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| Maguey-The Tequilla Plant, now grows in Autlán |
AUTLÁN IS LOCATED ABOUT 1200 MILES FROM THE UNITED STATED BORDER. IT IS AT ABOUT 3000 FEET AND IT
IS A AGRICULTURAL AREA. IT IS A VERY PRETTY AREA ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT REAL MODERN IN APPEARANCES. IT HAS ONLY HAD
WATER, ELECTRICITY AND PHONES FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS. THE CULTURE HERE IS SEMIMODERN AS THE PEOPLE WANT
TO LOOK AND DRESS LIKE THOSE FROM THE U.S. IT HAS A POPULATION OF AROUND 110,000 PEOPLE AND THEY ARE FROM ALL OVER MEXICO.
BECAUSE IT IS AN AGRICULTURAL AREA MANY LEAVE THEIR HOMES IN OTHER STATES TO COME HERE TO WORK. MANY LEAVE AUTLÁN TO
GO TO THE STATES WHERE THEY THINK THEY WILL GET VERY RICH AND THEN COME HOME AND BUILD ELEGENT HOMES. MANY DO NOT HAVE
MORE THAN A 6TH GRADE EDUCATION. WHICH IS WHY I HAVE FORMED A BACK TO SCHOOL PROGRAM TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE NEEDY TO
BE ABLE TO GET AN EDUCATION.
CARNIVAL TIME IN AUTLAN, JALISCO IS A BIG TIME FOR THE CITY. PEOPLE COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO
SEE THE BULL FIGHTS, PARADES AND MEXICAN DANCERS. IT IS CELEBRATED AROUND THE END OF FEBRUARY OR FIRST PART OF
MARCH EACH YEAR. IT IS VERY PAGAN BUT VERY TRADITIONAL. MOST OF THE STORES ARE CLOSED FROM ONE PM ON EVERY DAY
FOR THE 10 DAYS OF THE CARNIVAL. THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF RIDES AND MANY TYPICAL MEXICAN ARTIFACTS, SUCH AS: BLANKETS,
CLOTHING, TOYS AND DRINKS MAY BE PURCHASED DURING THIS TIME.
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| Typical Spanish type dress on Mexican Dancer |
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| DURING CARNIVAL TIME THEY HAVE CHILDREN DRESS UP IN CULTURAL CLOTHING |
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| Children dressed up like their ancestors |
CHURCHES AND SITES IN AUTLÁN
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| ONE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCHES IN AUTLAN |
THIS IS BUT ONE OF THE MANY CATHOLIC CHURCHES IN AUTLÁN. THE SPANIARDS BROUGHT THE CATHOLIC RELIGION
TO MEXICO MANY YEARS AGO AND IN MANY AREAS IT WAS NOT EXCEPTED. YOU CAN SEE MANY VILLAGES IN THE HIGH MOUNTAINS WERE
THEY STILL PRACTICE THEIR OWN RELIGIONS. IN JALISCO THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT 1% CHRISTIAN CHURCHES.
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| A WAY FOR TRANSPORTING MANY THINGS IN AUTLAN |
THE HILLSIDES ARE PREDOMINATLY FOR THE INDIANS OR POORER CLASS OF PEOPLE. ONLY THE HILLSIDES NEAREST
TO AUTLÁN HAVE RUNNING WATER AND ELECTRICITY. IN COLINAS WE NOW HAVE ELECTRICITY ON SEVERAL OF THE STREETS. PHASES.
THEY GENERALLY BUILD FROM THE PIECES OF WOOD OR WHAT WE CALL THE BARK OF THE TREE, AND OR TAR PAPER. BRICK IS USED LATER.
BELOW YOU WILL SEE A COUPLE OF PICTURES OF COLINAS WHEN PEOPLE FIRST STARTED CONSTRUCTION AND SOME OF THE HOMES THE INDIANS
HAVE BUILT. ALSO, YOU WILL SEE WHEN A PERSON BUYS OR IS GIVEN A LOT, HE HAS JUST SO MANY DAYS TO START CONSTRUCTION
OR LOOSE HIS LAND. SO YOU WILL SEE ALL KINDS OF CONSTRUCTION AND IN MANY SOME OF THE MIGRANT CHILDREN WAITING FOR BREAD
TO BE PASSED OUT BY A PASTOR FROM ONE OF THE EVANGELICAL CHURCHES IN AUTLÁN.
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| HOMES ON THE HILLSIDE ABOVE ME IN COLINAS DEL SUR |
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| FIRST TWO STORY WOOD HOME ON HILLSIDE |
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| COLINAS DEL SUR BEFORE MANY HOMES WERE BUILT 1992 |
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| MIGRANT INDIAN CHILDREN WAITING IN LINE FOR BREAD |
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