The official name of Mexico is The United Mexican States (Hamilton 39 ). The country is located in North America, and bordered by the United States to the North, Belize and Guatemala to its South. The country is 761,601 square miles, making it the fifth largest country in America (Stein 16). Mexico’s main language is Spanish. An the country carries an estimated population of 116,220,947(Stein 84). Making the nation of people full of diverse culture. Religion is central to the lives of many Mexicans. Roman Catholicism continues to be the dominant religion of Mexico. Roman Catholicism makes up 89.7 percent, while the others are Protestant and other religions make up the rest of the percentage (Stein 93). One of many customs of Roman Catholicism …show more content…
Her image enshrines the ambitions of Mexico’s society from family, politics, and religion to colonial past and present day Mexico. Her image embodies what Mexico is. That is why millions of tourist stop to go see the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in northern Mexico City, near Tepeyac Hill. Mexico has 31 states and 1 federal state (Hamilton 39). The country’s government is a Federal Representative Republic. The federal district of the country is Mexico City which is also the capital of the country. The government consist of three federal branches an executive branch, a legislative branch, and a judicial branch. A new president is elected every 6 years and cannot be reelected because the government refuses to reelect a president, so they can only run for one term(). Currently, the president of Mexico is Enrique Pena Nieto. Mexico faces economic trouble as there are more workers than there are jobs that are available. The problem for Mexico is that half the nation’s population is under twenty years old. Making it hard to get a job even in prospers time as millions of people who reach working age go out to look for a job every year (Stein 70 ). Another problem that Mexico suffer from is that about seventy percent of the nation lives in poverty, and half of them live in dire conditions(Stein …show more content…
The main holidays of Mexico are the Day of the Dead, Guadalupe Day, Dia de Los Tres Reyes Magos(The Three Kings Day), Cinco de Mayo, Mexico’s Independence Day, and Christmas. The Day of the Dead is a holiday similar to halloween, but the Mexicans people celebrate the holiday for remembering and honoring your ancestors and loved ones who have died (Stuart 189). Guadalupe Day is a holiday in which mexicans celebrate and worship the Virgin Guadalupe. The holiday is meant to show how much faith you have in the religion. During this day many people do a pilgrimage towards the church on their knees to worship the Virgin of Guadalupe in the church (Stuart 184). The Three Kings Day is a holiday where children receive gifts. This holiday is also based on a religious story, in where The Three Kings go travel far to bear gifts for baby Jesus (Stein 94). In May fifth, Mexico celebrates el Cinco de Mayo, a day where Mexico commemorates their victory over the French militia in the Battle of Puebla. It is mistaken for the independence of Mexico and is mainly celebrated in the United States (Metzger). Mexico’s Independence Day is a day in where Mexicans celebrate the day they became independent from Spain. Christmas is a huge holiday in Mexico as well, where families gather and feast for three days
Cinco de Mayo, also known as the Anniversary of the Battle of Puebla, is a national holiday in Mexico that commemorates the 1862 Mexican victory over the French forces of Napoleon III in Puebla, Mexico. This holiday, celebrated on the fifth of May, has deep roots in Mexican culture, but in American-Mexican culture as well. Cinco de Mayo serves as a proud reminder of an unlikely victory, as well as a day to express and cherish Mexican pride and heritage. After suffering from numerous wars, including the Mexican-American war and the Mexican civil war of 1858, the 19th century country of Mexico was nearly reduced to bankruptcy and impoverishment. This left the country unable to pay back the many foreign debts that had accumulated over the years, and as a result, gave way to the invasion of English, Spanish, and French troops into Mexico.
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Though the Mexican Revolution aimed to end this church-state relationship, many revolutionaries became elites and admitted their conservatism after the revolution. For these reasons, when President Plutarco Elás Calles tried to create an anticlerical state, people defended their beliefs during the Cristero War, demonstrating that lower-class Mexican communities was still attached to Catholicism. Thus, when the cinema efforts for “National Unity” and the homogeneity of lo Mexicano began (Mraz 107), many films were influenced by religious elements (Evans 5-20). Therefore, I will argue that the visual and content-based depictions of religion in Macario and in Salón México are examples of how the spread of Mexico’s Catholic religion formed part of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema’s nationalistic project by portraying it as a non-present power, a daily-life ritual, and by assimilating it with pre-colonial traditions. This is important because the Golden Age helped to shape Mexican identity and can lead us to understand why México has the largest Catholic
The people of Mexico choose to acknowledge her instead of the Virgin Mary because she is of their own culture, thus making her a more appealing godly figure to praise. She came to the people of Mexico during a time that they needed a religion, and she was able to make them feel comfortable about everything she had to offer to them. She did this by giving them comfort through connecting with them through their own culture.
In conclusion, for many, Mexico is simply a country on a map. Even becoming a place that they wish to keep from and forget. For others like me, however; it was a place that hasn’t only reconnected me with my culture, but a home where I had the good fortune of reuniting me with my loved ones. Also, having had helped me come to terms with myself, my trip allowed me to find myself and recover what I had left
Cinco de Mayo means the fifth of May. It is not an independence day for Mexico like most unknowledgeable people think. Mexican Independence Day is celebrated on the 15th of September. Mexico declared independence from Spain on the 24th of August 1821. Cinco de Mayo is not an American holiday either. Mexico and the United States savor this holiday because it is the day where Mexican peasants/ commoners defeated the French and Mexican traitor army that double them in size in Puebla, Mexico one hundred miles away from Mexico city on the 5th of May, 1862.
Christmas in Mexico sure is different from the Christmas celebrated in the United States of America. These three Christmas traditions are only a glimpse of all the different traditions the Hispanic culture has to offer. There are many enriched traditions, but Christmas is one of my favorite
They face many issues such as economic instability, depression, loneliness, fear of being alone and feeling betrayed. Children feel depressed in cases like this because even at a young age they know that things are not okay. They also suffer from fear and being betrayed, they suffer fear because they 're scared of what is going to happen to their family since they 're so used to having their family together. Many times children who face this situations feel like they’ve been betrayed because they don’t know why their mother or father have gone away and not came back. The psychologist mentions that it’s very normal for children to feel this way and conduct a different behaviour than usual because just like everyone else they don’t seem to understand
When we hear discussions or read articles about drug wars, killings, and illegal immigration into the United States, many of us immediately think of Mexico. As a nation, Mexico is a much greater country than these commonly referred to issues. Mexico is a country with a broad history, deep family culture, and an economy fueled by oil and tourism. The United States Department of State (USDS) offers a broad range of information on countries outside the US, including Mexico. I found a wealth of information about Mexico through the USDS Background Note provided on their website located at www.state.gov. I will outline for you the key information found in this report, and others, related to the Mexican economy, culture, and more.
Mexico is boarded by the United States of America, Belize and Guatemala. Mexico has a very diverse landscape of mountains, plateaus, deserts, tropical jungles, and even beautiful Palm beaches. With its diverse climate, Mexico also has a diverse population of plants. In desert areas, the most common plants that are found include cac...
Firstly, one aspect that is both Mexican and American is the cuisine. The original food for Mexico is very spicy and most of the time very colorful as well. Mexicans use spices, peppers, tomatoes, and cheese in many of the native dishes. They use an assortment of meat: pork, beef, lamb, and chicken. When Mexican restaurants spring up in the United States the food is toned down to appeal to Americans. The Mexican Americans use less spices to make the dishes milder rather than the hot, spicy native food. The food, still Mexican, takes on the likeness of American food. This is shown in the United States by all of the Mexican American restaurants such as Taco Bell. Therefore Mexicans have Americanized their food. “For Hispanics live on this side of the border, where Kraft manufactures Mexican-style Velveeta, and where Jack in the Box serves Fajita Pita.” (Rodriguez 131). Americans complement the Mexican style and the inverse.
After three hundred years of suffering and oppression by the Spanish crown, and inspired by the fire of revolution sweeping over the world in places such as United States and France, the Mexican population finally decided that they could endure no more, it was time for a change! In this essay I put together some of the various factors of Spanish colonialism that led to the Mexican independence. These factors were the socio political conditions of nueva españa, the enlightment era, as well as various leaders
To begin, the Mexican culture is very conservative. The American culture is the complete opposite.
Mexicanas, su gente, su geografia, su flora; “Guadalajara, que justo titulo puede llamarse la reina de Occidente... semejante a una mujer dotada de hermosura regia...”(11). Y continua describiendo otros aspectos de Mexico los cuales
Mexico has a diverse population and is made up of many different backgrounds and ethnic