Tamales Day Essay

My cultural ancestry comes from a Cuban and Mexican decent. I have chosen to write about my Cuban side because I can relate to them more than I could with my Mexican side. I was raised around my Cuban family and would occasionally see my Mexican side due to them living so far away. I have spent a lot more time associating with Cubans and have adapted to more of their habits.

Most kids argue with their parents because they see life in different ways. Every human being sees life in different ways which can start arguments. In the story, “Confetti Girl” and “Tortilla Sun” tension is created between a child and parent because of their different views on life. The parent believes what they're doing is best for their child. The child on the other hand feels as if their parent is wrong. The different points of view between the parent and the child creates tension between the parents in both stories because the parents aren’t understanding and don’t acknowledge the child’s opinion.

Ever since fourth grade, one of my best friends have been Taylor Elam. Over the years that we’ve been friends we’ve had some jokes. My mom loves Mexican food; Taylor used to not like mexican food very much. Whenever our families would go out to eat, my mom would suggest something mexican. Whenever mexican was suggested by my mom, Taylor would respond “of course Hope wants mexican,” and whenever someone would ask where we were going to eat Taylor would say, “Hope wants mexican!” which we would always laugh about.

Tamales have the power of merging family. Christmas eve in Mexico means interacting and bonding with the whole family. When the holiday season begins and everybody gathers at Grandmother’s house you can trace the smell of tamales getting cook in the kitchen mixed with the smell of cinnamon. The Christmas tree is bursting with presents and on the side the nativity scene which is always present in a Catholic Mexican family. The table is brimming in flavors, with a variety of dessert and snacks and delicious hot drinks. As appetizing as the table looks the whole family is barely touching the food because the tamales are almost ready and everybody wants to eat as many tamales as possible. When the tamales are ready it means that Christmas Eve celebration is staring. Everyone from the oldest in the house to the youngest gets a plate and eats as many tamales as possible while sharing stories and laughs. The tamales are the main guest of the celebration. The tamales are a traditional Mexican food that can be traced to the Aztecs. The word tamale comes from the Aztec word tamalii which means wrapped food. The Aztec women would cook the tamales for the soldiers because they were easy to carry and eat. Today making tamales is a bonding event for all the women in the family,

I am going to tell you about a famous, yet kinda eerie celebration that takes place in mexico. This is a tradition celebrated by the Mexican Natives, most Mexican Americans (including myself) don’t even acknowledge this day, unless they happen to be visiting mexico at the time of this event.

A mexican american girl coming from an uneducated family going to Stanford University was quite a surprise for many. Getting a full ride scholarship to Stanford university was was even a greater surprise. Who would've thought that she was going to be competing against the smartest kids of America. For many as well as for her getting a full ride scholarship to Stanford University was impossible, but to her surprise she was in and there she went not knowing what to expect. As she arrived her sympathetic nervous system kicked in. Her heart was beating like it had never before as she heard all the places people came from. Germany, Korea, England, Serie, Greece, Spain and many others. China the most common nationality. That mexican american girl is from Salinas were 72.6% of the

Even though the cultural and veiled censorships have to do with why they won't let his book be read, he talks about why he wrote the novel, that it was a reflection of his childhood, and that censors only paid attention to one detail and that was the so-called bad words in Spanish and they used that as an excuse because the novel did not meet the criteria of the circumstances. The censors used a technique where they zoomed in on one detail of the novel and made it seem that because it was in Spanish, it had profanity in it. Rudolfo Anaya made a great point when he said that if we leave the tortillas out of our poetry meaning cultural values, then the cultural we're portraying will go

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.

Cinco De Mayo is celebrated on the 5th of May. Cinco De Mayo is celebrated to remember the victory for Mexico over France in 1962 and was at the battle of Puebla (Staff, 2009). However, in Mexico, Cinco De Mayo isn't considered a major holiday (Staff, 2009). Cinco De Mayo is a celebration of Mexican heritage and culture (Staff, 2009). We will talk about the history of Cinco De Mayo, and explain the difference between the two holidays.

Mexico is bordered by the United States on the north, the Pacific Ocean on the west, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea on the east, and Guatemala and Belize on the south. It is characterized by an extraordinary diversity in topography and climate and is crossed by two major mountain chains, the Sierra Madre Occidental and the Sierra Madre Oriental. The high central plateau between these two mountain ranges historically funneled most of the human population toward the center of this region. Mexico features volcanic peaks, snow-capped mountains, tropical rain forests, and internationally famous beaches. Mexico City is an enormous metropolitan area and dominates the rest of the country's culture, economy, and politics. Nearly

Cinco de mayo is a mexican holiday which is celebrated on September 16. The holiday commemorates the Battle of Puebla which occurred on May 5,1862. The reason the battle had taken place was because of the debt that Mexico owed to England, Spain, and France, who wanted repayment. France was looking to expand its empire and as a result Spain and England withdrew support to fight in the war. France wanted Archduke Maximilian of Austria to become the ruler of Mexico being a relative of Napoleon III. The U.S. could not help Mexico as they were already in a war themselves. France invaded at the Gulf of Mexico, along the state of Veracruz. France's army which had about 6,500 soldiers marched to Mexico City but Mexican resistance forces which had only

Cinco de Mayo is a popular holiday recognized by many. Cinco de Mayo, translates to the fifth of May, and is a holiday celebrated by people mainly in Mexico and the United States. The purpose of this holiday is to celebrate Mexico’s victory over France during the Battle of Puebla in 1862. Throughout this essay I will be researching and discussing the history of the famous holiday that many people like to celebrate.

Looks like 2016 is the year of the "good food diets"! First there was the Taco Cleanse, and now, apparently, we can boost our health and aid weight loss by eating Red Wine and Chocolates!

When I was in eighth grade and my class was choosing our schedules for our first year of high school, I was told that for the diploma I wanted, I would have to take a foreign language. I chose Spanish, because I thought it would be easy. Little did I know that that decision would change my life forever.

Being a good mother is the ability to conduct the child from the place of uncertainty, insecurity and not knowing, to the inside of the enclosure where all is safe and understandable. Good mothers protect and provide for their family all costs. Though sometimes, that’s untrue. Sometimes a child might feel the need to help his impoverished mother out by any means necessary. Though their intentions are good, the public perceives their action as criminal. In the story “Tuesday Siesta” by author “Gabríel Garcia Márquez”, such a situation exists. A mother raised her son to the best of her ability and tried to keep him out of trouble. The town views her as a