Tenoch supporting the Purépecha (his grandmother’s culture)🤎
he continues to share indigineity with the world, yessir one of the main reasons i love this man🤎 he’s paying respect to his antepasados! to his grandparents! to his culture 🇲🇽🇲🇽 true mexican power!
ORGULLO PRIETO ✊🏾👏🏾👏🏾 TO ALL MY BROWN PPL 🫱🏾🫲🏿🫱🏾🫲🏿
Purepecha Indigenous women carrying burning copal incense take a rest as they walk from Erongaricuaro, where residents kept a flame alive for one year, to Ocumicho in Michoacan state, Mexico, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024. To mark the new year, based on an ancient lunar calendar, a new flame will be lit during a “New Fire” ceremony on Feb. 2. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Durante la historia del México prehispánico, fueron muy pocos los pueblos que pudieron igualarse militarmente a los mexicas, hubieron muy pocos pueblos que fueron capaces de resistir el poderío de su ejército, los purépechas son uno de ellos, ya que debido a su localización geográfica y su organización militar fueron capaces de impedir el acceso mexica a sus tierras.
A los pies del imponente Lago de Pátzcuaro se encuentra la ciudad de Tzintzuntzan, la cual fue la ciudad más importante entre los purépechas, tomó tanta importancia este centro que posteriormente se convirtió en su capital. Si te preguntas que significa el nombre de la capital, es bastante sencillo y a la vez hermoso, Tzintzuntzan significa “Aquel lugar donde habitan los colibríes”. La organización de la ciudad está hecha para que sea todo un reto para cualquier ejército lograr atravesar sus imponentes cerros, sus grandes murallas y por si fuera poco, su bien trazada ciudad hecha de tal manera que el que estuviera arriba siempre tenía una gran ventaja contra su rival. ¿La han visitado?
He is Indigenous, specifically Purépecha, and is trilingual in Purépecha, Spanish, and English. His name means "rainbow" in Purépecha. 🌈
Xupakata is transgender and is also Indigiqueer. He has ADHD and Tourettes. The weird expression he's doing on the right is one of his tics, where he has to twitch and crack his neck. (he's grimacing cuz it hurts.)
Xupa is very passionate, spontaneous, and proud. He can be arrogant, stubborn, and a petty bitch. He always argues and speaks up, especially if he senses an injustice.
Xupakata's wardrobe is a genderpunk statement: he dresses "feminine" and "masculine" in his Purépecha, Mexican, and American cultures. Basically, he wears whatever the fuck he wants.
Xupa is very dear to me and I'm going to be sick if I keep him in my head all the time so here he is! Hopefully I'll draw him more 🤞🏽
follow the source link for #27 gifs of alex meraz in the movie, the last son. meraz is mexican of purepecha descent and lakota sioux. all gifs were made from scratch by me, please do not claim as your own! please like or reblog this post if you use!
"My father, root of my blood, do not let weakness and fear stop the warrior spirit of our eagles from flying. Our men cannot abandon their desire to defend these lands so our children may live in the eternal garden of happiness that our gods promised. May the hand that will stop the enemy not be weak and never desire to press in friendship those hands that have been washed with the blood of our brothers."
- Erendira (who became a symbol of indigenous resistance when she led the Purépecha uprising against the Spanish invaders).
From Feathered Serpent Dark Heart of Sky Myths of Mexico by David Bowles
I stand with my community. To honor aunties, mothers, sisters, grandmothers, cousins, daughters who have been affected or know someone who’s experienced this..
I want to drown in gothic lolita, I want to be consumed by the crucifix decorated bags and skirts. Theres nothing I love more than Gothic Lolita fashion. It is my everything, my being and my passion.
Before the day is over, for international vexillology day, i would like to share the flag of the purepecha of Michoacan Mexico
created as a sign of defiance after a series of anti-indigenous murders in the 80's, the words read "our strength" in the purepecha language. After doing some family research, i learned my great-grandparents would've still spoken purepecha as their first language, but were forced to abandon the language and culture as anti-indigenous violence spread through Mexico in the 50's and 60's. As i learn more about my family's history and heritage i hope to share more of it here too.