'We feel proud of our roots' - Indigenous communities in Mexico mark Columbus Day

Record ID: 1692866

  • Title: 'We feel proud of our roots' - Indigenous communities in Mexico mark Columbus Day
  • Date: 13th October 2022
  • Summary: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (OCTOBER 12, 2022) (REUTERS) INDIGENOUS DEMONSTRATOR HOLDING SIGN / INDIGENOUS DEMONSTRATORS DRESSED IN TRADITIONAL CLOTHING SHOUTING SLOGANS INDIGENOUS DEMONSTRATORS DRESSED IN TRADITIONAL CLOTHING HOLDING SIGN AND SHOUTING SLOGANS WITH FISTS IN THE AIR VARIOUS OF INDIGENOUS DEMONSTRATORS WITH FISTS IN THE AIR AND SHOUTING SLOGANS INDIGENOUS DEMONSTRATORS WITH FLOWERS ATOP OF THEIR HEADS MARCHING (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) INDIGENOUS DEMONSTRATOR, ZULEMA AGUILAR, SAYING: "May we feel proud to have our indigenous roots, to be able to raise our voices, that we are all equal and that we are in a country with equal rights and equity. Nowadays, women and men have the same rights. Women, races -without taking colour into account, without distinction- of all ethnic origins, Afro-descendants, and everyone (have equal rights). Long live Mexico!" VARIOUS OF INDIGENOUS DEMONSTRATORS WITH PAINTED BODIES MARCHING IN THE STREET INDIGENOUS DEMONSTRATOR WITH FEATHER HEADDRESS PLAYING THE DRUM WHILE MARCHING INDIGENOUS DEMONSTRATOR PERFORMING INDIGENOUS DANCE
  • Embargoed: 27th October 2022 01:59
  • Keywords: Columbus Day Indigenous March Mexico Native
  • Location: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
  • City: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
  • Country: Mexico
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,South America / Central America,Civil Unrest
  • Reuters ID: LVA001189413102022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Hundreds of indigenous demonstrators took the streets of Mexico City on Wednesday (October 12) to mark Columbus Day, using the occasion to highlight indigenous’ rights and the importance of their influence in Mexican culture.
    Dressed in colourful costumes and performing traditional dances, members of various indigenous communities, many coming from the southern state of Oaxaca, paraded through the iconic Reforma Avenue.
    Zulema Aguilar, an indigenous demonstrator from Veracruz state, said she wanted Mexican people to take pride in their indigenous origins and their ability to raise their voices.
    October 12 marks the anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas, in 1492.
    But in recent years, the focus of the festivity has increasingly turned towards the heritage and plight of indigenous people subjugated by European settlers.
    (Production: Josue Gonzalez, Gloria Lopez, Anna Portella)
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