THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: RICARDO ROMO’S TEJANO REPORT ON LATINA ARTISTS ON MIGRATION, BORDERS AND CULTURAL PERSISTENCE, EL PROFE QUEZADA WITH THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RETURNING THE CODEX AZCATITLAN TO MEXICO, ERNESTO HOGAN ON HIS NOVEL “HIGH AZTECH,” AND IR’ENE LARA SILVA READS FROM CUICACALLI, HOUSE OF SONG.
We showcase Indigenista culture and lore this week. We begin with Ricardo Romo’s Tejano Report looking at the art work of Latina artists who deal with themes of Migration, Borders and Cultural Persistence. The Persistence part is key here:
Next, we showcase El Profe Quezada reporting on the recent return of the Codex Azcatitlan from France to Mexico. This sacred text, written in the Aztec codex, was take from Mexico centuries ago and is only now being allowed to return to Mexico City. But the “loan” is only temporary, prompting Mexican authorities and indigenous people everywhere to ask, why is this not being returned permanently? There is much more to follow, we are sure. But in the meantime, check our El Profe Quezada’s take on the return of this codex to Mexico and its significance.
And six hundred years later, the Aztec language and culture is still alive and well but now transformed into a modern setting in science fiction author Ernesto Hogan’s novel, High Aztech, in which he imagines a future where the Nahuatl language has become part of the common lingo used by all people of the future. Persistence!
And lastly, poet Ir’ene Lara Silva reads from her poem Cuicacalli, House of Song, again going back to indigenous roots.
Enjoy your Indigenista week on Latinopia!
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