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10/13/2003 Archived Entry: "The Naked Truth"
Mexico is full of surprises, mostly annoying but sometimes rather hilarious. For example, today, just after my green taxi avoided colliding with another vehicle, I came face to face with hundreds of naked people (well, "face to pubic hair" would be more appropriate in these circumstances) vocally venting their anger (or alternatively shouting to keep warm) at the foot of the monument known as Angel de la Independencia.
After a solid protester in blue underwear handed us a manifesto, I learned that I had just come in close contact with the "Movimiento de los 400 Pueblos", who make a habit of invading key locations of the capital in a dress style more adapted to where Adam and Eve used to live than the fumes of Mexico City. It appears that these people have been protesting for over 10 years after having been robbed of their land by a powerful, and quite possibly corrupt (what a surprise), member of an ex-government.
As my taxi whizzed past them and almost flattened an innocent bystander, I couldn't help thinking that Mexicans make some rather inventive protest organisers, from crucified people in front of government buildings downtown, to professional barricade builders of the UNAM. Mexico might be like its best known volcano, the Popocatepetl, quiet from the outside, but boiling in the inside.
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cuando los mineros en chihuahua bajaron los calzones al gobernador, ¿qué dijo?
hay que tomar medidas
Posted by machi @ 10/19/2003 08:18 PM MEX
This reminds me of a documentary I saw a month ago about the Skin. In actual fact I guess that was the title of it. What is this organ and why people from 'eastern' civilization feels different when not wearing clothes? There are so many things hidden that comes out when the body is exposed... curious.
It seems that is fashion now to be low or not in clothes to do a harsh presence -specially political, while in Africa some tribes choose to wear 'something' to celebrate special events. Human kind is very mysterious to me...
Check this site to see silent nude protests... I love art: you can actually sign up for a nude photoshoot with quite a few other partners.
http://www.spencertunick.com/
Posted by Natural Blue @ 10/15/2003 12:38 AM MEX
