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The Fiesta: a Caribbean and Latin American tradition

Monday, 03 May 2010 18:34 Published in Popular culture
The Fiesta: Latin American and Caribbean tradition

The celebrations of the Day of the Dead in Mexico, Carnival in Rio, Oruro and Trinidad, San Juan in Venezuela, Christmas anywhere – each with their own style and identity – are some of the major festivities in the Americas.
The Fiesta in Latin America is an institution.  For Xavier Albó, a Bolivian culture researcher, the fiesta is a fundamental time in the lives of individuals and communities due to their diversity, the richness in its symbols, the amounts of people they attract and the power of their climax.

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The Letter from Matalauê, or carta de Matalauê, was written in April of 2000, during the celebrations for the 500 anniversary of the Discovery of Brazil by the Portuguese. Thousands of indigenous people went to Porto Seguro to protest against it, but were restrained by the police force. The letter is to remind us all that the ‘new land’ had already been discovered.

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