Like it probably hearkens back to the days of the Aztec Empire or something right?
Is this parade the oldest pagan tradition in Latinx America?
Nathan Morris
Easton Wood
>it probably hearkens back to the days of the Aztec Empire
Yeah, with helicopters...
this is just so dumb of you
Luis Phillips
Not talking about the helicopter, Portubro
Jonathan Fisher
Not really. Its the syncretism of Spanish Catholic traditions with the last vestiges of ancestor worship that the weird indios did in the countryside.
Isaac Smith
México is not Latin America
Sebastian Brown
vgh the ancient Xhelicqhtoptlxqers of Tenōchtitlan
Ryan Walker
Thats folklorization of culture. Thats is to say, turning it into buffonery.
Mass rituals in ancient times had specific purpose such as celebrating cosmic events or great avatars/leaders.
The only remaining cultural institution that was preserved was Dia De Muertos (which is also getting folklorized due to american influence)
Christopher Morales
>american influence
i think that shit is weird, keep it on your side of the wall.
Mason Sanchez
too late (see: Coco)
Elijah Morris
Thank god my ancestry (Viceroyalty) will never experience this
Elijah Rodriguez
i don't watch movies for children.
Christian Nguyen
Its not only Coco
The festival with giant skeletons never existed in Mexico prior to the film Spectre (007).
Lile I said. Its folklorization/merchantilization of culture, mostly coming from american influence but also from internal degeneration of mexican society due to desintegration of catholic church.
Gabriel Kelly
Owen Collins
bullshit, i remember seeing depictions of those death parades in much earlier movies than that.
Jackson Butler
>bullshit, i remember seeing depictions of those death parades in much earlier movies than that
Yes, but not the grotesque festivals that serve no purpose other than bring tourists.
That fesrival was born from the film 007 Spectre and CDMX government realizing it would make a lot of money.
Christopher Hughes
We wuz vicekangs 'n' shieet
Ian Bell
Día de muertos is a British celebration
Joshua Ross
>Día de muertos is a British celebratio
All cultures have come up with something similar. Its part of the universal human culture. (Same as the mythological gardens of edens, chosen exiled people, etc)
The thing is, americanization and desintegration of catholicism in Mexican society are responsible for festivals like this, which lacks the original meaning of the holiday and its only purpose is monetization.
Thats why we are also seeing the invasion of protestant sects in all latinxamerica.
So we have 2 choices, we either recover our indoamerican heritage in order to be able to resist yankification or we get culturally anihilated by Amerika, our cultures turning into Disney-patented enterteniment.
Because the catholic church is pretty much dead.
Julian Parker
You misspelled LATINO.
Hunter Johnson
no sorry you're Latinx now, you wanted to move to an English speaking country so you will abide by our lingual tenets.
Matthew Bennett
>we either recover our indoamerican heritage in order to be able to resist yankification
Lmfaooo, that's never happening, indigenism will be forever tainted with red and pink, it's destiny is to become merely an aesthetic, it is over for you.
Kevin Sanders
>All cultures have come up with something similar
the 1st of November it's also "el dia de todos los santos", which used to be centered around going to the cementery and remembering your dead loved ones
nowadays it's getting replaced with Halloween, a foreign festival with no cultural significance here besides partying or dressing up, i mean, at least it's a cool activity for children