for FOOD AN CULTURE OF MEXICO

3. BUENOS DIAS
(good day)

4. INTRODUCTION
MEXICO WAS THE HOME OF SEVERAL NATIVE AMERICAN
CIVILIZATIONS BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF THE SPANISH IN
1519. THE MAYA OLMECS, TOLTECS AND AZTECS BUILT
CITIES AND PYRAMIDS. CUAHTEMOC, THE LAST AZTEC
EMPEROR, IS A NATIONAL HERO. UNDER SPANISH RULE
THESE PEOPLES WERE CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY,
EUROPEAN CUSTOMS WERE ADDED TO THEIR
TRADITIONAL LIFE.

5. MEXICO WON ITS INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN IN 1821. HOWEVER
IT HAD LOST THE NORTHERN HALF OF ITS TERITORY TO THE
UNITED STATES IN 1818. THE INSTITUTIONAL REVOLUTIONARY
PARTY(PRI) HAS REMAINED HAS BEEN IN POWER FOR MUCHOF
TWENTIETH CENTURY.
MEXICO HAS MADE GREAT ECONOMIC PROGRESS IN THE SECOND
HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. HOWEVER, SEVERE RECESSIONS
RESULTEDWHEN THE VALUE OF ITS CURRENCY FELL IN 1982 AND
1994.

6. LOCATION
MEXICO BETWEEN THE PACIFIC OCEAN ON THE WEST AND SOUTH
AND THE GULF OF MEXICO AND CARIBBEAN SEA TO THE EAST.
POPULATION
SOME 75 TO 90 PERCENT OF MEXICO’S 95 MILLION PEOPLE ARE
MIXED EUROPEAN(MOSTLY SPANISH) and AMERINDIAN DESCENT.

7. LANGUAGE
MEXIC0 IS THE WORLD’S LARGEST SPANISH- SPEAKING NATION.
ALMOST ALL MEXICANS SPEAK AT LEAST SOME SPANISH, ABOUT 7
OR 8% ALSO SPEAK AN AMERINDIAN LANGUAGE AS THEIR NATIVE
TOUNGUE . THERE MORE THAN THIRTY AMERINDIAN LANGUAGE
GROUPS. THE LARGEST IS NaHUATL ; OTHERS INCLUDE MAYAN,
ZAPOTEC, OTOMI AND MIXTEC.
RELIGION
BETWEEN 90 AND 95 % OF THE MEXICANS PEOPLE ARE ROMAN
CATHOLICS, MEXICANS CATHOLICISM INCLUDE FOLKLORE AND
PRATICES OF THE PRE-UEROPEAN RELIGION. THE VIRGIN OF
GUADALUPE WAS PROCLAIMED PATRON SAINT OF MEXICO IN
1737. MANY OTHER CHRISTIAN SAINTS ARE IDENTIFIED WITH
GODS AND GODDESSES OF THE AMERINDIAN PAST.

8. CULTURAL HERITAGE
MEXICO’S RICH CULTURAL LIFE DRAWS ON BOTH SPANISH AND ITS
AMERINDIAN HERITAGE. OIL PAINTING IN 20TH CENTURY
ARTIST DIEGO RIVERA AND HIS WIFEFRIDA KAHLO AND OTHER
ARE ADMIRED FOR THEIR VIBRANT COLOR.
MOST POPULAR INSTRUMENT IN MEXICO IS GUITAR AND THE
BALLET FOLKLORICO IS THEIR TRADITIONAL DANCE.

9. STYLES/CLOTHING
WOMEN TRADITIONAL DRESS A WRAPAROUND
SKIRT,SOMETIMES FLOUNCED AND EMBROIDERED. HUIPIL
A SLEEVELESS GARMENT WITH HOLES FOR THE HEAD AND
ARMS; THE UPPER OUTER GARMENT WITH AN OPENING
FOR THE HEAD ONLY, CHINA POBLANA COSTUME CONSIST
OF A RICHLY EMBROIDERED WHITE BLOUSE AND BLACK
HAWL, SPANGELD RED AND GREEN SKIRT HIGH HEELED
COLORED SLIPPERS, BRECELET, STRING OF BEADS, RIBBON
OR FLOWER IN THE HAIR.

10. MEN TRADITIONAL ATTIRE
PAJAMA – LIKE TROUSERS AND TUNIC OF UNBLEACHED
COTTON, A SERAPE (USED AS BOTH BLANKET AND A
CLOAK) SANDALS AND WIDE SOMBRERO. THIS ATTIRE HA
MOSTLY GIVEN WAY TO JEANS, SHIRT, SHOES OR BOOTS
AND STRAW COWBOY-TYPE HAT.

11. SPORTS
MOST POPULAR SPORT IN
MEXICO IS FUTBOL
(SOCCER). OTHER SPORTS
IS GOLF, TENNIS,
SWIMMING, BICYCLING,
TRACK AND FIELD, JAI ALAI,
BULFIGTHING AND JARIPEO
OR RODEO ARE ALSO
POPULAR
RECREATION
TELEVISION NOW
DOMINATES POPULAR
CULTURE. TELENOVELAS
(soap opera),VARIETY SHOW,
ROCK AND ROLL,
INTERNATIONAL STYLE POP
AND SPANISH LANGUAGE RAP
ARE POPULAR. BOOKS,
MAGAZINES AND NEWS
PAPER.

12. CLIMATE IN MEXICO
 COAST: HOT AND HUMID; CAN BE SUBJECT TO
HURRICANES DURING HURRICANE SEASON.
 INLAND AT ALTITUDE: WARM, SPRING LIKE YEAR-ROUND
ALTHOUGH IT CAN BECOME COOLER DURING DECEMBER
THRU MARCH.
 HOOTEST MONTH: ARE APRIL AND MAY IN THE SOUTH,
AND JULY TO SEPTEMBER ON PACIFIC COAST AND
EXTREMELY HOT IN THE YUCATAN MAY TO SEPTEMBER.
 COOLEST MONTH: VARY BY REGION , BUT GENERALLY
DECEMBER, JAN,FEB; YUCATAN CAN STILL EXPERIENCE
HOT EVEN IN THE COOLEST MONTH.
 RAINY SEASON: FROM MAY TO SEPTEMBER EACH YEAR

14. FOOD

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