| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
Samantha
Joined: 25 Oct 2003
Posts: 2038
Location: Mexican Riviera
|
 Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:49 pm Post subject: |
 |
|
| Exactamundo! Now that could be considered "living like a Mexican", a very entrepreneurial one...hehehe |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
ericksgm
Joined: 08 May 2006
Posts: 21
Location: Tapachula
|
| Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 9:46 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| The reason I had such a hard time with Tapachula when I got here was because I was looking for this �real mexico� that everyone talked about, but couldn�t find it here. There is little color and no latin dancing and at first it broke my heart. After a month of feeling bummed and wanting to move I realized the incredibleness that is around me and now I am loving it here so much! Who knows if I�ll ever leave. I found my real mexico and it is right here where I started out. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Ms. Atondo
Joined: 14 Apr 2005
Posts: 72
Location: Back in Canada for now...snackin' on a Pizza Pop
|
| Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 4:48 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| vieux canaille wrote: |
That song speaks a thousand words...hoo, I've got the shivers!
Guy, how does the tune go; can you sing it? |
If you want to hear it just walk into any local Milano Milano store (if you have them) it appears to be their theme song and plays during all their announcements1 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Guy Courchesne
Joined: 10 Mar 2003
Posts: 9650
Location: Mexico City
|
| Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:53 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Just a little something to add to the idea of the 'real' Mexico.
Happy Birthday in Mexican Spanish...a video 'las ma�anitas' (little tomorrows, more or less)
http://video.google.es/videoplay?docid=2922598144319808305&pr=goog-sl&hl=es
Some families then try to get the birthday boy or girl to take a face-first bite of the cake, while other family members fight to be the one to push his or her face into it. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
MikeySaid
Joined: 10 Nov 2004
Posts: 509
Location: Torreon, Mexico
|
| Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:21 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| wildnfree wrote: |
| Just to add to the OP's question, I would be interested in knowing how "gringoised" the North is (ie Monterrey and Guadalajara). |
Just an FYI... Guadalajara... not in the North.
As for how gringofied the northern states are I can only speak for Monterrey and La Laguna (on the border of Coahuila and Durango, the cities of Torreon and Gomez Palacios (Lerdo, too). The level of North American influence is really varied even within society. The fresas consistenly have a higher level of exposure to US culture and the upper middle class tends to travel to places like El Paso to go shopping, many college-aged kids even go to schools like UTEP. You don't really find this as much from the middle-middle class on down. Of course there's commercial influence, but that's hard to get away from.
I've seen more Gringos in Oaxaca and Queretaro than I have in Torreon or Monterrey. So where's the gringofication? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
