“El dia de los muertos.” “El dia de los muertos,” or as we know it in English “the day of the dead,” is a tradition originating in Mexico. This tradition is celebrated every November 1st and 2nd, dating back as far as 3,000 years. The people who celebrate this tradition believe that the veil between the living realm and dead realm is lifted and that they can commune with their deceased friends and relatives. These people also believe that their deceased friends and relatives are insulted if they are mourned on this day, which is the reason that this holiday consists of dancing, eating, and celebrating. The historical roots of “el dia de los muertos” stretch back to pre-hispanic cultures of Mesoamerica, including the Nahua, the Aztecs, the Mayans, the Tolecas, the Tlaxcaltec, the Chichimec, and the Tecpanec.
Kevin had originally created and started up the Warped Tour in 1994, after being a part of the Lollapalooza festival for the previous three years. The first tour consisted of just a handful of his favorite Ska and Punk bands that grouped up on a few buses and began to tour. It was after this first year that Lyman began to rethink his touring concept, until the summer of ’95 where Vans Shoe Company approached him with the idea of a skating concert festival, hence the name “Van’s Warped Tour.” Lyman jumped at the opportunity to combine this idea with his own tour. This was the birth of the longest-running annual tour in North America. The crowds were nearly twice as large in 1996 than his original tour thanks to the sponsorship of Vans.
The team was mostly made up of players from Boston University and the University of Minnesota, which the players from those schools didn’t like each other at first because of a college rivalry. They spent seven months together getting ready to compete in the Olympics while the country was going through turmoil. A few days before the Olympic Games in Lake Placid, they
Even though the United States won most of the battles up until 1968, nothing could have prepared them for what was to happen on January 30-31, 1968. Prior to the “Tet,” otherwise known as the Chinese Lunar New Year, some small battles along Rt.9 nearby Khe Sahn, had been taking place. The Tet is the same as our new years day, but instead of celebrating number years, they celebrate years of different animals, such as, 1968 was the year of the monkey. After two weeks of silence, American scouts discovered North Vietnamese camps with over eighty’thousand Communist troops. The Americans did nothing to prepare for a battle in which was almost impossible not to be known about.
I was watching the LA Riots special the other day and just thinking about who crushed our rebellious spirit and made us assimilate without a fight? I listen to Death Certificate atleast once a month even 20 years
These events of drums, singings, and dance are opportunities for old friend s to catch up and a way to keep tradition alive and pass that on to younger generations. Were we are from the Rocky Boy Reservation our first official Powwow was in August 1964 and has continued ever since. For many years, even into the 1920s, many such gatherings were frowned upon or even banned by the government. At the same time, there was a concerted effort to remove all traces of Native American culture and heritage. As a result, many tribal customs for specific ceremonies or gatherings were lost, and many tribes decreased dramatically in size.
The article was titled “Georgians Plan Whites-Only Prom Party”. This article talked about how a year early Taylor County High School had its first integrated prom in 31 years. The following year, many of the whites planning prom wanted a separate, white’s only prom. Many of the seniors who planned the integrated prom explained how “A lot of seniors were disappointed. Now we have to choose between two groups of friends" (Prom).
In On the Amtrak from Boston to New York City the speaker expresses his thoughts and feeling clearly when sitting with the elderly woman, “I know the Indians were living stories around that pond before Walden’s grandparents were born” (5, 2-40). Since the speaker is Native American he wants to interject and tell the elderly woman about what he feels is the real history of the land. As he said in thoughts, he knows his ancestors were on that land before the Walden’s were ever in North America. When the speaker in Hanging Fire says “what if I die before the morning comes”, she is conveying the cultural concern of African Americans at that time (1, 8-9). She references death and dying several times which makes it seem as if it were a prevalent occurrence.
According to a study from Ohio State University, 76% of Amerasians wanted to meet their father when they got to the United States, only 30% even knew his name. About 22% had tried to contact their father and only 3% had succeeded in meeting him. "When you go from 76% of these children wanting to meet their fathers to only 3% actually doing it, it's not hard to see where this would cause psychological problems" (Bemak). Amerasian children were rejected by both the Vietnamese people and, for a time, the American government. It was not until almost 25 years after the war started that the U. S. Government passed legislation addressing the problem of what to do with the mass of fatherless children.
Okay, okay enough of the boring stuff let’s get back to the story. It was my fourth birthday party, but little did I know it could have been my last. I wanted nothing more than to spend it at the rodeo, but let me tell you if I knew what was going to happen that night I wish I could have been anywhere besides there. Alright now I got your attention, back to the arena floor. Where from the heel of his boot to the brim of his cowboy hat stood the roughest four foot five inches tall cowboy in east Texas.