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A nationalistic sentiment among Chicanos of the United States or el Mexico de afuera (Mexico from the outside) exhibited by patriotic activities such as parades, fiestas patrias (patriotic festivals), and celebrations of Mexican holidays.
The major fiestas are listed in the Calendar of Events (see page 92), but ask the tourist information office about what’s going on during your stay.
The dances, many of which have been danced for decades, such as El Jarabe Tapatio and La Negra, are danced to Mariachi music, and performed on the Mexican national holidays, Las Fiestas Patrias, such as Cinco de Mayo and El Diez y Seis de Septiembre.
There is documentation of the Matachines dance performed during church fiestas and funerals by the Tarahumara Indians of northern Mexico.
Private spirituality, which was practiced individually or within the family, stressed sacramental and personal devotions, while the public religious stressed processions, fiestas, symbols, and symbolic action that displayed the beliefs of the Mexican Catholic to the rest of the community” (Dolan and Hinojosa, 177).