Our culture

Why is culture so important for you?

I think that culture is very important because it's what identifies you. Like many people that come from other countries remember or celebrate their culture by doing the rituals or things that they used to do in their home countries or the places that they are coming from.



A good way to keep our cultures alive is to practice them anywhere you are, and to talk about it with your kids. Also, talk with the young people--that way they will be more interested in learning about it, because they are the ones that are going to to be the future. Hopefully, they will talk about us in the future.



I'm from the Capital City of Mexico and what we usually do is to celebrate our ancestors (people who have died). We call it the "El dia de los muertos" ( the day of the dead), where many people dress up and go to the graves of their dead relatives and bring them food. The idea is that they will wake up and eat the food that they took them. Sometimes they bring them some bread, cookies, flowers, and some tamales. That is a unique celebration for Mexican people.