Symbolism of Art and Culture
Opening
Traditional art and culture are powerful forces within a community that bring people together, celebrate origins, and educate. Latinx cultural celebrations are full of symbolism in their dances, clothing styles, and crafts. LAUP Fiesta and other cultural events highlight the diverse types of attire, dancing, and color patterns. Additionally, this expression represents the pride and empowerment of female representation in their culture.
Throughout this exhibit, the audience will learn about various Latinx traditions and cultures, as well as experience diverse types of attire, dancing, and color patterns. They will also see female empowerment and pride in how they represent their culture.
Cinco de mayo
In Latinx culture, we see a lot of vibrant colors. The vibrancy of attire and culture could almost be seen as a parallel. This artifact expresses the joy of celebration and tradition. Cinco de Mayo is a celebration of the Mexican victory over the French Empire at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. The colors red and white which mirror the Mexican flag represent unity, purity and religion, and the blood of the national heroes.
Traditional styles of Dancing
In Latinx culture, different groups are often bundled together by others. But each subgroup of culture has its own traditions, dance styles, and things that distinguish them from one another.
Zoom to read different kinds of dances in the Latinx culture!
The ceremonial dances of indigenous people in Mexico
One of the main focuses of our artifacts is the fiesta queen celebration. This is image shows cases of female importance in Mexican culture. First started when the Spanish conquistadores came the culture they brought with them influenced the dance moves on the music of what today is called as baile Folklorico, there are different regions of Mexico that have different versions of dances and also different attire that goes with them.
Click the link to see Folklorico performances
Dance performance
As well as the artifact being a dance tradition, this artifact represents the culture's unity because all the performances are presented in groups, exhibiting their traditional dance, and music is a method to connect with one other and remind various members of the Holland community of diverse cultural traditions that exist in the Latinx community.
Loyalty
The crown was custom-made for the Fiesta queen and represents loyalty in gold, which means enlightenment, knowledge, and prosperity. Gold is frequently associated with high quality. The crown has been passed down from year to year, demonstrating how it was because the queen of the culture is still preserved and maintained
Crowing a Mini Queen
This artifact illustrates how the Queen's coronation began and how this tradition has been carried on to the present day; the snapshot portrays the first year when the fiesta queen is crowing mini queen, a woman passing down the porch led by all females symbolizes representation.
Conclusion
The arts are important in every culture because they also tell history. So many details have small significance. Art makes us feel things personal to ourselves even though it’s made by another person.
ASKS
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Be aware of how these cultures and their traditions have been used and changed by other ones
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Try to learn more about the importance of arts in every culture and see how that can influence the world.
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How have you seen Latinx culture in your everyday life? In your clothes, tv shows, music, dances, neighborhood, etc..?
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Have you ever been in a space where you have seen these art forms in person? Latin dance being performed? Or are Latinx artists being showcased?