On January 4th, 2014 the community of Coloraztlan got together in Denver, CO to honor Jefe Xhuy Ocelotl & Carter Camp. The event was put together by Teocalli Tepeyolohtlan, Grupo Tlaloc & the Community Of Coloraztlan. It was a way for the community to mourn and also honor two great warriors. More pictures are in my “In Memoriam” gallery.
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Holidays Tamale Day Will Never Be The Same Again
The Holidays Tamale Day that my beautiful grandma passed from her grandparents to us will never be the same again. This season is the roughest one in all my life and all we can do is continue with lonely hearts, tiahui! To all those missing their loved ones I feel you as I try to keep that fire alive and carry on with my family. Happy Holidays! Winter is coming…
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Cruise For Toys
Dippin through Pueblo I ran into Santa and a bunch of lowriders, even some bikers. They were about to Cruise For Toys, the 6th annual event put together by East Side Low Ride in Pueblo, Colorado. There are some more pictures from the event mixed into my Lowriders & MC’s gallery and there are also some on facebook in the Por Vida Pinups page.
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Yaocihuatl
Just killing time like Freddy Krugnutz killing some teenagers on Elm St. and I came across these two danza throwbacks of some Mexica Women Warriors (Yaocihuatl or Cihuayaotl). The Black and White is of Veronica marching towards La Raza Park in Denver and the color picture is of Star looking like a warrior and dancing like Dancing With The Stars -Mexica Style! Both pictures were taken during Grupo Tlaloc’s Xupantla ceremony in Denver, ColorAztlan 2012 -Tiahui!
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A Dia De Los Muertos Throwback
This video was shot two weeks before my Grandma Connie passed away. Here is a short throwback for Dia De Los Muertos of my family picnicking and cleaning loved one’s graves At Roselawn Cemetery in Pueblo, Colorado.
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A Pueblo Colorado Throwback: Cruising With Play Times Over
A couple things… Please bare with me as I don’t have a camera rig right now or protools in order to give the audio a good pass. I’m tired right now so a little rough on the cut and a Tiny typo there in the credits… the song is actually “Viva Tirado” by El Chicano. Purchase it on itunes, Amazon or wherever, ya heard!
This is just a lil something to keep the mind busy and my tools from rustin, I’ll get sharper with the next one!
Here’s a THROWBACK CRUISING WITH PLAY TIMES OVER FROM PUEBLO, COLORAZTLAN. Thank you to El Chicano, Por Vida Pueblo, Manuel Perez and family as well as all the homies and homettes of Play Times Over.
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Another Mexica throwback Thursday because I don’t have any Denver Broncos video to edit
Here’s another Mexica throwback pieced together with some scraps of video from Grupo Tlaloc’s Xupantla ceremony in 2012. It’s just a little something put together real quick as I took a break from writing for a couple hours. I wanted to post about our beloved Denver Broncos who play their first preseason game tonight but no video so here’s this throwback. Go Broncos!
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Singing around with grandma… She even blessed us with her eagle feather and that’s more than enough for me!
Ok I realize I need a follow focus and to get my light meter and audio recorder out of the pawn shop to make better quality video. I was mostly taking pictures but just happened to turn the camera to video as I seen a moment.
I sang my grandma a peyote song but before that her and cousins were singing even better. They busted out one of her favorite songs, Camino de Guanajuato and It was good to see her having such a good day. Before we put all the songs and stuff away she went to her room and grabbed her eagle feather because she wanted to bless us all. Thank you everyone for all your good thoughts and prayers for my grandma. Cultura Cura!
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Another Mexica Throwback Thursday
Taking a little break from screenwriting I thought I would post another Mexica throwback real quick. I’m not sure who the danzante is but this was taken at Xipe Toltec’s ceremony for Cuauhtémoc in Los Angeles… I think it was the first year I went so probably 2010. But as I recall this was taken with a little cheap point and shoot camera (all I had at the time) so not the best, I guess I was just lucky to catch her in the shot. Tiahui!