Where I grew up, October 12th is celebrated as the Día de la Raza. I've always liked this name because I feel it means we're remembering that we are the result of the massive clusterfuck that started on that day, and celebrating our diversity. This is, as opposed to celebrating the day in which a) we were saved from pagan gods or b) we claimed this land as ours by killing 10 million people.
Clusterfucks, mixing, 'fusions' and Latin America, October 12th is a good day to listen to Isa GT. She's a colombian musician (living in London now). Apparently 'girlcore' is the appropriate term for what she does.
Isa GT - Pa'las Mamacitas (Original Mix)
And here's an 18-year-old song that still gets stuck in my head every time I think about October 12th. Be warned that it is teenager latin ska.
"Hijos bastardos de colonias asesinas…"
By the way, "Día de la Raza" is what extreme right wing capitalists (read: Colombians) call October 12th. The good people of Latin America, those who follow Bolivar's Sword and pay allegiance to Commander Chavez, those who pee red and pray to San Fidel, call it "The Day of Indigenous Resistance."
ReplyDeleteThat's a fact, Jack.
True. So true.
ReplyDelete"Día de la Raza" is usually interpreted to be as bad as Columbus Day here (see clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il5hwpdJMcg).
I choose to take a more positive spin on it.