Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo is a Latin American women’s social movement that exerted a considerable degree of militancy on the state as they demanded recognition of human rights. The military dictatorship that crippled Argentina as it ruled from 1976 to 1983 was dealt a decisive blow by Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo, a movement that was driven by mostly women with no political experience, angered and rightly frustrated by the fact that many of their children had disappeared, obviously at the
Dia de los Muertos is often referred to as a “Mexican holiday,” however the original roots of the holiday can be traced back to Mesoamerican civilizations. The Mexica were one of these Mesoamerican civilations to practice Dia de los Muertos. The name for the Mexica holiday was called the Mictecacihualt festival rather than the El Dia de los Muertos. The Mexica celebrated this holiday for an entire month, from the end of July to the middle of August. In contrast, the Spanish changed the length of
Hispanic heritage month is the month of September 15th to October 15th. This is the month that we celebrate the hispanic heritage, their culture, and their language. The U.S would have festivals and parades for them. We also study their heritage and culture in school and learn how they celebrate certain holidays. They make papel picado and mexican flowers to decorate for holidays, parties, and events. We learned about all of this while writing this report. Hispanic heritage month is between September
celebrated national holiday, El Dia de los Muertos celebrated on November 1st and 2nd. Since the beginning of time, people have felt the need to explain the unknown of life and death. Many civilizations and cultures have created rituals to try and give significance to human existence. History shows us how the holiday has survived throughout centuries of changes, which stands as proof of that the holiday is not only cultural but also a personal significance to many. El Dia de los Muertos has survived for
narrator of the story begins by talking about Mexicans are very ritualistic people; Mexican calendars are packed with days where certain saints should be celebrated. On every fifteenth of September at exactly eleven o’clock, Mexicans celebrate El Grito de la Independencia, it is an important celebration that is never missed. Mexicans believe that poverty can only be measured by the frequency and luxury of holidays and fiestas, the more fiestas and celebrations they have, the richer they are. Holidays
The Dirty Wars or the “Guerras Sucias” happened during around 1976 in Argentina. Do not have a mindset that only Argentina was the only country that had a dirty war before. Other countries have had Dirty Wars a lot worse than Argentina and Chile. In all of the Dirty wars, innocent people have died. Argentina and Chile had a rough one. The people who disappeared are never heard of again. It does not matter if you're a young child, teenager, adult, or an old person you will be taken. Sadly, today these