Can You Understand a CDMX Local?
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0:31Hola Mateo.
Hi, Mateo.
0:32Hola, hola.
Hey, hey.
0:33¿Cómo andas?
How are you doing?
0:34Muy bien, buenas tardes.
Very well, good afternoon. Afternoon.
0:36¿Cómo estás?
How are you?
0:37Muy bien.
Very well.
0:38Qué bueno, qué bueno.
Glad to hear it.
0:39Entonces cuéntame un poco, o sea, ¿de dónde eres?
So, tell me a bit about yourself, like, where are you from?
0:42Soy de aquí, soy de Xochimilco.
I'm from here, from Xochimilco.
0:44Nací aquí en Xochimilco, en el barrio de La Asunción.
I was born here in Xochimilco, in the La Asunción neighborhood.
0:48Órale.
Nice.
0:49Aquí en Xochimilco, ahora CDMX.
So yeah, I'm from Xochimilco, which is now part of Mexico City.
0:52En el callejón que es muy popular acá en Xochimilco porque se llama El Infiernito.
And I live on a little street that's very well known here in Xochimilco because it's called El Infiernito.
0:57¿Y por qué se llama así?
And why is it called that?
0:58Bueno, cuentan las leyendas, o bueno, lo que me contaron a mí.
Well, according to the legends, or rather, what I was told. ...
1:02Es mi versión, no la estoy modificando, es lo que a mí me platicó en algún momento mi papá.
This is my version (of the story). I'm not changing anything. It's exactly what my dad told me one day.
1:09Ajá.
Uh-huh.
1:10Que, ¿por qué se llama El Infiernito?
So, why is it called El Infiernito?
1:13Y mi difunto padre me dijo que porque antes en el área del puente, que ahí hay un puente.
And my late father told me that back in the day, around the bridge area… there's a bridge there.
1:20Ajá.
Uh-huh.
1:20Vamos a tener la oportunidad de conocer ese puente.
We'll get the chance to see the bridge later.
1:23Se aparecía un diablo.
A devil used to appear.
1:25¿Un diablo?
A devil?
1:26Así es lo que dicen ellos.
That's what they say.
1:27Te estoy contando y apegado a lo que me contaron.
I'm telling you exactly what I was told.
1:31No la estoy modificando.
I'm not changing anything.
1:32Ajá, ajá.
Uh-huh, uh-huh.
1:32Yo me dio curiosidad en algún momento, que tuve un poco más de razonamiento, le pregunté, ¿por qué El Infiernito?
At some point, when I was old enough to think about these things independently, I asked him, "Why is it called El Infiernito?"
1:39Me intrigaba.
I was curious.
1:41Y entonces, pues, es la explicación que me dio mi padre.
And that's the explanation my father gave me.
1:44Órale.
Wow.
1:45Que le contó su abuelo de él, o sea, generaciones mucho más atrás, que antes en esa área donde está el puente de El Infiernito se aparecía un diablito.
His grandfather told him the story, so we're talking generations ago, that in the area where the El Infiernito bridge is, a devil used to appear.
1:56Y por eso le pusieron El Infiernito.
And that's why they named it El Infiernito.
1:59Órale.
Wow.
1:59Es el origen para mí, porque es el apegado al que me dijo mi padre.
As far as I'm concerned, that's where it came from, because that's exactly what my father told me.
2:03No lo modifiqué.
I haven't changed anything.
2:04¿Y qué tipo de diablito?
And what kind of devil?
2:06Pues, lo que me describió, que le contaron, porque él no lo vio.
Well, from what he described… or rather, what he was told, because he never saw it…
2:10Le contaron que igual un diablito, un diablito pequeño, como los que hay en Semana Santa, me imagino.
they said it was like a devil, a small devil, like the ones you see during Holy Week, I imagine.
2:17Ajá.
Uh-huh.
2:18Nunca me lo describió, ni me...
He never really described it to me.
2:19En ese tiempo estaba pequeño y no me concentré.
Back then I was just a boy, so I wasn't really paying attention.
2:22¿Y cómo era?
I didn't ask: "And what did it look like?"
2:23¿Y cómo te contaron?
Or: "And what did they tell you?"
2:24No, no, sino por lo que me contó, yo me imagino que era como un diablito como de Semana Santa.
No, I mean, from what he told me, I imagine it was like a devil from Holy Week.
2:29No de cartón, porque en Semana Santa hacen diablitos para festejar...
Not a cardboard one, because during Holy Week they make devils to celebrate...
2:33de cartón.
out of cardboard.
2:34Pero no, un diablito dicen que chaparrito, pero físicamente de carne, como no los imaginamos, como los que hemos leído en alguna historia, que los diablos son rojos y con cuernos y todo eso.
But no, they say this devil was short, but physically real, made of flesh and blood. The way we usually imagine them, like in the stories we've read, where devils are red and have horns and all that.
2:46Me platicó eso, pero como era un niño, pues, no me concentré tanto.
That's what he told me, but since I was a kid, I didn't pay that much attention.
2:52¿Cómo era?
What did it look like?
2:53Descríbemelo.
Describe it to me.
2:54Sino nomás simplemente ya, mi curiosidad me la apagó con esa situación.
I mean, that was really all... that satisfied my curiosity about the whole thing.
2:59Quedé yo conforme con esa explicación.
I was happy enough with that explanation.
3:02¿Por qué se llamaba el infiernito?
Why was it called El Infiernito?
3:04Porque ahí se aparecía un diablito.
Because a devil appeared there.
3:06Y ya, seguía con mi vida infantil en ese entonces.
And that was it. I just carried on with my childhood.
3:09Y es lo que recuerdo dentro de mis recuerdos de infancia.
And that's what I remember from when I was a kid. ...
3:12Y es eso.
And that's it.
3:13Pero sí, los diablos así.
But yeah, devils like that.
3:15Yo nunca he visto uno.
I've never seen one.
3:16No, yo tampoco.
No, me neither.
3:17Nunca he visto uno, ni quiero verlo...
I've never seen one, and I don't want to, either...
3:19Pero... te tengo una pregunta.
But... I have a question.
3:21¿Tienes amigos que dicen que han visto uno o no?
Do you have friends who say they've seen one, or not?
3:24O ya no tanto.
Or not so much anymore?
3:25Pues diablos, no como tanto.
Well, devils, not really.
3:27Muchas veces, acá se maneja todavía mucho situaciones de miedo, o sea, en áreas, este, muy...
A lot of the time, around here, people still talk about scary things, I mean, in areas that are very...
3:36Pues como todo, ¿no?
Well, like anywhere, right?
3:37Como manejan en un área oscura, ¿qué te puedo decir?
Like in a dark area, you know what I mean?
3:40En las chinampas.
In the chinampas.
3:41Ajá.
Uh-huh.
3:42Mi...
My...
3:43¿Qué es una chinampa?
What's a chinampa?
3:44Una chinampa es un área donde siembran los que aún todavía se dedican a agricultores, que acá son campesinos.
A chinampa is an area where people still make a living from farming, we call them campesinos.
3:53Siembran la tierra, la labran para sembrar ahí, dependiendo qué es lo que van a sembrar.
They work the land and prepare it for planting, depending on the crops they want to grow.
3:59Pa'cá se da maíz, se da jitomate, tomate.
Around here, they grow corn, tomatoes, tomatillos.
4:05Sí, se da mucha variedad.
Yeah, they grow lots of different things.
4:06Son como flotantes, ¿verdad?
They're like floating, right?
4:08Son flotantes, o sea, ahora tienen la firmeza, pero bueno, igual también documentándome, he visto que originalmente en un área, este, de agua
They're floating islands. I mean, nowadays they're solid, but from what I've read, I've learned that originally, they'd start with an area of water,
4:21ponían estacas y lo iban rellenando con algo que se llama rastrojo.
drive stakes into the ground, and gradually fill it with something called rastrojo.
4:26¿El rastrojo qué es?
What's rastrojo?
4:28El rastrojo son como las impurezas de las varitas.
Rastrojo is like scraps from small branches.
4:32Basura, pero orgánica.
Waste, but organic waste.
4:35Basura que se pudre y se vuelve composta.
Waste that rots and turns into compost.
4:38Acá le decimos composta.
Here we call it composta.
4:40Muchos antiguamente le decían apancle.
In the past they called it apancle.
4:43Así le describían, así se llamaba, le decían el apancle.
That's what they called it, they called it apancle.
4:47Y eso se acumula y se va haciendo así.
And that piles up and starts to take form.
4:48Se va pudriendo y se va formando, se va convirtiendo en tierra.
It starts rotting and taking shape, and it turns into soil.
4:52Y va agarrando solidez.
And it starts to solidify.
4:54Y ya cuando está sólido, asientan eso...
And once it's solid, they pack it down...
5:00le dan una asentada, le ayudan y vuelven a echarlo.
they pack it down, work it a bit, and add more.
5:03O sea, ¿pa' qué?
I mean, why?
5:03pa' que se siga compactando, compactando hasta que gana el terreno firmeza.
So it keeps compacting, compacting, until the ground becomes firm.
5:08Y ya pueden ahí sembrar.
And then they can plant there.
5:11Y en las mismas lagunas o bueno, alrededor de los canales, el fondo es lodoso.
And in the lagoons themselves, or rather, around the canals, the bottom is muddy.
5:17Ese lodo lo sacan.
They take that mud out.
5:20Lo sacan con unas, este, como tipo coladeras.
They take it out with these, uh, something like strainers.
5:25Bueno, la descripción es coladeras, tiene un nombre, se me fue ahorita.
Well, I say strainers, but they have a name, but I can't remember it right now.
5:29Lo sacan y lo echan, que se llama agualodo, porque es como agua lodosa.
They scoop it out and throw it on top, and it's called agualodo, because it's like muddy water.
5:35Pero cuando cae es como lodo, se extiende.
But when it lands, it's like mud, and it spreads out.
5:38Pero el sol la reseca y la vuelve sólida.
But the sun dries it out and makes it solid.
5:43La vuelve sólida y va agarrando esa firmeza.
It makes it solid and it starts gaining that firmness.
5:46Hay mucha...
There's a lot...
5:48Eso, eso, igual.
Oh, and also...
5:51Hay un árbol nativo de aquí que se llama ahuejote.
There's a tree native to this area called an ahuejote.
5:56Y ese es, bueno acá decimos que es muy perro, porque pega muy bien.
And that tree, well, around here we say it's really badass, because it takes root really easily.
6:02Es muy fértil.
It's very fertile.
6:04Fracturas una vara de ahuejote, la clavas en la orilla y produce solito.
You break off a branch from an ahuejote, stick it into the edge (of una chinampa), and it grows on its own.
6:10Entonces arraiza, arraiza y forma la contención para que no se desborde la tierra.
So it takes root and forms a barrier that keeps the soil from spilling out.
6:19El apantle, el agualodo, agarra firmeza.
The apantle, the muddy water, all of it becomes firm.
6:22Eso, todo eso.
That, all of that.
6:23Eso es parte de, como de las chinampas, el origen tal vez, a mi explicación que te puedo dar.
That's part of, like, the chinampas, how they're made, at least that's what I know about them.
6:30Salí mucho del tema.
I went way off topic.
6:31En una de esas áreas se prestan...
In areas like that, they lend themselves...
6:33Pues no se presta, sino hay situaciones que luego muchas veces no se explica uno.
Well, they don't exactly lend themselves, but there are sometimes things that you just can't explain.
6:38Oye ruidos que tú dices, no, este no es un ruido común.
You hear noises and think, "No, that's not a normal noise."
6:41O sea, lo apegas, a lo mejor tu miedo te hace imaginarte, ¿no?
I mean, you connect it to something supernatural... maybe your fear makes you imagine things, right?
6:45Pero hay cosas que...
But there are things that...
6:47Bueno, a mí en lo personal, ahí donde vivo, donde es su casa...
Well, for me personally, where I live, and you're always welcome to drop by...
6:53Hace muchos años estábamos viendo el televisor.
Many years ago, we were watching TV.
6:57Mi esposa y mi cuñado.
I was with my wife and my brother-in-law.
6:59Estábamos recostados.
We were lying down.
7:01Y yo calculo así por el sonido, la distancia.
And judging by the sound and the distance,
7:06Estábamos como a uno...
we were about...
7:07Se oyó un quejido como a...
We heard a moan from about...
7:11Yo calculo unos 30 metros de nuestro punto de origen.
I'd say about 30 meters from where we were.
7:15Se oyó, pero era un quejido diferente a un lamento normal de alguien que se cayó, alguien que llora por un dolor o por qué sentimiento, ¿no?
We heard it, but it sounded different from the kind of cry you'd hear from someone who had fallen, or someone crying out in pain or from some kind of emotion, you know?
7:24Es diferente.
It was different.
7:25Sí, sí, sí.
Yeah, for sure.
7:26Se oyó diferente.
It sounded different.
7:27Sí, sí, sí.
Yeah, I can imagine.
7:28No dijo como el clásico, no es que chille y grita que "ay, sus hijos", no.
It wasn't a classic noise, like someone wailing and crying, "Oh, my children." No.
7:31Fue un quejido... diferente.
It was different.
7:33Un lamento, de sufrimiento.
It was a cry of suffering.
7:35Un aullido.
A howl.
7:36Pues tipo así, lamento de...
Well, kind of like that, a cry of...
7:38Pero con una característica que te daba escalofríos.
But something about it gave you the chills.
7:43Que no se veía común.
It didn't sound normal.
7:44O sea, tú oyes a lo mejor si alguien se cae y...
I mean, you might hear someone fall and...
7:46Ay, se quejó.
they cry out in pain.
7:46Pero...
But...
7:48Te das cuenta que sin ver la cosa, fue alguien.
You can tell, even without seeing them, that it was a person.
7:51Pero ahí no, se oyó diferente.
But this wasn't like that. It sounded different.
7:53Y yo bromeé esa ocasión porque lo oímos, estábamos viendo la tele, y como que nos quedamos viendo, y dijeron, ¿oyeron?
And I joked about it at the time because we heard it while we were watching TV, and we kind of looked at each other, and someone said, "Did you hear that?"
8:02Dijo mi cuñado.
my brother-in-law said.
8:03Y yo bromeando digo, ahorita vas a ver que va a volver a chillar.
And jokingly I said, "Just wait, you'll see, it's going to do it again."
8:07Y cuál fue nuestra sorpresa, como a los 3, 4 minutos se volvió a oír el mismo quejido.
And sure enough, about three or four minutes later, we heard the same moan again.
8:13Entonces fue algo que no me explico, que ya me sucedió, y ese quejido es muy diferente a un quejido natural de por dolor o por tristeza.
So it was something I can't explain, something that happened to me personally, and that moan was very different from a normal cry of pain or sadness.
8:23Pero sí, y fue en el área de las chinampas, porque yo vivo en las chinampas todavía.
But yeah, it was in the chinampa area, because I still live in the chinampas.
8:27Es un área...
It's an area...
8:29zona ecológica lo manejan acá por estrategia geográfica.
They call it an ecological zone here for zoning reasons.
8:33Todavía somos una zona irregular.
It's still considered an unofficial residential area.
8:36¿Y no crees que fue La Llorona?
And don't you think it could have been La Llorona?
8:38¿Quién es La Llorona?
Who is La Llorona?
8:40Es muy famosa, ¿verdad?
She's very famous, isn't she?
8:43Bueno...
Well...
8:44manejan acá...
around here they say...
8:46que fue...
that it was...
8:48La historia en breve de La Llorona es que cuando los españoles vinieron a conquistar...
The short version of the La Llorona story is that when the Spanish came to conquer...
8:56Bueno, vinieron acá y conquistaron esta área.
Well, they came here and conquered this area.
9:00Que ella prefirió ahogar a sus hijos a que fueran esclavizados por los españoles.
She chose to drown her children rather than let them be enslaved by the Spanish.
9:08Pero...
But...
9:11Sacrificó a sus hijos y después se lamentó haberlo hecho.
She sacrificed her children and later regretted doing it.
9:14Y por eso su arrepentimiento.
And that's where her remorse comes from.
9:16Y por eso la frase clásica de, ay, mis hijos.
And that's where the classic phrase comes from: "Oh, my children."
9:20O sea, con el arrepentimiento de que a lo mejor hizo algo.
I mean, out of remorse over what she may have done.
9:24Si fue verdad, fue muy fuerte.
If it was true, it was very intense.
9:25Nadie, o sea, yo en lo personal, yo no lo haría, no sacrificaría a mi hijo.
No one, I mean, personally, I wouldn't do that. I wouldn't sacrifice my child.
9:29A lo mejor ella lo hizo porque visualizó cosas que le incitaron a hacerlo.
Maybe she did it because she saw things that pushed her to do it.
9:34Si es que fue verdad.
If it really happened.
9:36Y si está apegada a una realidad esa historia.
And if that story is based on reality.
9:38Pero se supone que ese es el origen de ese lamento.
But supposedly, that's where that wailing comes from.
9:41Que llora por la pérdida de sus hijos.
She cries over the loss of her children.
9:43Que ella misma ahogó para que no fueran esclavizados por gente extranjera.
The children she herself drowned so they wouldn't be enslaved by foreigners.
9:51Eso lo apegado supuestamente.
That's how the story supposedly goes.
9:53Sí, no, es que esa...
Yeah, no, it's just that...
9:56Para mí esa es la historia como más famosa.
In my opinion, that's the most famous story (from here).
9:58Más, sí.
The most, yes.
9:59De hecho ahorita, en este mes, está el...
In fact, right now, this month, there's the...
10:01El recorrido...
The tour...
10:04La obra, la obra de La Llorona.
The play, the play of La Llorona.
10:08De La Llorona la hacen aquí en el área donde...
They put on La Llorona here in the area where...
10:11En un área de chinampas.
in one of the chinampa areas.
10:14Donde ya lleva muchos años y ya es característico.
It's been running for many years and it's become a bit of a tradition.
10:18Y es algo, por decir, para mí es bonito.
And it's something, I mean, for me, it's special.
10:20Porque esta es de las épocas para mí más bonitas.
Honestly, I think this is one of the best times of the year.
10:24Porque cumplo años mañana, primero.
Because it's my birthday is tomorrow.
10:29Feliz cumple.
Happy birthday.
10:31Cumplo años, pero...
It's my birthday, but...
10:33allá en tu casa, cuando está la obra.
back at my place, when the play is on,
10:38Como no hay tanto...
since there isn't much...
10:39Estamos en el área de las chinampas, un poco.
We're kind of in the chinampa area.
10:43El llanto de La Llorona de la obra se escucha hasta la casa.
You can hear La Llorona's crying from the play from the house.
10:47Entonces es algo que ya...
So it's something that already...
10:49¿Da miedo o no?
Is it scary or not really?
10:50No da miedo, sino simplemente...
It's not scary, it's just...
10:53Estás así como haciendo tus cosas.
You're just there, doing your thing.
10:55Y La Llorona...
And then La Llorona...
10:57O sea, ya no te da miedo, pero sí te impone.
I mean, it doesn't scare you anymore, but it does get to you.
11:00Y te impone y lo escuchas.
It gets to you when you hear it.
11:02Y ahora ya pues también igual salieron muchas obras...
And nowadays, lots of other shows have popped up too...
11:06Competencia de la Llorona original.
competing with the original La Llorona.
11:08Porque era muy popular, ¿verdad?
Because it was really popular, wasn't it?
11:10Es muy popular y también igual pos genera...
It's really popular, and it also brings in money...
11:13Alguien invierte dinero para...
People invest money to...
11:15Y ganan bien. es válido, ¿no?
And they make good money. And they make good money, and that's fair enough, isn't it?
11:18Es una lucha real, ¿no?
It's a real business, isn't it?
11:20Y legal, ¿no?
And legal, right?
11:21Estás invirtiendo tu dinero con probabilidades que ganes.
You're investing your money with a chance of making a profit.
11:24O hasta que pierdas.
Or losing it.
11:25Entonces, sin albur... es válido.
So, no pun intended... it's fair enough.
11:27Es un buen negocio.
It's a good business.
11:30Pero sí, eso es algo bonito.
But yeah, it's something really special.
11:33Es algo padre oírlo en las noches.
It's nice hearing it at night.
11:36Todas las noches.
Every night.
11:37De aquí a lo que dura la temporada.
From now until the season ends.
11:39Diario te digo que en la casa escuchamos ese lamento.
I'm telling you, every day we hear that wail at home.
11:41¡Ay, mis hijos!
"Oh, my children!"
11:43Y está muy bonita la obra.
And the show is really nice.
11:44Está muy padre la obra.
It's a great show.
11:46Y realmente, la primera vez que fui a ver la obra...
And honestly, the first time I went to see the show...
11:50Como somos nativos de aquí...
Since we're from here...
11:52Tenemos la oportunidad...
We have the chance...
11:53Bueno, ahora ya hay más prohibición.
Well, now there are more restrictions.
11:55Porque los mismos que pagan esa obra...
Because the people who pay for the show...
11:58Que, este, producen esa obra...
the ones who produce it...
12:01Pues invierten.
well, they invest money.
12:02Y no quieren perder.
And they don't want to lose their money.
12:03Pero antiguamente los nativos de acá todos iban con sus canoas en las noches...
But back in the day, locals from here would all go out in their canoes at night...
12:07A fusilarse la función.
To crash the show.
12:09O sea, no pagarla, disfrutarla y sin bronca.
I mean, they wouldn't pay, they'd just enjoy it, no problem.
12:11Pues sí, pero son locales, ¿no?
Well yeah, but you guys are local, aren't you.
12:13Vamos a decir, es local, o sea, era válido.
Exactly, they were locals, so it seemed fair.
12:16Pero ahora ya buscan estrategias para que no podamos hacer lo mismo.
But now they find ways to stop us from doing that.
12:21Pero la primera vez que fui a ver la obra...
But the first time I went to see the show...
12:23Pensé que era una obra como de terror.
I thought it was a horror show.
12:26Como algo que...
Like something that...
12:28De miedo, como de susto, como una leyenda o algo así Pero no.
Something scary, like a ghost story or something. But no.
12:32Es la leyenda apegada a lo que te manifesté.
It's the legend tied to what I just told you.
12:36El origen de Tenochtitlan.
The origin of Tenochtitlan.
12:38La caída del Imperio Azteca.
The fall of the Aztec Empire.
12:41Es lo que te narran ahí.
That's the story they tell you there.
12:42Pero está muy bonito,
But it's really special, really special.
12:44Y cada año le cambian alguna situación que la hace muy padre.
And every year they change something that makes it really cool.
12:50Algo, dices, haces comparativas.
You know, you start comparing.
12:52El año pasado me gustó más.
I liked last year's better.
12:53No, este año esto estuvo más novedoso.
No, this year this part was more original.
12:55Esto le redondió más esto.
This made it feel more complete.
12:59Yo, no, sí, 100%, este...
Yeah, no, 100%, I...
13:01la quiero ver.
I want to see it.
13:02Pues necesitas verla.
Well, you need to see it.
13:03Si no tienes oportunidad, bueno.
If you don't get the chance, well...
13:06A usar un poco lo que es las horas...
We can take advantage of the timings...
13:08Podemos ir en tu canoa.
We can go in your canoe.
13:10Exacto, vamos en la canoa, vamos cuando quieras.
Exactly, we'll go in the canoe, whenever you want.
13:13Entonces, ¿a dónde vamos ahorita?
So where are we going now?
13:16Vamos, este... vamos aquí al centro de Xochimilco.
We're going, uh... into downtown Xochimilco.
13:20Donde se está llevando a cabo ahorita la verbena y la vendimia de flores.
Where right now there's a street fair and a flower market.
13:24Por motivo del día.
Because of the holiday.
13:26Que es el día de hoy y mañana.
Which is today and tomorrow.
13:29Para otros es el primero y el dos.
For others, it's the first and the second.
13:31Entonces ahorita nos vamos a desplazar para allá, para esa área.
So now we're going to head over there, to that area.
13:36Para que veas cómo es toda esa situación.
So you can see what it's all like.
13:41Lo bonito, lo rico que huele.
How beautiful it is, how nice it smells.
13:43Porque huele a incienso, a copal.
Because it smells like incense, like copal.
13:47Y simplemente los colores, la textura de todos los colores.
And just the colors, the texture of all those colors.
13:50Las máscaras, todo lo que vas a ver y se va a notar.
The masks, everything that you're going to see and notice.
13:53Estoy muy emocionado.
I'm really excited.
13:54Está bien, súbete y vamos para allá.
All right, hop in and let's head over there.
13:56Órale, gracias.
Nice, thanks.
14:00No se cae el micrófono, ¿verdad?
The mic won't fall off, will it?
14:01No, no creo.
Nah, I don't think so.
14:03Voy despacio, de todos modos.
I'll go slowly anyway.
14:04Órale.
All right.
14:17El Pancho.
El Pancho.
15:13Voy a amarrar esta madre por allá.
I'm going to tie this thing up over there.
15:15Aguántame aquí.
Wait for me here.
15:19Esto es el centro de Xochimilco.
This is downtown Xochimilco.
15:21Y...
And...
15:21Es el área, este es el...
This area, uh, this is the...
15:24Es como una plaza.
It's like the town square.
15:25Sí, es el centro, el centro, muchas veces.
Yeah, it's the center, the center of Xochimilco.
15:29Mi casa está cuatro o cinco cuadras hacia adentro.
My house is four or five blocks that way.
15:34En el área de un callejón del infiernito.
In the area of the El Infiernito alley.
15:35Y ahí está la casa.
That's where my house is.
15:38Sí, tengo muchas, este, ganas de, pues, de ver tu casa.
Yeah, I'd really like to, uh, see your house.
15:42Sí, no, primero Dios.
Yeah, God willing.
15:44Quiero ver también como que...
I also want to see, like...
15:45O sea, pues sí, como las zonas residenciales.
I mean, yeah, the residential areas.
15:48Porque es otra onda, ¿no?
Because they have like a different vibe, don't they?
15:50Sí, es diferente.
Yeah, it's different.
15:51O sea, te digo aquí ves lo que es todo lo urbanizado de Xochimilco.
I mean, here you see the urbanized side of Xochimilco.
15:57Pero hay un área que todavía es el área...
But there's an area that is still the...
16:01Pues natural.
well, the natural area.
16:02Ajá.
Uh-huh.
16:03O sea que…
I mean...
16:04Ves chinampas.
You see chinampas.
16:05Ves gente cultivando.
You see people farming.
16:10Ves la situación que está.
You see what it's like there.
16:12Ahora lo que están ahora manejando mucho en...
Now what they're really promoting a lot in...
16:16En lo que es, este...
in, uh...
16:17En el área de Xochimilco son los kayak.
in the Xochimilco area is kayaking.
16:22Ahorita están muy de moda.
It's really trendy right now.
16:23¿Los kayak?
Kayaking?
16:24Sí.
Yeah.
16:25¿Para qué?
What for?
16:25Para que van a ver lo que es los amaneceres.
So people can go see the sunrise.
16:31Que son muy bonitos.
It's really beautiful.
16:32Duran muy poco lo que dura un amanecer.
It doesn't last long, the sunrise.
16:34Sí, sí, sí.
Yeah, I can imagine.
16:34Así le llaman.
That's what they call it.
16:35Pero sí es la situación como tal.
But yeah, that's basically what it is.
16:38Y este...
And, uh...
16:39Ahorita nos estamos dirigiendo a la que es...
Right now we're heading toward the...
16:48¿Qué es eso?
What's that?
16:50Porque nos des calaverita.
Can you give us our calaverita.
16:51Ah, ok, sí.
Ah, okay, yeah.
16:52No, es que no traigo dulces.
But I don't have any candy on me.
16:53Ya te entendí.
Now I get it.
16:54Ahorita le digo para que...
I'll explain to him in a sec...
16:56Pues sí, pero...
Yeah, but...
16:58Ahorita vengo con algo.
I'll be back with something in a bit.
16:59Ahorita viene.
He'll be right back.
16:59Órale.
All right.
17:01Esa es la...
That's the...
17:03La gente que es un poco de...
People who are a bit... well...
17:07Pues son gente que toma acá, y te querían talonear.
They're people who drink around here, and they wanted to get money off you.
17:12¿Qué es talonear?
What's talonear?
17:12Pues, que les regales una moneda.
Basically, they want you to give them some change.
17:14Sí, no, ya sé, ya sé.
Yeah, no, I know, I know.
17:15Pero no...
But no...
17:16es mucho.
that's too much of an ask, in my opinion.
17:16Ahorita nos estamos, este...
Right now we're, uh...
17:19aproximando al área de vendimia de lo que es la... lo del Día de Muertos Vas a empezar a notar todo lo que es...
getting close to the market area for Day of the Dead. You're going to start noticing all the...
17:26Mira.
Look.
17:27¿Esto qué es, por ejemplo?
What are these, for example?
17:28Son, pues ahora sí que...
They're, well, you know...
17:30Calacas.
skeletons.
17:33Es en remembranza a la fecha.
They mark the occasion.
17:36No es común verlas en el lapso del...
You don't usually see them during the rest of
17:40En el año.
the year.
17:41Es cuando las sacan a vender porque la gente adorna sus casas con estas calaveras.
This is when they bring them out to sell, because people decorate their homes with papier-mâché skeletons like these.
17:46Están muy bien hechas, ¿eh?
They're really well made, huh? They're really well made.
17:48También igual son de alto costo porque también igual son artesanales.
They're also pretty expensive because they're handmade too.
17:52No son fabricadas, a lo mejor elaboradas por una máquina.
They're not factory-made, or machine made.
17:55Sino las hacen manualmente y por eso se cotizan.
They're made by hand, and that's why they're worth more.
17:59¿Cuánto crees que cuestan?
How much do you think they cost?
18:01¿Qué me van a decir cuando les pregunto?
What do you think they'll say when I ask?
18:03Pues preguntamos y nos sacamos esa duda, ¿no?
Well, let's just ask and clear up that mystery, don't you think?
18:07Buenas tardes.
Good afternoon.
18:08Hola.
Hi, good afternoon.
18:08Buenas tardes.
Hi, good afternoon.
18:09¿Cuánto salen estas calaveras?
How much are the papier-mâché skeletons?
18:10Estas están en $1,300.
These are 1,300 pesos.
18:12$1,300.
1,300.
18:15Es que teníamos la duda.
We were just wondering.
18:16Sí, están en 1.300.
Yeah, they're 1,300.
18:17Están muy bonitas, ¿eh?
They're really beautiful, huh?
18:19Me encantaron.
I love them.
18:20Es que lo que le digo que son de cartón y que son elaboradas artesanalmente.
That's what I was telling him, that they're cardboard and handmade.
18:25Por eso su costo.
That's why they cost that much.
18:27¿Y eso cuánto cuesta?
And how much is that?
18:28Estos están en $230 pesos.
These are 230 pesos.
18:30Ok.
Okay.
18:31Cualquiera de estos.
Any of these.
18:32Y estos papel maché, pintado a mano, estos están en $400 y $300 pesos.
And these are papier-mâché, hand-painted. These are 400 and 300 pesos.
18:38Órale.
OK.
18:40Pues muchísimas gracias, ¿eh?
Well, thank you very much.
18:41No, de qué.
No problem.
18:42Y que vendas mucho.
Hope you sell lots.
18:43Gracias.
Thank you.
18:44Te agradezco, manita.
Thanks a lot, miss.
18:46Estos niños, pues, andan pidiendo ya su calavera porque acostumbran.
These kids are already asking for their calaverita because that's the tradition.
18:51Los traen sus mamás y piden calavera, les regalan dulces.
Their moms bring them here and they go trick or treating.
18:54Alguno le regala una moneda, pero por lo regular sus dulces.
Some people give them a coin or two, but usually it's candy.
18:59Eso es todo.
That's it.
19:00Y todo esto es la vendimia de disfraces, dulces.
And all this is the market for costumes, candy,
19:04Todo esto lo que conlleva.
and everything that goes with it.
19:08Este es el área de de frutas, comida y todo eso.
This is the area with fruit, food, and all that.
19:13¿Y qué comida es, este, típica de día de muertos?
And what food is, uh, typical for Day of the Dead?
19:16Acá el día de muertos te digo el pan, los golletes, los alamares.
Here for Day of the Dead, like I said, the bread, the golletes, the alamares.
19:21Es lo que más.
That's the main thing.
19:22¿Tamales también?
Tamales too?
19:23Pues tamales, sí.
Well, tamales, yes.
19:24A los muertos se les pone ahí en las ofrendas.
They're put on the altars as offerings for the dead.
19:27Eso es, este, pan de muerto, ¿verdad?
That's pan de muerto, right?
19:30Pan de muerto, los golletes, las tortas monumentales.
Pan de muerto, golletes, giant tortas.
19:37Y todo esto lo ponen en las ofrendas, en las casas.
And all of this stuff is put on the Day of the Dead altars in people's homes.
19:41Porque cada casa pone su ofrenda, recuerda a sus muertos.
Because every home sets up an altar and remembers its dead.
19:47Pones por lo regular la fotografía de las personas que amabas que ya no están ahora.
Usually, you put a photo on the altar of loved ones who are no longer with us.
19:52Entonces ahora los pones, los recuerdas.
So you put them there and remember them.
19:54Les pones su comida favorita.
You put out their favorite food.
19:56Si les gustaba el mole, les pones mole.
If they liked mole, you put out mole.
19:59Aunque nadie se lo come.
Even though nobody eats it.
20:00Lo pones ahí y están ahí dos, tres días.
You leave it there and it stays there for two or three days.
20:03Se supone que se retiran el 3 de noviembre.
You're supposed to pack everything up on November 3rd.
20:09Se retiran la esencia y se va.
When they leave, they take the "essence" of the food with them.
20:12No sé por qué, pero luego muchas veces cuando ya recoges la mesa, cuando ya retiras lo que les ofrecistes a los muertos.
I don't know why, but a lot of the time, when you clear the table, when you remove what you left out for the dead,
20:21Yo sí he notado eso.
I've honestly have noticed this.
20:22Hueles la comida y se les va el aroma.
You smell the food and the aroma is gone.
20:25No sé si por ciclo natural, pero parece que se llevan la esencia.
I don't know if it's just a natural process, but it's as if they take the essence with them.
20:29Quiero pensar que sí regresan.
I like to think they do come back.
20:32Tengo esa situación y esperanza de regresar.
I hold on to that feeling, that hope that they return.
20:35Pero así son cosas que pasan.
But those are just things that happen.
20:37Entonces, o sea...
So, like...
20:39¿crees que sí regresan?
do you really believe the dead come back?
20:42Es la esperanza yo creo que de toda persona, ¿no?
I think that's the hope everyone has, right?
20:44De cuando una persona que ya se les fue, tienen la esperanza, aunque sea.
When someone has passed away, people hold on to that hope, at least.
20:49Y yo creo que los sentimientos yo creo que son de culpa, ¿no?
And I think those feelings come from guilt, don't you think?
20:53Que a lo mejor quedó algo pendiente.
Maybe something was left unresolved.
20:57A lo mejor pedirle perdón y no lo hicistes.
Maybe you wanted to ask forgiveness and never did.
20:59Y ese pesar es lo que te entra la nostalgia.
And that weight is what brings on the nostalgia.
21:06Yo siento que es eso.
I feel like that's what it is.
21:08Mi esposa sí cree que regresan.
My wife believes they come back.
21:11Pos, yo también.
Well, so do I.
21:11Yo tengo la esperanza.
I have that hope too.
21:12Que nunca he tenido el vestigio como tal de verlos.
I've never had any real sign of seeing them.
21:15Pero ojalá y la vida me dé ese plus.
But hopefully life gives me that extra gift.
21:19No, no... como que no te aparecen, ¿verdad?
No, no... like, they don't exactly appear to you, do they?
21:23Uno quisiera.
That'd be nice.
21:26Bueno, eso propones, no... pero quién sabe.
Well, that's what you think, but who knows?
21:29Un shock de ver a lo mejor un familiar muerto.
The shock of seeing a dead relative.
21:33O sea, dirás, ¿qué situación?
I mean, you'd be like, what's going on?
21:35Sí, podría ser algo bastante fuerte.
Yeah, it'd probably be something really intense.
21:37Es algo bastante fuerte.
Really intense.
21:43¿Y las velas?
And those candles?
21:45¿Para qué son?
What are they for?
21:46Pues para...
Well, for...
21:47Estas son para...
These are basically...
21:49Para no gastar en una vela física.
so you don't have to spend money on a real candle.
21:53Para que dure.
So it lasts.
21:54Mira.
Look.
21:55Están ahorita las...
Right now they've got the...
21:58Órale, está bien padre aquí, ¿eh?
Wow, it's really cool here, huh?
21:59Pues exactamente.
Exactly.
22:00Es para que veas la situación como está.
So you can get a feel for what it's like.
22:03Mira.
Look.
22:15Entonces, ¿esto qué es?
So what is this?
22:16Esto es la celebración.
This is the celebration.
22:18Una verbena, una fiesta.
A street fair, a party.
22:20Que pone la alcaldía.
Put on by the borough.
22:21Pa' que la gente que anda comprando las cosas disfrute un poquito de esto.
So people who are out buying things can come and enjoy for a bit.
22:27Pues, a lo mejor se relaja unos cinco minutitos.
Maybe they relax for five minutes.
22:29Unos diez.
Ten minutes.
22:30O disfruta todo.
Or enjoy the whole thing.
22:31En este caso, ahorita hay una estudiantina.
Right now there's a student music group playing.
22:35Pero pues lo armaron todo muy bonito, ¿eh?
But they've put it all together really nicely, huh?
22:38Pues obviamente son parte de...
Well, obviously they're part of...
22:45Y pues son los chicos que se disfrazan para...
And they're the kids who dress up for...
22:47Él es más como de Halloween, ¿no?
They're more dressed up for like Halloween, don't you think?
22:48Más o menos.
Pretty much.
22:49Pero si te das cuenta, su disfraz es elaborado.
But if you notice, his costume is actually quote elaborate.
22:53Esa hacha es un garrafón, pero está pintado.
That axe is a water jug, but it's painted.
22:56Está bien padre.
It's really cool.
22:58Improvisó.
He improvised.
22:59A lo mejor no tenía el varo pero si tenía la astucia de hacerlo.
Maybe he didn't have the cash (to buy an expensive costume), but he was smart enough to make one himself.
23:02Se ahorró una lana y lo está disfrutando.
He saved some money and he's having fun.
23:07Y estos son como villancicos.
And these are like Christmas carols.
23:08Que es algo que no había oído yo acá.
Which is something I hadn't heard here.
23:10Villancicos, pero...
Carols, but...
23:12Villancicos son como canciones de la Navidad, ¿no?
Villancicos are like Christmas songs, aren't they?
23:15Más o menos, como que me suenan más a Navidad.
Pretty much... they sound more Christmassy to me.
23:17Pero bueno, es válido, ¿no?
But hey, it works.
23:18Sí, pues, todo es válido.
Yeah, I mean, anything goes.
23:20Igual, mira, si te das cuenta, acá hay un castillo de papel de china.
Oh, and look... there's a castillo there made of colored paper.
23:27En referencia a los muertos.
It's all to do with Day of the Dead.
23:31Ah, mira, ¿eso qué es en medio?
Oh, look, what's that in the middle?
23:34Un ajolote.
An axolotl.
23:35¿Qué es un ajolote?
What's an axolotl?
23:37Un ajolote es un, este, anfibio nativo de aquí, de Xochimilco.
An axolotl is an amphibian native to Xochimilco.
23:42No hay en cualquier lugar.
You can't find them just anywhere.
23:44Tienen un plus en su vida que es regenerar una parte.
One amazing thing about them is that they can regenerate body parts.
23:49Si le arrancan una patita, se regenera totalmente.
If they lose a leg, it grows back completely.
23:56¿Totalmente?
Completely? Completely.
23:59Tienen esa...
They have that...
24:00Ese don.
that gift.
24:01Esa característica.
That characteristic.
24:02Pues sí, don, tal vez, o característica natural de corregir un miembro, a lo mejor, que se le cayó por algún ataque o por alguna situación.
Yeah, maybe it's a gift, or just a natural ability to regrow a limb if they lose one in an attack or something like that.
24:14Y es un ajolote ahora sí caracterizado del Día de Muertos, porque si lo ves es en esqueleto.
And this one's dressed up for Day of the Dead, because if you look at it, it's a skeleton.
24:19Pero esa es su silueta real, porque tiene barbitas y todo.
But that's actually what they look like, with their little gills and everything.
24:23Y no cambian.
And they don't change.
24:24Toda su vida no cambian.
They don't change their whole lives.
24:25Tienen esas mismas barbitas.
They keep those same little gills.
24:29Y si se le cae como una barbita, se regenera.
And if one of those little gills falls off, it grows back.
24:32Se regenera.
It grows back.
24:35Oye, ¿en dónde se encuentran?
So where can you find them?
24:37Están naturalmente en los canales, pero ahora por la contaminación, por la explotación, igual de todo, por la mancha urbana que va avanzando, obviamente su hábitat se está acabando.
Naturally, they're found in the canals, but now, because of pollution levels, overfishing, and urban sprawl, as the city keeps expanding, their habitat is disappearing.
24:50Y aparte también de que echaron mojarras, introdujeron mojarras a los canales para reproducirse, pero se hicieron plaga.
And on top of that, they put tilapia in, they introduced tilapia into the canals to breed, but they became a pest.
25:02¡Híjole, sí!
Oh really!
25:03Antes, cuando introdujeron las mojarras, era prohibido pescarlas, porque si te agarraba la policía ribereña, que es la que se dedica a andar recorriendo en lanchas para que no cometan
Back when they first introduced the tilapia, it was illegal to fish for them, because if the canal police caught you, the ones who patrol the area in boats to make sure people
25:16alguna falta, algún delito, te agarraba y te ponían a disposición del juez cívico, porque estaba prohibido.
don't break any rules or laws, they'd catch you and put you in front of a civic judge, because it was banned.
25:23Pero al momento de que se hicieron plaga, pues quitaron esa restricción.
But once they became a pest, they lifted that restriction.
25:28Entonces ahora ya hay pescadores que se dedican a pescar, sacan las mojarras para venderlas, para que se vendan para comer.
So now there are fishermen who fish for them, take the tilapia out and sell them, so people can buy them to eat.
25:37Porque tú a lo mejor dirás, pero está contaminado.
Because you might be thinking, "But it's polluted."
25:40No, una fauna que vive quiere decir que, no es que se adapte a la contaminación, sino que la tolera.
No, the fact that wildlife lives there means... it's not that it adapts to pollution, it tolerates it.
25:45Entonces están en el rango de que, o sea, el canal vive, hay mucha fauna.
So they're within a range where, I mean, the canal is alive. There's a lot of wildlife.
25:51Ahora que conozcas el canal, te vas a dar cuenta cómo hay aves, cigüeñas, vienen pelícanos, creo son de Canadá, y vienen a estarse una
Once you see the canal, you'll realize how many birds there are... storks, and pelicans come too, I think from Canada, and they come to stay
26:03temporada acá, a establecerse.
here for a season.
26:05Y ya después de unos meses, se retiran a su punto.
Then after a few months, they head back home.
26:08Sí, la migración, ¿no?
Yeah, migration, right?
26:09La inmigración, la migración.
Immigration, migration.
26:12Entonces hay, Xochimilco vive.
So yes, Xochimilco is alive.
26:15Antes me acuerdo que había charales, que son los pescados delgaditos, blanco.
I remember there used to be charales, those little thin white fish.
26:20Sí, sí, se pueden comer.
Yeah, yeah, you can eat them.
26:22Había acociles, que son unos como camaroncitos, que los fríen, se ponen rojo.
There were also acociles, which are like little freshwater shrimp. When you fry them, they turn red.
26:28Se les dicen camarones de río.
They're called river shrimp. River shrimp.
26:31Sí, yo sé, sé qué son.
Yeah, I know, I know what they are.
26:32Esos son, este, los acociles.
Those are acociles.
26:36Todavía hay, pero en áreas más, que no están tan pobladas.
There are still some around, but only in areas that aren't heavily populated.
26:41Hay tortugas todavía.
There are still turtles too.
26:43Hay, bueno, metieron hasta una fauna.
And they've even introduced other species.
26:47Hay unos que se llama pleco, que son peces de pe(cera).
There are some called plecos, those aquarium fish.
26:50Hay unos peces que vienen en los acuarios, que se pegan a las paredes de las peceras, que tienen una boca, se llaman pleco.
The ones you see in fish tanks that stick themselves to the sides with those suction-cup mouths. Those are called plecos.
27:00Esa fauna ya está acá.
They're here now too.
27:01Esta no es buena, porque no es comestible.
And that's not good because people don't eat them.
27:05Es nociva, se supone.
Apparently they're harmful.
27:07Pero también es invasiva.
And they're invasive as well.
27:09¿Y qué más se puede comer de los canales?
What else can you eat from the canals? From the canals?
27:13Pues en sí, hay mojarras, hay carpas, grandes y gorditas.
Well, there are tilapia, and carp... big ones.
27:18Eso también lo pescan y lo comen.
People catch those too and eat them.
27:21Antes había mucha rana.
There used to be lots of frogs.
27:24Ahora ya es muy escasa, y de hecho está prohibida, igual que el ajolote.
Now they're pretty rare, and they're protected, just like the axolotl.
27:28No puedes, no debes, eh, atraparlos para consumir.
You can't — or shouldn't — catch them to eat them.
27:33Ahora, si vas a un restaurante, es muy caro esos platillos.
And if you go to a restaurant, those dishes are very expensive.
27:37Bueno, el de rana, porque el ajolote definitivamente no lo venden, porque está prohibido.
Well, frog dishes, because they definitely don't sell axolotl anymore, that's illegal.
27:44¿Se puede comer el ajolote o no?
Can you eat axolotl or not?
27:46Yo nunca lo he comido, pero me acuerdo que mi difunta abuela, sí yo vi cómo se lo comían, cómo lo preparaban.
I've never eaten it, but I remember my late grandmother... I saw how people ate it and prepared it. How did they prepare it?
27:55Frito o en guisado.
Fried, or in a stew.
27:59Y su carne es blanca, blanca, blanca.
And the meat is really,
28:02Como la carne de la rana... un poco.
really white.
28:05Más o menos, sí.
Kind of like frog meat.
28:07Los dos son anfibios.
More or less, yeah.
28:08Son anfibios, sí, pero la carne es blanca, blanca, blanca.
They're both amphibians. Exactly, both amphibians,
28:11Sí, la comían y lo disfrutaban, porque a ellos que les gustaba, decían que es un platillo muy sabroso.
and the meat is really white. Yeah, people used to eat it and enjoy it, because those who liked it said
28:18Pero te digo, en lo personal a mí no me gusta.
it was delicious. But personally,
28:21que los come?
it's not for me.
28:23Seguramente sí, porque hay fauna acá que a algunos le dicen, no, yo no, no le entro.
Does anyone still eat them? I'm sure they do, because there are animals around here that some people say,
28:30Pero sí... acá hay tlacuaches, que es como una rata grande.
"No way, I wouldn't eat that." But yeah, there are opossums here. They're kind of like
28:35Le gusta, bueno, cuando tiene sus crías, le gusta, los trae más bien en la pancita.
big rats. When they have babies, they carry them in a pouch.
28:41Yo creo que se dice opossum en inglés.
I think they're called opossums in English.
28:43De hecho, cuando se sienten atacados, se hacen los muertos y sueltan un aroma muy fétido.
And when they feel threatened, they play dead and give off a really bad smell.
28:52Es su parte de...
It's just part of
28:55como su forma de defenderse de sus depredadores.
how they defend themselves from predators.
28:59No hace nada realmente.
They don't really do anything.
29:01Ven a una persona y tratan de huir.
When they see people, they try to run away.
29:03Pero la gente que está mal informada, muchas veces los mata, no por placer, sino porque piensan que es un animal dañino.
But people who don't know that often kill them... not out of cruelty, but because they think they're dangerous.
29:11Como una rata.
Like rats.
29:12Pues lo ven así como una rata, pero hay gente que lo come.
Yeah, they see them as rats, but there are people who eat them.
29:16De hecho, unos amigos la semana pasada me enteré que comieron tlacuache en pasilla.
In fact, some friends of mine — I found out just last week — ate opossum in pasilla sauce.
29:22Lo destazan, lo lavan, lo destazan y es como carne, como de cerdo.
They butcher it, clean it, cut it up, and it's just like meat,
29:27Tiene ese sabor, dicen.
At least that's what they say.
29:29Lo prepararon en pasilla y lo comieron.
They cooked it in pasilla sauce and ate it.
29:31¿Y eso lo has probado tú o no?
And have you tried it? Or not?
29:32Lo probé una vez.
I did once.
29:33¿Y qué tal?
How was it?
29:34En una navidad.
One Christmas...
29:35Pues me acuerdo que me supo a cerdo.
I remember thinking it tasted like pork.
29:37No sabía que era tlacuache.
I didn't know it was opossum.
29:39Recuerdo un poquito el sabor.
I still remember the taste.
29:42Recuerdo que era como de cerdo.
To me, it tasted like pork.
29:43¿Por qué pensé que era cerdo?
Why did I think it was pork?
29:45Porque me sirvieron.
Because that's how they served it.
29:47Todos llevamos esa noche que fue una navidad.
We all brought food that night. It was Christmas.
29:50Estábamos en un campito celebrando entre amigos y cada quien llevó comida de su casa.
We were celebrating in a field with friends, and everyone brought food from home.
29:55Alguien llevó esa pasilla con carne.
Someone brought pasilla sauce with meat in it.
29:58Y pues la probamos, la degustamos y todo eso.
We tried it, tasted it and everything.
30:00Y ya en la plática...
Then later, while we were chatting (someone said):
30:02oye, estuvo chida la carne de cerdo.
"Hey, that pork was really good."
30:05Y se empieza a reír.
And he started laughing.
30:06Dice, no era cerdo, lo trajo mi papá, era tlacuache.
He said, "That wasn't pork. My dad brought it, it was opossum."
30:09¿Les gustó?
And did you like it?
30:10Pues sí, nos provocó...
Well yeah, we were all like,
30:12¿qué onda, no?
"What the hell?"
30:13Pero fue un sabor agradable.
But it tasted good.
30:19No recuerdo que me haya hecho daño ni nada.
I don't remember it making me sick or anything.
30:21Y no son, son sabores que eran de acá, que la gente poco a poco, porque se acabaron los animales o porque el aspecto no les es agradable, pero lo fueron desechando, y ahora mucha
These are foods that used to be common here, but bit by bit, as the animals disappeared, or because people didn't like the way they looked, people gradually stopped eating them.
30:34gente lo ve y los ahuyenta, si bien les va o los mata, nada más por pensar que es una rata, pero sí son cosas nativas de acá.
Now a lot of people see them and either chase them away, if they're lucky, or kill them because they think they're just rats. But they're native to this area.
30:47Pues, muchísimas gracias Mateo, ha sido un placer.
Well, thank you so much, Mateo. It's been a pleasure.
30:50Igual, igual, es un placer, y te digo, como hace un rato, es algo refrescante conocer gente de otro punto del mundo, y que disfruta nuestra cultura.
Likewise, it's been a pleasure. And like I said earlier, it's refreshing to meet people from other parts of the world who enjoy our culture.
31:02Sí, no, ha sido fascinante, y lo vamos a repetir, ojalá.
Yeah, it's been fascinating, and hopefully we'll do it again. Hopefully.
31:05Esperamos, por mi parte estoy a la orden.
Whenever you want, I'd be happy to do another video.


