Manual De Operaciones

Mexico's 2010 Bicentennial
Mexico is one of the richest countries in the world in bio and ethnic diversity. This country of two million square kilometers is home to over 62 indigenous groups whohave their own language.

México
In collaboration with the National Council for Culture and Arts (Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes) of Mexico, México commemorates Mexico's IndependenceBicentenary (1810-2010) and Revolution Centenary (1910-2010) by celebrating many of the cultural communities that live in today's Mexico. México will explore communities whose histories and culturesreach back to pre-Columbian civilizations and whose voices have something to say to us about biocultural sustainability.
Four thematic areas will structure the program: the plaza, the market, theworkshop, and the field. In these settings, participants will engage visitors in ceremonial and social dances, satirical processions, traditional and rock music, foodways, crafts, vernacular architecture,healing traditions, farming and fishing techniques, tequila and mezcal production, and demonstrate the knowledge and creativity that has sustained their communities and helped to shape contemporaryMexico.
Participants include members of the Wixárika Union of Jalisco, Nayarit, and Durango, who together with dancers and artisans from their communities will present their strategies for preservingtheir ceremonial centers. The Teenek of the Huasteca region of San Luis Potosí will reenact a tradition from their cosmology as they fly on the palo volantín. The Seri from Punta Chueca, Sonora, willplay Seri rock, which they use to engage the interest of the younger generation in their own culture. A processional satiric Chinelos dance troupe from Morelos will be accompanied by the town band.Other participants include an artisan family from Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, a candy maker from Xochimilco, and instrument makers from Nayarit and Veracruz. Music performances will range from regional...