Interesting facts - Mexico Video Transcripts
Video 1 Transcript
In Chiapas they speak Spanish, which is their main language, but then there's also two groups of indigenous people who live there, and they have a lot of interesting traditions that you can learn about. They still look to a god called Quetzalcoatl, which is believed by many to be Jesus Christ, because he is said to have visited the Mayan people, or the ancestors of the Mayans, and they still look to his return, and it's very interesting. They speak a language called Tzotzil, or a language called Tzeltal.
Video 2 Transcript
There's a lot of vehicles I have down there that they can drive around that you would not, there's no way they would be found, you can find these cars and vehicles are driven on the streets here in the United States. They're referred to as churangas, like the hoods missing, all the fenders are missing, doors are missing, roofs are missing, I mean it's just, yeah.
Video 3 Transcript
You're going to hear a lot about political turmoil and economic stuff. And something I was able to hear about was in 2006, there was blockades from teachers, and the teachers are protesting, and they pretty much have protested since then. And they blocked tons of streets. And so something that's interesting about Oaxaca is people are not afraid to say what they believe. And people in Oaxaca are not afraid to do what is right. And they're willing to sacrifice for a lot to get that. And it was really interesting to see that. It was really interesting to see all that. Another interesting fact about Oaxaca is the Geleguetza. And it's the biggest festival in Latin America. I mean, it's huge. And so every time I was there, we went. It's a dance festival. They have different dances from each region in Oaxaca. And it's really interesting to watch. It's really beautiful.
Video 4 Transcript
In Uruapan, that is within the state of Michoacán in Mexico, and that is the world's largest producer of avocados. And I mean, you'd go to the market and you could get a bag full of 8 to 10 avocados for 10 pesos, that's unheard of, and I loved it. I mean, yes, I love avocados, but that is just a fun fact. The world's largest producer of avocados is in Uruapan, Mexico, or Michoacán.
Video 5 Transcript
So you'll find a lot of houses and even close to the border of the U.S. don't have insulation. I don't see a whole lot of sheetrock that's used down there and the cement blocks and stucco and tile and mortar but that may just be because of the limited area I've been in Mexico.
Video 6 Transcript
So I was down there, I learned that there were artists from Pixar and Disney coming to take pictures and draw sketches of stuff in Oaxaca. Turns out, they were on the team that developed the film Coco. So that place in Coco where the family lives, that is based off of a town in Oaxaca. In the Book of Mormon it talks about the Nephites, it also talks about the Jaredites, and it also mentions really briefly the Mulekites. And a lot of Book of Mormon scholars believe that Oaxaca is where the Mulekites or the Jaredites may have landed and lived for a period of time.
