mayo today and close out Black Hole Week with this image of the Sombrero galaxy, which harbors a central super massive black hole with 1 billion solar masses and an Event Horizon diameter of 39.4 AU.
The majestic Sombrero galaxy is 50,000 light-years across and is located 30 million light-years from Earth.
Our vantage point when viewing the galaxy is just 6° above its galactic plane.