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Agenda
A. The true story about Mexican culture B. History C. Worldwide famous Mexicans
A. Music B. Arts C. Sports
D. Culture Diversity: Mexican faces Gastronomy Our Folklore
E. Mexican mindset A. Life in Mexico City B. Life outside Mexico City
F. Nowadays… G. Mexican beauJes
Welcome -‐ Bienvenidos
The True story about Mexican Culture
Ándale! ¡Ándale! ¡Arriba! ¡Arriba! ¡Epa¡ ¡Epa! ¡Epa! Yeehaw!"
WB Looney Tunes 1953
Mexican
The True story about Mexican Culture
Panchito – “Los 3 amigos” by Disney
Chavo del 8 – Sitcom (1971)
Cancun
Tex Mex Food
The True story about Mexican Culture
The true story…
Our History!!!
Other Worldwide Famous Mexicans
Worldwide Famous Mexicans -‐ Cinema
Worldwide Famous Mexicans -‐ Sports
Many tradiJonal Mexican songs are well-‐known worldwide, although their origin in Mexico is not clear to the non-‐Mexican listener. • Bésame Mucho (Kiss Me a Lot), La Bamba (The Bamba),
Solamente una vez (English version "You Belong to My Heart"), La Bikina (The Bikina) , Cielito Lindo (BeauJful Sweetheart),Somos Novios (English version "It's Impossible"), María Bonita (PreZy María).
Worldwide Famous Mexicans-‐ Music
• TradiJonal folk music: Canción Ranchera & Mexican Sones
José Alfredo Jiménez
Sones: a) Huastecos b) Jarocho c) Jaliscience d) Chilena (Guerrero &
Oaxaca) e) Abajeño
Mexican Music
• Popular music of folk roots:
Banda Norteño
Mariachi
Worldwide Famous Mexicans-‐ Music
• Popular music (pop and rock)
Worldwide Famous Mexicans-‐ Music
Culture: Diversity –Mexican Faces
hZp://www.ccgm.mx/CCGM/Cocina_Tradicional_Mexicana_English.html
Culture: Gastronomy… mmm!! Delicious!
Culture: Gastronomy… mmm!! Delicious!
• In November 2010 Mexican cuisine was added by UNESCO to its lists of the world's "intangible cultural heritage“
• The staples of Mexican cuisine are typically corn, chilli and beans.
Tequila from Tequila, Jalisco Mezcal from Oaxaca Mexican beer
Culture: Gastronomy… mmm!! Delicious!
Culture: Gastronomy… mmm!! Delicious!
Culture: Our Folklore Mexico # 1 in the ranking of the Happiest Countries of the World by Coca-‐cola in 2010 (surveyed 500 thousand people in 16 countries)
The Mexican Albur: a double entendre : The game of albures is a subtle Verbal compeJJon in which the players try to show superiority by using albures
Culture: Our Folklore
Mexican Mindset: Tu casa es mi casa!!
Mexican Mindset: Tu casa es mi casa!!
TranslaJon: -‐Gunther welcome to Mexico, this Friday party in "your" house. -‐ But I've just arrived!! -‐ No excuses. Party in "your" house. [ In Mexico to refer to your� own house, you say YOUR house as a courtesy. Means that my place is your place. Mi casa es tu casa.]
-‐ I think that Gunther will not come!
Mexican Mindset: One day in a “Chilango’s” life (Mexico City)
Good night Mexico City
Good morning Mexico City
Mexican Mindset: One day in a “Chilango’s” life (Mexico City)
Let’s go to work!
$3.00 MXN – 0.15 GBP
$11.00 MXN – 0.55 GBP
Mexico City subway system
$3.00 MXN (.15 GBP)
Mexico City: Financial and Professional services Center LATAM
Santa Fe
Insurgentes
Polanco/Reforma
Reforma
Working hard
On my way back home…
Reforma Traffic…delicious meal with family or tacos al pastor??
$30 MXN – 1.50 GBP
A weekend in Mexico City
Reforma
Coyoacán
Xochimilco
Football match
Chapultepec
Caguama Beer (1.2 lt) $20 MXN – 1 GBP 1 Corona $10 MXN – .50 GBP Michelada bar -‐$30 MXN – 1.5 GBP 1 Corn (elote) $15 MXN -‐ -‐.75 GBP 1 skites -‐ $12 MXN – 0.60 GBP
Mexican Mindset: One day in the life of
a student (outside Mexico
City :P)
Welcome home!
A normal “infonavit” House, furnished.
Rent: 200-‐300 £ a month
Let’s go to school!
If you are late, a taxi is your best opJon. 10 kms =2£ (divided by the number of people you can fit !)
7:00am 15 ° C -‐ 21 ° C Day: 26 ° C Night 18 ° C
Note: Bachelor degree 4.5 years to complete Taking an average of
6 subjects each semester 5 hours in class every day
University Public: Free Private: From 500 £ to 4000
£ each semester
Studying hard!
Lunch Jme!
12:00 pm SNACKS Memelitas Cost: 40 P 14:00 pm LUNCH Soup, rice, main meal, desert, water Cost: 1.50 £
Enjoying Night Life!
Coffee : 1 £ Dessert : 1.5 £ Beer: 70 P Spent hours si~ng outside with
friends… priceless!
Nowadays
A. 22% of populaJon is in extreme poverty condiJons
B. Lowering the peace levels in Mexico due to the baZle against organized crime (Felipe Calderón)
C. The challenge: a baZle against corrupJon
A. #InternetNecesario Social Media mobilizaJon B. IFAI iniJaJve for informaJon access and
transparency
C. 2012 elecJons the road to transformaJon elecJons
Mexican BeauJes
Thank you – Gracias See you soon in Mexico!!
BeZy Briones Fabiola Cantú Francisco Rosas Ivannia Figueroa Karla Loarca