A Mexican festival needs Mexican music. I'm a bit amazed by people who play this kind of accordion. A piano keyboard gives a performer reference points to the notes. This instrument just has dots strewn across it. Must take a long time to learn.
Showing posts with label Mexico. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mexico. Show all posts
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Saturday, January 23, 2010
La Esquina del Sabor
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Had to go dumpster diving in the archives for today. This was from a warmer time of the year. My Spanish isn't that great but I think this translates as "taste corner." The small restaurant is on Cherokee street in our Little Mexico. After lunch, if the folks back home are a little short, you can visit the shop down the street. Remember, your eleventh transmission is free.
Had to go dumpster diving in the archives for today. This was from a warmer time of the year. My Spanish isn't that great but I think this translates as "taste corner." The small restaurant is on Cherokee street in our Little Mexico. After lunch, if the folks back home are a little short, you can visit the shop down the street. Remember, your eleventh transmission is free.
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Cinco de Mayo
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St. Louis doesn't have a big Hispanic population like many U.S. cities but what we have is full of enthusiasm. There is a growing, energetic Cinco de Mayo festival in early May on Cherokee Street. Cinco de Mayo is a curious celebration. It's mostly observed in the State of Puebla, celebrating the victory of the Mexican forces against a far larger French army in 1862. It's not a national holiday in Mexico and is far less important than Independence Day on September 15. The U.S., however, has seized on it as an excuse to swill gallons of Corona and Tecate, gobble burritos and listen to brassy mariachis.
I shot 1,037 pictures yesterday. (I promise I won't post them all here.) Most of them were the usual repetitive, poorly composed junk but there were some pearls. Here, a father and son wear the headgear of luchadores, the masked wrestlers of lucha libre, the wildly popular Mexican form of professional wrestling.
There is a growing set of photos from the festival on Flickr here. More to come over the next few days.
St. Louis doesn't have a big Hispanic population like many U.S. cities but what we have is full of enthusiasm. There is a growing, energetic Cinco de Mayo festival in early May on Cherokee Street. Cinco de Mayo is a curious celebration. It's mostly observed in the State of Puebla, celebrating the victory of the Mexican forces against a far larger French army in 1862. It's not a national holiday in Mexico and is far less important than Independence Day on September 15. The U.S., however, has seized on it as an excuse to swill gallons of Corona and Tecate, gobble burritos and listen to brassy mariachis.I shot 1,037 pictures yesterday. (I promise I won't post them all here.) Most of them were the usual repetitive, poorly composed junk but there were some pearls. Here, a father and son wear the headgear of luchadores, the masked wrestlers of lucha libre, the wildly popular Mexican form of professional wrestling.
There is a growing set of photos from the festival on Flickr here. More to come over the next few days.
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