There is this song about rice pudding that was sung around me and sung around my brothers and sisters and peers, sometimes the lyrics went like this:
"Arroz con leche mi querio casar Con una señorita de San Nicolás"
"Que sepa coser, que sepa coser"
"Rice with Milk, I want to marry With a young woman from St. Nicholas"
"Who knows how to embroider and who knows how to sew"
There's tons of different other lyrics, mostly alluding to this young woman being a subservient wife.
Sometimes when I was little I changed the lyrics around, to make her sound like an evil step mother, or make her dance and sing.
I have been wondering about what kind of dreams this woman had, what sort of ways she expressed herself in the song.
Does she want to sing or write? Does she want to party and dance? All the women in my life who I admire all have dreams. I wonder what dreams I will realize.
"The woman wearing the red and black enredo skirt comes from the community of Santiago Ixtayutla which is to the north of Jamiltepec on the Pacific coast of Oaxaca."
Mayito está rindiendo culto a la diosa Chalchiuhticue por los colores de su enagua de jade, lleva un hupil amarillo con motivos del sol en oro, también lleva aretes de oro y pulseras de jade, lo que más resalta es la vasija en forma de garra que lleva en la mano, en ella lleva coloridas plumas y su ofrenda a la Diosa, muy bonitos colores fuuu!
Mayito is worshipping the goddess Chalchiuhticue through the colors of her jade petticoat. She is wearing a yellow huipil with gold sun motifs. She is also wearing gold earrings and jade bracelets. What stands out the most is the claw-shaped vessel she is carrying in her hand. In it, she is carrying colorful feathers and her offering to the Goddess. Very pretty colors, fuuu!
Yalitza Aparicio in "Daughters of Witches"
dir. Faride Schroeder
Image Description
5 GIFS of indigenous (Mixteco & Triqui) actress Yalitza Aparicio.
(1/5) GIF of Yalitza’s character, Clara, looking up. She is standing in front of a doorway. There is another woman standing next to her, but we cannot see her face. Clara’s black hair is pulled back in a ponytail. She is wearing a jean jacket and gold hoop earrings. Clara is also holding a blanket.
(2/5) GIF of Clara and an older woman (her mother) sitting on a bed in an attic illuminated by candlelight. Her mother is tenderly braiding Clara’s hair while Clara fidgets with something on her lap. Both women are wearing traditional indigenous clothing with long tan skirts and rebozos (shawls). Her mother’s shawl is black and Clara’s is a cream color.
(3/5) GIF of Clara and another woman (her godmother) holding a baby. Clara and the woman are making the sign of the cross with their hands. Clara’s long black hair is down and she is wearing a gray t-shirt. Clara’s godmother has bangs and has her hair pinned up. The baby is swaddled in a white blanket and is wearing a white hat. All three of them are looking up at something.
(4/5) GIF of Clara and her mother walking outside in a procession. Both of them are holding candles and are dressed in their traditional indigenous garb. Clara’s mother is holding flowers as she looks down and speaks to Clara. Clara is holding her baby in her arms. Her hair is in a ponytail. There is another woman in the background also holding a candle. The caption reads “You haven’t dreamed of her?” with Clara responding, “No, have you?”
(5/5) Close up GIF of Clara in a dark forest. Her eyes are wide and she looks at something off screen in awe. She is wearing her cream colored rebozo and an intricately beaded necklace.
