 The People..... The people in the village of Emilio Carranza have a tight community of traditional Mexican values. Many of the traditions are becoming obsolete because of the introduction of television and a road for accessing the outside world. Practices such as arranged marriages are becoming uncommon as time passes. Skirts are growing shorter and makeup is more common to wear. Traditional medicine, or herbal remedies, is being replaced by a doctor who visits the village for one day each month. School has taken the place of chores for children. Growing pecan trees for money has replaced the need to hunt and gather.Physical labor is the fruit of life. Women are the holders of tradition and sustainers of life. A woman's responsibility is to take care of children, prepare food, tend and butcher chickens, gather firewood, maintain a small garden of vegetables, wash clothes, clean the home and make clothing. Men are the backbone of success and material providers. A man's responsibility is to butcher livestock, tend goats, harvest avocados, work the pecan fields, clean out irrigation channels and be active in village politics. In the following photos you will see the people who live in the ex-ejido Emilio Carranza. Their lives are hard, by western standards, and joyful, by their standards. |
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