San Jose: With two revolutions to celebrate, Mexico wants to share with U.S.
A few decades ago, when America celebrated its 200th birthday, the world was invited. And what a yearlong patriotic party it was, stretching from small towns to the National Mall.
Now it's Mexico's turn, with a cross-border, double spin.
The first of many local events celebrating and reflecting on Mexico's bicentennial kicked off Sunday with a parade in downtown San Jose commemorating the country's 1810 war of independence with Spain and social revolution of 1910 over land reform and equality.
"I feel Mexican like never before," said Miguel Larios, director of the Aztec dance group Movimiento Cultural Anahuac.
The thought that much of Aztec dance and identity had evaporated long before Mexico gained its independence from Spain was not lost on Larios. For him, Aztec culture lives on in his dancers, many of them bilingual Mexican-American teenagers.
"The Aztecs became today's Mexicans," Larios said. "This dance represents our roots."...
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Now it's Mexico's turn, with a cross-border, double spin.
The first of many local events celebrating and reflecting on Mexico's bicentennial kicked off Sunday with a parade in downtown San Jose commemorating the country's 1810 war of independence with Spain and social revolution of 1910 over land reform and equality.
"I feel Mexican like never before," said Miguel Larios, director of the Aztec dance group Movimiento Cultural Anahuac.
The thought that much of Aztec dance and identity had evaporated long before Mexico gained its independence from Spain was not lost on Larios. For him, Aztec culture lives on in his dancers, many of them bilingual Mexican-American teenagers.
"The Aztecs became today's Mexicans," Larios said. "This dance represents our roots."...