Comments on: La Lucha Sigue en Oaxaca http://www.lyingmediabastards.com/2007/07/la-lucha-sigue-en-oaxaca Muckraking. Media. Music. Menace. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:38:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Graham Diggle http://www.lyingmediabastards.com/2007/07/la-lucha-sigue-en-oaxaca#comment-16495 Wed, 01 Aug 2007 10:09:11 +0000 http://www.lyingmediabastards.com/2007/07/la-lucha-sigue-en-oaxaca#comment-16495 I happened (as a tourist) to be in Oaxaca on the day of the confrontation. I had heard something of the struggle but knew little of the detail. Although I missed the real confrontation up at the Fortin Hill I cam across the Cerro Popular which continued outside Nra Senora de la Soledad later in the day. I found a gentle, welcoming and determined people for whom dance and music were an expression of cultural identity which underlies much of the current struggle. The performances of traditional dance were greeted enthusiastically and accompanied by chants of resistance to the repression that had been experienced. The people are unbowed. There is local opposition to the theft of the guelaguetza for commercial and tourist purposes. If you travel to Oaxaca (and I recommend that you do, if you get the chance) find out about the popular guelaguetza rather than going to the commercial version. I guarantee that you'll have a much more enriching experience. I was moved by the spirit of a materially poor but spiritually rich people.<!-- X-spaminator-passed: IP check --><!-- X-spaminator-passed: email check --><!-- X-spaminator-passed: author check --><!-- X-spaminator-strike: empty field - author url, 1 --><!-- X-spaminator-passed: author url --><!-- X-spaminator-passed: comment body --> I happened (as a tourist) to be in Oaxaca on the day of the confrontation. I had heard something of the struggle but knew little of the detail. Although I missed the real confrontation up at the Fortin Hill I cam across the Cerro Popular which continued outside Nra Senora de la Soledad later in the day.

I found a gentle, welcoming and determined people for whom dance and music were an expression of cultural identity which underlies much of the current struggle. The performances of traditional dance were greeted enthusiastically and accompanied by chants of resistance to the repression that had been experienced. The people are unbowed.

There is local opposition to the theft of the guelaguetza for commercial and tourist purposes.

If you travel to Oaxaca (and I recommend that you do, if you get the chance) find out about the popular guelaguetza rather than going to the commercial version. I guarantee that you’ll have a much more enriching experience.

I was moved by the spirit of a materially poor but spiritually rich people.

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