San Diego’s Chicano Park, Part 5
San Diego’s Chicano Park, Part 5
Throughout San Diego’s Chicano Park is the word Aztlán.
In the last picture above is a map of the United States with some states in red and Aztlán in white. According to Wikipedia, “Aztlán is the legendary ancestral home of the Nahua peoples, one of the main cultural groups in Mesoamerica and, by extension, the mythical homeland of the Uto-Aztecan peoples. Aztec is the Nahuatl word for “people from Aztlan.” The name of the San Diego State University sports teams is the Aztecs.
Continuing from Wikipedia: “The concept of Aztlán as the place of origin of the pre-Columbian Mexican civilization has become a symbol for various Mexican nationalist and indigenous movements.
“The name Aztlán was first taken up by a group of Chicano independence activists led by Oscar Zeta Acosta during the Chicano movement of the 1960s and 1970s. They used the name Aztlán to refer to the lands of Northern Mexico that were annexed by the United States as a result of the Mexican-American War….”
Some historical linguists and anthropologists believe that the original homeland of the Aztecan peoples was in the southwestern United States. During the Chicano movement of the 1960s and 1970s, Aztlán became a symbol of those who believed they have a legal and primordial right to the land.
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Posted on June 16, 2012, in Halls of History, History, Manmade, Out & About, Photos, Public art. Bookmark the permalink. 11 Comments.
I have truly enjoyed these Chicano Park posts! And Zooey the Cool Cat is just a perfect creature to give the stamp of approval!
Love the artwork, great photos
Thanks for sharing all these photos and information. I enjoyed visiting the park
Such awesome artwork.
Such brilliant colors and emotions. Great posts. I enjoyed browsing.
Beautiful artwork. I especially liked the next to last one. I loved the history lesson and the beautiful pictures. Though I lived in California for 7 years, we never did make it down to San Diego (relatives in LA would have been peeved if we had passed them by). I’m hoping to make it down there at some point!
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Awesome! Hope to be there in the very near future!
I have got to go here. Are those wall art there to stay?
I mean, we have something here in Ventura that changes every year during the fair.
These are here to stay. They started painting them in 1974, and the oldest ones are now undergoing restoration.
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