Historian speaks of importance of Mexican culture
HASTINGS -- Historian Olga Olivares said you can learn a lot about the Mexican culture from its dichos -- or Spanish proverbs.
"Whenever you ask a Mexican for directions, you may never get to where you want to go, but you made yourself a friend," Olivares said Tuesday night. "That's very true -- we like to talk, we are a friendly people."
"When we say, 'Mi casa es su casa. My house is your house,' we mean it," she said. "A Mexican friend is a friend for life."
Olivares was the featured speaker for Hispanic Heritage Month in French Memorial Chapel at Hastings College. Her talk was sponsored by the Hastings College Multicultural Student Union and the Hastings YWCA.
She said dichos are a part of Mexican life.
When a child is angry, crying and carrying on, he may be called "water for chocolate." It means he's so hot, he's like water for hot chocolate...
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"Whenever you ask a Mexican for directions, you may never get to where you want to go, but you made yourself a friend," Olivares said Tuesday night. "That's very true -- we like to talk, we are a friendly people."
"When we say, 'Mi casa es su casa. My house is your house,' we mean it," she said. "A Mexican friend is a friend for life."
Olivares was the featured speaker for Hispanic Heritage Month in French Memorial Chapel at Hastings College. Her talk was sponsored by the Hastings College Multicultural Student Union and the Hastings YWCA.
She said dichos are a part of Mexican life.
When a child is angry, crying and carrying on, he may be called "water for chocolate." It means he's so hot, he's like water for hot chocolate...