Students Sharing History
Each year we work with different schools in the Greater Pasadena area on projects that will become a part of the parade and jamaica. Students from Madison Elementary School have made child sized floats. The base of the structures was shopping carts. When we focused on 1840s floats were made to represent a gold mining sluice, an hacienda and a California Mission. When we focused on the 1890s they made a child sized float that represented the first trains to come to Pasadena in the 1890s.
With students from Washington Middle School we have shared traditions of Latino culture that have indigenous roots; each of which relates the earth. At the core of these traditions was the connectedness that exists between all creatures and Tonantzin (Mother Earth). They learned about this tradition and then made Calaveras and images representing the 20-day names found on the Tonachmayotl or Calendar Stone.
Students at the Visual and Design Academy of Pasadena High School have focused on more complex projects. We have supported their research of the cultural, social and political experiences of the end of the 19th century. They researched the move from agrarian society to urban dweller. The year we highlighted artists of the 20s and the 30s we had several papier mache heads that looked like the artists that included Dali, Kahlo, Rivera and Siquieros in our parade! They also applied this information toward the creation of a printed program that was distributed at the event.
Latino History Parade
Ph: (626) 683 3450
Fax: (626) 791-9418
E-mail:
latinoheritage@mindspring.com
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