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Hundreds of people march down Reforma Avenue in Mexico City, demanding justice and equality for Indigenous peoples, on the anniversary of Columbus' discovery of the Americas. IMAGES
Mexico City, Oct 12 (EFE).- A group of people protested Tuesday outside the Spanish embassy in Mexico City against the commemoration of the Spanish conquest of the Americas.While President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's government has put the emphasis on "indigenous resistance" as it marks this year's quincentennial of the Spanish conquest, the original peoples continue to struggle against what they describe as neglect and marginalization by the present-day Mexican state. (Camera: ULISES ANDRADE). SHOT LIST: A GROUP OF PEOPLE PROTEST OUTSIDE THE SPANISH EMBASSY IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO,
Mexico City, Oct 12 (EFE) .- (CAMERA: America Neri) The statue of Cristobal Colon in the streets of Mexico City was fenced to avoid possible damage, the same day that the government announced that the monument will be replaced by a replica of an archaeological piece of an indigenous woman.
Mexico City, Sep 13 (EFE).- For Pedro Reyes, creator of "Tlali", the sculpture of an indigenous woman that will replace the statue of Christopher Columbus in Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico City, this commission is an honour that will help to vindicate the Mexican roots and the necessary care of the planet.FOOTAGE OF THE STATUE.
Mexico City, Sep 3 (EFE) .- The exhibition "Plastic Visions of Tenochtitlan" opened Friday at the Museum of Mexico City with a temporary narrative on the Mexican culture and the dispossession of its native peoples with the Spanish invasion to mark "500 years of Indigenous Resistance."(Camera: AMERICA NERI)SHOT LIST: PLASTIC VISIONS OF TENOCHTITLAN EXHIBITION AT THE MUSEUM OF MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.
Venustiano Carranza (Mexico), Dec. 9 (EFE / EPA).- The heritage that left her lineage has made her a great connoisseur of Mexican textile art. For more than four decades, Carmen Vázquez, Tzotzil indigenous, has been an outstanding student and promoter of the textile art of the Mayan peoples.(CAMERA: Mitzi Fuentes)IMAGES: SOUNDBITES BY CARMEN VÁZQUEZ HERNÁNDEZ, TIGOTZIL NATIVE INDIGENOUS OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF VENUSTIANO CARRANZA, NATIONAL ARTS AND LITERATURE PRIZE 2019; MARÍA DEL CARMEN MARTÍNEZ AND JUANA SOLANO ESPINOSA.TRANSLATIONCARMEN VÁZQUEZ HERNÁNDEZ: 1. "My mother taught me, she started teaching me by weaving and making napkins, the threads I saw that she did not use I started to use, as a game, seeing what my mother was doing"2. "It is the only one we use here for Venustiano Carranza because in other places in Los Altos is different. The Venustiano Carranza blouse is thinner because our area is warm, it is very warm and that is why our clothes are thinner "3. "There is material that we, for example, the simplest, the yarn, is the simplest with which we make napkins from and hence follows the loom, with which we do blouses, shawls. What we work with is cotton thread"MARÍA DEL CARMEN MARTÍNEZ: 1. "The truth is that is a source of pride because we see the fruit of our work, we have been working for years and our work is valued. Especially because it is not lost, this inheritance we have is not being lost"JUANA SOLANO ESPINOSA: 1. "That is why we have that idea to continue teaching and we have grandchildren and children that are still attracted to this, we hope that we will continue teaching them to keep our work alive because this craftwork is unique because like Carranza there is no one "
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