Every Cultural Region Of Mexico Explained

[@MonsieurDean]

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[@Voomal123]

Try south africa its much more diverse than china weirdly, the Afrikaans is surprisingly very diverse

[@MohamedMukassabi]

At least Mexican state borders do a (slightly) better jobs at defining different people than American states.

[@mysterionflex676]

Maybe every region of Europe (or at least major European countries, think England, France, Germany, Spain, etc)

[@mysterionflex676]

Europe would be very interesting, with many ethnicities and sub ethnicities, and some ethnicities spanning over multiple countries, and religion too

[@MohamedMukassabi]

@@MonsieurDean next do Canada

[@almightyswizz]

I literally met a man from Chiapas yesterday, I asked him if it was as south, he excitingly said yes and was ecstatic I knew a bit about Mexican geography

[@sigmawigma-u9e]

Wdym by ‘as South’?

[@almightyswizz]

@ I meant to say “I asked him if it was south” but my comment is hearted so I can’t edit it… I simply asked if it was south “es sur? verdad?” I asked

[@joseperalta9364]

@@sigmawigma-u9e He asked the man if Chiapas was in the south.

[@felipemontoya2558]

Dude, he asked whether he was from a southern state, is not that hard to infer

[@Cheemp01]

You do know about Mexican geography! That's a compliment to us

[@elperrodelautumo7511]

It makes sense why central, north, and southern parts of Mexico 🇲🇽 are different. It’s not just geography differences itself but its cultural and some socioeconomic differences that makes each piece of Mexico unique.

[@tonycj7860]

I feel like geography has a big influence into culture too. With a lot of mountain ranges basically sectioning off a lot of area. They were left alone to develop in their own way. Similar to how in the US you will have Appalachia.

[@carlitosway5748]

even within the south theres a huge difference between southwestern mexico and southeastern, it also applies in the north, theres a difference between northwestern and northeastern mexico, there is also a western-central mexico which is very different from the actual central part of mexico example Jalisco vs Estado de Mexico, Michoacan vs Puebla etc

[@detleffleischer9418]

​@@tonycj7860That's actually the biggest reason why the South's culture is so vastly different from the North and Center, Oaxaca and Chiapas are geographically so blocked off by mountains and historically there was very little infrastructure to travel from Oaxaca to the rest of the country that Spanish culture didn't get to penetrate as deeply as it did the north, which is why Oaxaca, Chiapas and even Guerrero maintain deep ties to our Indigenous cultures (and we're responsible for about 50% of the country's total number of existing Indigenous peoples)

[@danieldelrancho5749]

Border towns suck.

[@tonycj7860]

@@detleffleischer9418 Good insight. Thanks for sharing.

[@RomarioArreola]

2:16 As someone who has visited Southern Tamaulipas this part of the State has a resemblance to the Western Louisiana Marshland there’s alots of crocodiles 🐊 and lakes it has the most important Port and refinery in the country

[@Kazan_1995]

Tampico downtown looks like New Orleans in some way honestly, with that french style in many buildings ⚜️

[@FernandoTRA]

​@@Kazan_1995very true. Too bad I don't go downtown too often.

[@santi_vox]

mataulipas 🤘🏻😝

[@alejandroalonso5386]

@@Kazan_1995it’s Spanish architect in anew Orleans and Tampico. It’s called the French quarter but the Spanish built it when Louisiana was under Spanish Domains

[@RomarioArreola]

@@alejandroalonso5386 Tampico is quite diverse it received immigrants from Europe Middle East USA Asia and the Caribbean I have family in Tampico there of Lebanese Ancestry

[@gtripmusic2906]

You should have put Huapango music from Veracruz and not Andalusian Flamenco music from Spain

[@nick-vv1lz]

I was thinking the music didn't go with the country hahaha

[@MarcosElMalo2]

@@nick-vv1lz I live in Mexico, but I’m far from an expert on its various regions and its states. But I know enough to know he got the Bajio wrong, so I wonder what else he got wrong. I found his jumping around from region to region confusing, and his descriptions overly simple, as well. This was a disappointing video.

[@garstrum4401]

@@MarcosElMalo2 same, this was hard to follow since he'd jump across the country to a random region and then head back to the other side, etc etc.

[@robertobradford3968]

As a Mexican, one thing that always bothers me is when non Mexicans talk about Mexico and have flamenco guitar in the background. Flamenco is Spanish music. Mexicans are not Spanish. We fought a war to make that happen.

[@TheDudeInTheWild007]

History lesson buddy Mexicans are Spanish & natives

[@robertobradford3968]

@TheDudeInTheWild007 History lesson, pal, when Mexico was part of Spain, Spanish children born in Mexico were called criollos, not Spanish. Even back when Mexico was a Spanish colony, Mexicans weren't considered Spanish.

[@marineastro]

Hundreds of years separate the Spanish from the Méxicans, differences in expressions, cultural references, food all contribute to differences. There's lots of mixing of indigenous traditions with Roman catholicism. Look at the names of towns as you travel on the highways.. lots of little towns with indigenous names along the way. Saying that the Spanish came to México makes them the same or similar is like saying Mexicans are similar or the same as asians because thousands of years ago asians crossed the ice bridge from Asia to now Alaska and down the Américas.

[@TxTiger23]

Agreed. Que pongan unos pinches huapangos mejor!!!

[@fernandomartinez2141]

Hahaha that doesnt bother me at all it's okey

[@sergiopadilla4150]

With all due respect, as a Mexican who has been and studied demographics and ecosystems around the country, I may say the map made by the fan it’s quite more accurate. As it portrays a more precise size of some regions, and excludes some you included wich to be honest are not really a thing such as “altiplano mexicano”. The region you describe as the altiplano it’s not only extremely large and different nature wise but it’s quite more diverse when talking about people groups.

[@MonsieurDean]

As I said, that particular region is highly varied, and there’s only so much that could be debated as part of another region. We could shrink it a bit, but that region is still there, and it would still have overlap with the regions we chipped away.

[@FernandoTRA]

No hay un altiplano? Yo sí he escuchado el término.

[@wasonmalone1490]

El altiplano al que se suele referir cuando se habla de eso es el altiplano que rodea el valle de mexico, y que se extiende parcialmente a estados vecinos, igualmente se qué hay un altiplano en el norte pero no ubicó muy bien donde se encuentra solo lo he escuchado por parte de algunos Novo leoneses

[@silviomanuelabelar]

Cómo que no existe el Altiplano? Dónde estudiaste? En la Universidad de Mickey Mouse?

[@komoriaimi]

How can you go into all the nuances and little details of the Altiplano in a brief video. The same could be said about other regions. Take it easy.

[@n.alejandror.linares]

Great job! I’d just like to clarify one thing. El Bajío, as we know it in Mexico, is a region located within the Mexican Altiplano, roughly corresponding to the southernmost part of what your map refers to as the “Altiplano.” It includes parts of the states of Guanajuato, Querétaro, Jalisco, Michoacán, and San Luis Potosí, but it in no way extends to the Pacific coast. What you’re calling “Bajío” actually aligns more closely with the region known as “Occidente,” which is dominated by the states of Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, and Colima.

[@lindaalitzel7576]

Yo soy de Querétaro y si lo conocemos como bajio

[@MrRastaKayaman]

​@@lindaalitzel7576Estás muy p3nd3jo 🙄

[@DanielEsparza37]

Aguascalientes is also part of el Bajío (which sometimes extends all the way to Guadalajara). But I'd say Aguascalientes is in general more similar to Guanajuato and San Luis Potosí, I mean, it resembles the Altiplano because of minery and landscape, but it has better and major relations towards south. On the other hand, Guadalajara is different enough to deserve a subregion (Occidente) along with Nayarit, Colima, south east Zacatecas and western Michoacán.

[@ZaKRo-bx7lp]

Mexico is part of a continuum from the south to the north and into the states that border it, especially Texas and California most notably. It's so varied as well with regions more entrenched in local and native culture, and other regions having a lot more in common with Spain and other Latin American countries.

[@RGG800]

As someone from the state of Queretaro, it’s interesting to see that we’ve been put in the center of Mexico (from what I can tell), because normally we’re classified in the Bajío region

[@AsU-yz9lo]

100%

[@Ragis]

As someone who was born and brought up in hardcore center Mexico, got married, had children and lives in hardcore Bajio, and lived in Querétaro for 15 years, I can assure you that Querétaro is a transition region: equal parts center, bajío and altiplano, but none of those.

[@lindaalitzel7576]

Soy de Querétaro y confirmo lo que dices

[@gerardsotxoa]

Guadalajara is not the Bajío region. The region between Guadalajara or Atemajac Valley and the Bajío states is called Los Altos de Jalisco (Jalisco's Highlands) for a reason.

[@capsaicin938]

Guadalajara is where the bajío starts, los altos is part of the bajío, but what the map got wrong is calling the rest of Jalisco "bajío" Bajío should've been a bit more north, the coastal region of Jalisco is very different

[@RYSSCANDVS]

_GUADALAJARA ESTÁ EN LA REGIÓN DE EL GRAN BAJÍO._ _LOS ALTOS DE JALISCO ES UNA SUBREGIÓN DE EL GRAN BAJÍO._

[@DanielEsparza37]

Guadalajara es muy similar al Bajío, tanto cultural como económicamente. Pero al mismo tiempo es tan distintiva y tan influyente en la costa del Pacífico que tiene que estar en la misma región que Nayarit y Colima (e incluso sur de Sinaloa). Por eso muchas veces se incluye como región Bajío (sistemas de transporte y logística por ejemplo), a pesar de que normalmente se le identifique como el Occidente.

[@Douglas_413]

As an American even if we have issues I’m so glad Mexico is our southern neighbor, excluding the horrific cartel those aren’t as great. But I have only had good experiences with people form Mexico

[@migueldelgadillo944]

Then maybe do your part and look up who funds these groups because it ain't the Mexicans I can tell you that.

[@Trancymind]

Sadly the mexican government and certain mexican people don't have positive views towards americans. I remember watching a USA vs Mexico soccer olympic qualifying match in Mexico and the mexican fans would cheer "OSAMA! OSAMA!" like 8 months after the 9/11 attacks. I also lived in Mexico for 3 years and sadly I was discriminated by the locals because I am an american. What is worse than racism? When your own people betray you with discrimination. The good thing about it is that I don't want pity from nobody because at the end of the day it made me a tough and proud american.

[@elespiritudelradium4805]

@Douglas_413 Thank you man, we appreciate you.🎉🎉

[@ivanvillafuerte6241]

​@@Trancymindsadly, there's discrimination from both sides. We're used to a generally cruel discourse towards us so we react. However, I apologize for all the bad experiences you had here and hope you can forgive, most Americans are Christians, IDK if you are, but we share the same values and I, as a Christian (not catholic, which makes me a minority here) wish upon you nothing but blessings from the Lord.

[@Trancymind]

@@ivanvillafuerte6241 My father is actually mexican, so yes my own people discriminated me in Mexico. It is very difficult to forgive if your own people betrayed you AND at the same time your own family took advantage of you because I was just a foreigner kid.

[@AsU-yz9lo]

The Chihuahua region is more similar to the Midwest in terms of agricultural produce and German influence. Fun fact: Chihuahua has 3 official languages: Spanish, English, and Plautdietsch.

[@zsuwu]

pretty sure we have no official language in the state, but you're right, we're kinda similar to the midwest and we do have a bunch of Mennonites in the centre of the state

[@juanjacobomoracerecero6604]

A lot of Americans will be shocked to discover that within México there are cultural differences amongst regions, I mean, some of them consider Uruguay and Mexico and the Dominican Republic more or less "the same thing".

[@robertobradford3968]

And then there's the fucktard that the American people just elected president who says his favorite Mexicans are Puerto Ricans... 🙄

[@familyandfriends3519]

Love Uruguay and Dominican republic from Mexico Spanish family

[@Kat-tr2ig]

After I moved to Argentina, I shocked people back in the US when I told them that people in Argentina don't eat tacos, nor play baseball, nor listen to mariachi music. They thought I was lying. I guess they thought that since they share a common language (but HUGELY different dialects), the cultures are the same. Mexico has more similarities with the US than it has with Argentina.

[@familyandfriends3519]

@@Kat-tr2ig no we don't we have more similarities to Argentina than we do with USA Argentina and Mexico are Spanish brothers

[@familyandfriends3519]

@Kat-tr2ig USA speaks English their culture is baseball football they eat Burgers hotdogs Mexico has nothing similar with USA we have more similarities with Argentina we both speak Spanish we eat empanadas we both love soccer we share Spanish traditions we both celebrate Spanish heritage month and most of all we are Spanish brothers

[@sebastianprimomija8375]

I dislike the term "Mestizo" because it give the impression to foreigners that Mexicans who would be described as such are a cohesive ethnic group. Mexico on an ethnic and genetic level is super diverse, there are alot of cases where two tribes live right next to each other and yet shared no genetic similarities to the chagrin of the modern medical industry in Mexico. Take the word with a grain of salt for a Mestizo from Michoacan will not be the same genetically from a Mestizo from Veracruz.

[@Jonathan-sm5oq]

Mestizo is a phenotype category which describes a person of amerindian and european ancestry regardless of tribe

[@1sik5.3]

Bruh most of Latin America are mestizos their ppl of European and native descent

[@leonake4194]

Yeah sociologically speaking mestizo Is absolutely fine and accurate but what he said Is true aswell in the biological Sense. The indigenous populations of México were insanely different in their genetics before the unified Mexican State, There's More genética similarity beetwen Europeans ans asians than beetwen some mexican civilizations that were neighbors, Its insane and It Maybe speaks about some crazy ethnocentrism going on there

[@elysium76]

I don’t mind being called mestizo

[@spacelordlol7528]

we wus indian an shiet, type of commment. spanish ancestry is the only thing that matters, it ties the country together. This is the case in all, used to be spanish colonies.

[@charmyzard]

Man, one of my favorite history and geopol creators never failing to impress us! As a Mexican, this video is fantastic! Not only for international audiences, but also national audiences that might not be too well-versed on such a vast and varied landscape. What a masterpiece. ¡Bravo, Señor Z, Bravo!

[@mgoncalves5596]

I love Mexico from Brazil ❤️😊

[@familyandfriends3519]

Love Russia and Canada and China and Brazil from Mexico not United States

[@cheeseburger2180]

As a Mexican from Nuevo León I can say this is very well explained, great video. As an additional detail I would only add that el norte region also has a notable non-catholic christian population being around 15%

[@angelgregio]

También soy de Nuevo Leon.

[@JohnTorres-vd3tz]

@cheeseburger2180 A lot of Mexican Americans are non Catholic Christians as well. They are much more passionate about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

[@WorldsFinestH8er]

Viva Cristo rey

[@Francisco3.]

Nuevo León was founded by crypto Jews.

[@cheeseburger2180]

@@Francisco3. yes and I am ethnically jewish because of that (bnei anusim)

[@TheSuperVideoRey1]

I'm from Sonora (Gulf of California region) and I'm thankful for been raised there.

[@xpxpe5645]

Saca la machaca viejon

[@antropofilia1318]

Si va a hacer o no se va a hacer la carne asaaada

[@eajacobs]

Las chavas más guapas en México!

[@TheSuperVideoRey1]

@@eajacobs *Morras, si les dices chavas se enojan xD

[@zaviear]

Its cool, tho El Bajio should have really included the three mining states Guanajuato, San Luis Potosi and Zacatecas, those three are more culturally similar to Jalisco than to Durango and Sonora

[@acoco251]

Yeah, Jalisco has nothing in common with Sonora and Durango. They might like the northern cowboy culture and music but that doesn't make it their culture.

[@alejandroarroyo5124]

Did you know in Mexico City they eat quesadillas without cheese?

[@MonsieurDean]

You can’t eat a quesadilla without cheese, that’s just a tortilla

[@alejandroarroyo5124]

@MonsieurDean that's what everybody say, but they don't listen

[@smert_ditto]

@@alejandroarroyo5124 Yeah because you guys are obviously wrong, quesadilla just means folded tortilla

[@alejandroarroyo5124]

@@smert_ditto IT LITERALLY HAS QUESO IN THE NAME PINCHE CHILANGO

[@smert_ditto]

@@alejandroarroyo5124 It's a coincidence, but that's not the origin of the word it comes from nahuatl "quetzaditzin" which means folded tortilla. (I would insult you here but idk what region you're from).

[@kaelgonzalez1969]

Gracias por representar México a los gringos

[@MonsieurDean]

😂

[@familyandfriends3519]

Love Russia and Canada and China from Mexico not United States

[@Matrix_985]

Gracias, Señor Z.

[@MonsieurDean]

Ba nana

[@Ggdivhjkjl]

​@@MonsieurDeanDo you mean "de nada"?

[@matthewe3813]

@@Ggdivhjkjl 🍌🍌🍌

[@leandersearle5094]

@@Ggdivhjkjl The ancient ones had a term for such things, obscured by the mists of time, I believe it was... "joke".

[@treeman12815]

i’d say the majority of people in south mexico are of indigenous descent not mestizo, they look like actual indigenous to me not mixed

[@diegoooom1878]

You need to visit more the south then, there are areas where you will find a lot of indigenous and parts where you don't

[@misaelaguirre1701]

It really is for women the northside is full of beautiful women compare to the south

[@Steadyaim101]

my friend, do you trust your vibe on the ethnic background of millions of people more than what those people for themselves in census data? That's kind of wack

[@treeman12815]

@@diegoooom1878 i have visited the south and they look like actual indigenous peoples

[@quaquackbruh]

As a northerner even i agree with you tbh, we have the custom to tease our indigenous or brown looking friends and call them from "oaxaca" or "chiapas"

[@diegoyanesholtz212]

Japan should be next.

[@cvdirecto5008]

I'm from the bajío, Jalisco to be more specific and our state has a large variety of cultural differences inside the state.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

HUGE FAN from Colombia! Please consider doing it someday 🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴🇨🇴

[@familyandfriends3519]

Love Colombia from Mexico Spanish family

[@reviewspiteras]

I would even argue it has more regions, Mexico is pretty divided. Ironically the veneration of our Mother of Guadalupe still unites most of Mexico, a miracle from Our Lord and Savior for sure.

[@AlmasAztekas]

As different as our regions are we are still united under one flag. Proud to be from Veracruz but love all my Mexican brothers and sisters from Baja California to Chiapas.

[@Tepaneca]

Speak for yourself i dont follow fake religions. The only thing that connects me to other Mexicans is our shared indigenous heritage. Probably the most fundamental aspect of being a Mexican.

[@soulsurfer639]

Orgulloso de mi herencia indigena​@@Tepaneca

[@ArchieAgis]

Nah, don't include me with that. Even if I'm from a very conservative place (Monterrey) I won't venere something as that

[@rottengal]

it only unites catholic mexicans though, and even those catholics may not believe in guadalupe, perse, but the other thousands of random saints that exist in catholicism

[@Deliciasdelahumanity]

the altitude plays a big role , the center where there a lot of cities with high altitude the life is very different to a more normal altitude city like Monterrey

[@HassanSabbaku]

El Norte 1:53 El Sur 3:15 Gulf of California 5:49 Veracruz 6:30 Yucatan 07:20 Alto Plano Mexicano 8:06 Bajío 9:15 Central Mexico 10:20

[@dantino01]

thats not the bajio...

[@HassanSabbaku]

@dantino01 you're right but that's what he called it lol

[@rottengal]

0:36 imo, sinaloa and sonora should be considered part of northwestern mexico rather than baja california, most of the population in baja cali are from other states in mexico, and the only "norteño" cultural aspects we do have, come from sonorense/sinaloense immigrants that settled in the 19th century and the mid 20th century

[@Garage23]

Agree, us Sonoran/Chihuahuaense/Sinaloense call ourselves Norteños

[@saiga97]

This dude doesn't know shit.

[@Lai_Hioki-to8ub]

La región mediterránea de Baja California (Tijuana y Ensenada) en si son ya una región diferente, tanto de forma natural por clima cómo de forma cultural. Sin embargo, el resto de la península de Baja California junto con la parte Noroccidental de Sonora son una misma región y muy diferente a la región agrícola que caracteriza a desde Obregón y el resto de Sinaloa. Por lo tanto, tenemos en realidad 3 regiones: Región Mediterránea de Baja California, Región del Golfo de California y Región Agrícola de Sonora y Sinaloa.

[@dvdrsbs2852]

In the north and west of Mexico you are wrong. The Sierra Madre Oriental and Occidental regions you defined do not exist. They are divided between Bajío influence and Norte/California Gulf. The southern part of it is actually called Bajío, and the part you called Bajío is just Jalisco. Bajío and Jalisco are kind of related, tho. The northern part of Sierra Madre regions as i said are divided, Durango being closer to Chihuahua and Sinaloa. Coahuila and north of San Luis to El Norte. I understand the confusion, the borders are actually pretty difuse and most people dont get along. But what i said is a better aproximation, i think.

[@dvdrsbs2852]

I seen the map of the fan you mention at the start, its more accurate than yours. At least in north and bajio.

[@WaterMan438]

Do The United kingdom next

[@micajahstewart9212]

I second this! Especially because the various different cultural regions of the United Kingdom were foundational for so many different American cultural sub regions

[@emperorvader283]

I hope this series continues. Views will probably go down the more nations you cover, but these are extremely helpful videos and interesting too.

[@Ggdivhjkjl]

When you do the regions of Australia, don't forget the Outback.

[@ignacioperez9400]

Great video, consider doing one of Argentina

[@nicolassoriano2621]

vas a tener al chabón diciendo "in the Tero Violado region"

[@sof7068]

As someone from the gulf area, I was genuinely shocked to learn there’s so many Protestants. I literally have never met Protestants here, Jewish, Mormon, and Muslim people yes, but never a Protestant lol

[@mexicanodecorazon1697]

Mexico, great country!!!

[@ElTioMichel]

Ll being mexican and from peninsula but have gone to college in Mexico city all i can say is... Ur demographics are totally wrong lmao

[@juanpabloesal7854]

For chilangos everything north of Querétaro is the North.

[@thsudy]

Bruh I learn more from foreign videos than from my actual schools in Mexico. Except for my chemistry teacher. He’s also a history and native history teacher. He was great and since he was also fluent in Otomi (Hñahñú one of the native languages) his classes felt even more engaging. Sadly my parents and grandparents didn’t teach me the language despite knowing it and also in the US I heard they give scholarships for knowing native languages. Great bideo

[@juanguajardochapa]

I’m from the hearth of the Mexican Midwest, my ancestry is mainly of European descent I’m 6’1ft and of light skin and it’s sad that our culture it’s not repented globally and it’s so rejected within my country due to most people’s indigenous ancestry. Mexico is quite large and we can’t identify with the country as a whole because it ranges from many regions. And the name alone of the country implies an indigenous name, which in my region and within my family and culture that’s completely wrong to try to identify to an indigenous name that makes no sense for much people here.

[@diegoooom1878]

Lo dices cómo si la "identidad mexicana" se basará en una perspectiva indigenista. Wey nuestra identidad fue moldeada a base de los criollos y mestizos del centro del país, pregúntale a pueblos indígenas y la mayoría no se sienten identificados con lo que es el estado nación de México

[@juanguajardochapa]

@@diegoooom1878 Es correcto el grupo más grande de México fue el que moldeó su identidad, y aquí en el norte no tenemos esa identidad ni esas costumbres. Y tampoco muchos otros lugares en México. Por eso creo que no debemos de compartir identidad, deberíamos de celebrar y acentuar nuestras diferencias.

[@jgdssp226]

México se puede definir como que es un país donde estamos juntos pero no revueltos, bien podrida dividirse en varios "pequeños países" bien definidos y localizados y creo que todos estaríamos de acuerdo sin la menor bronca, Cada estado o pequeña región tiene su identidad muy bien definida, tanto en población, costumbres, comida, yo no sé si haya otros países donde se pueda notar tan definidamente la diferencia entre una persona del Sur con una persona del Norte.

[@MiceOnVenus_]

Buddy your movies, tv shows, all of those are nothing but lightskin mestizos or straight up Europeans. European features and cultures are favored in the Mexican media. Stop victimizing yourself. You might think yourself a Spaniard, pero tenes el nopal en la frente 😂 ridiculo.

[@MiceOnVenus_]

Womp womp. Stop victimizing yourself. Mexican media favors European features and culture. Native Mexicans barely get represented. The poor boy feels uncomfortable calling himself Mexican because it derives from indigenous origin. Ridículo. Meanwhile white Americans living in Illinois or North Dakota could not give a fuck. I know people like you, insecure of their native ancestry. Still with that mindset of looking down at the natives. Pero tenes el GRAN nopal en la cara 😂😂 😂 e visto peruanos más blancos que vos. This wave of Mexican indigenous pride is fairly recent y el español de ojos azules feels uncomfortable 💀 Leave Mexico then. Go to Spain and see if they accept you as one their own lmao

[@Orozco_PNW]

Nice overview! My family still owns a bunch of land in the Christero region you briefly covered, we donated some of it to help build a monument atop a hill where the church gathers monthly often doing some beautiful.

[@andreynadeinsberg7588]

Your source for map paradox gaming?

[@rodgomola]

I would rename 'El Bajio' in your video as 'Occidente'.

[@brayanvelez2517]

thats wjat the region is called in Mexico

[@williamjuarez7886]

Jalisco could be called occidente but Michoacán and Guanajuato are bajío

[@Sprgo975]

As a spanish i think you should do Spain. Despite being a small country its very divers geographically and linguistically. Example of this are the different separatist movements.

[@JesseDavidMtzTrj]

11:34 lol nice touch

[@JanusTroelsen]

why is it nice to flash the legend for such a short time?

[@JesseDavidMtzTrj]

@JanusTroelsen it wasnt a real legend, just a joke one

[@danieldelrancho5749]

Great explanation of Mexico. I think it’s pretty accurate, you even mentioned the Cristero War. My great grandfather was killed during that event in the 1920s

[@khurramzafar]

Do a video on Pakistan and how radically diverse some of its regions are when compared to each other (and how it has managed to last for so long despite these differences)

[@ScytheofGod]

long? 70 years is short for a modern nation!

[@khurramzafar]

@@ScytheofGod true, but back in '48 it seemed that the whole thing was gonna fail really soon

[@nataliatc1]

I think this is a bit reductive, but appreciate the effort nonetheless

[@teacherhomieg]

According to 3 different DNA tests I am 30-35% Indigenous, 50-55% Iberian, 4-6% African (North & West), and some Italian, and Jewish as well. What region of Mexico am I from? Answer: The North. Viva Chihuahua! Viva La Revolución!

[@America362]

Puro chiwaz 😎

[@adamlovegood1231]

judio? obvio que regio xdxd

[@VegitoBlue202]

I should get a DNA test

[@justsomethingtothinkabout8515]

My wife is similar to your DNA regionally and her people are said to come from Los Reyes, Michoacán…

[@jorgecaldera5057]

As a Mexican, I found this video precise enough. It has its faults, like non very accurate distribution of some regions, but that varies depending on the source you consult. Besides that, one thing that could have made this video way richer, was to have actual Mexican music as background. It's just sad that a lot of people associate Spain's flamenco with México, when we have a lot of cool genres such as sones jarochos or sones jaliscienses.

[@momo1234567solo]

The "golf region" is called la huasteca, going through Veracruz, hidalgo, San luis potosí, tamaulipas, and in smaller parts puebla queretaro and guanajuato. I'd include this as a cultural group in Mexican geography.

[@PabloMiranda1]

What you say is Bajío it's actually Occidente or West. There's not a Bajío map within your borders

[@maybenations]

Regions of Germany (& Austria/Switzerland, plus small bit in Belgium) maybe? Or regions of the northern African Coast, in general? (people above Sahara Desert)

[@Ale_ER]

While this is a good first approximation, I’m afraid it’s not fully accurate. The region of the Huasteca (not mentioned) comprises 6 different states: Tamaulipas, Veracruz, San Luis Potosí, Querétaro, Puebla and Hidalgo; they all share similar characteristics such as music. Just like Chiapas, a state can be part of two different regions and it’s the case for multiple states (Jalisco, Guerrero, the aforementioned Huasteca just to same a few)

[@SilverScarletSpider]

Australia 🇦🇺 Canada 🇨🇦 Japan 🇯🇵 Germany 🇩🇪 France 🇫🇷 UK Argentina 🇦🇷 Poland 🇵🇱 Indonesia 🇮🇩 regions video please

[@familyandfriends3519]

Argentina is Mexico big brother

[@Bigcarnal123]

Yes Only Veracruz Mexico is Bello you forgot to mention Xalapa Veracruz and El Patio Muñoz , El Parque Juarez my Family saludos amigos still live here in California USA

[@Porge28]

Can you do Canada next Monsieur?

[@bhs3871]

Great video overall! Really interesting to see how, despite religious differences (atheism, catholicism, protestantism), Mexico's Christian identity overall and in general is still strongly Catholic. I think this is also due to the how Christianity (Catholicism) helped form the Mexican cultural identity (think the Virgin of Guadalupe).

[@theylovemanu__]

PLEASE CHILE😭😭😭, PEOPLE NEVER TALK BOUT US 😭😭😭

[@Dogey_Dogger]

Like the chili pepper right

[@theylovemanu__]

@@Dogey_Dogger nope, like the most developed country in latin america 🗣

[@zOrO2kX]

Introduction: Chile is chaped like a chile, but they don't eat chile.

[@familyandfriends3519]

​@@theylovemanu__Chile is Mexicos really long brother

[@buckhunt6832]

Maybe I missed it but what about Jalisco? They invented mariachi, tequila and are many of the cultural exports that Mexico provides. Maybe they were grouped into another culture?

[@imtheman84]

I sometimes wonder if the regions of a balkanized mexico would be just as hostile to each other as the actual Balkans are. Very fun and informative video!

[@Dogey_Dogger]

Yea they most likley would, Mexico has always been trying to split up ever since it''s independence, though central america was the only ones successful the rest got invaded again by mexico

[@zOrO2kX]

We mess with each other sometimes, but not in a bad way-it's just 'rant.' Mexico is very united, and we love our bros from other regions. 🇲🇽 Saludos desde Monterrey!

[@XochiCh]

You forgot to mention that in the “Norte” region there are huge humid forests nestled between the mountain valleys, y’know, we have bears, wolves, deer and boars, the west is defined by arid hilly regions, while the north is more flatland arid steppe regions.

[@Matias_SM]

NO WAY MAN. I loved you USA video, just the other day I was thinking if they did it with my country. Cant believe it actually happened.

[@familyandfriends3519]

Hate USA from Mexico

[@komoriaimi]

I'm Mexican and this video is useful, concise information. It wouldn't be possible to include every detail in this format for any country. So I think this does the job of informing well in a few minutes.

[@DestinedForGreatness-ql6kc]

Regions of: Venezuela Australia New Zealand Kenya Papua New Guinea Rep. Dem. Congo Spain France Italy

[@saiga97]

These are more like the different vegetations and climates of Mexico, rather than cultures. The states of Sonora and Sinaloa (also Durango and Chihuahua to an extent ) should be grouped into one cultural region. Baja has always been it's own thing with tourism and what not.

[@laloszki]

The bajío should actually be divided into occidente (Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit and Colima) and bajío (Guanajuato, Aguascalientes, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí, and Querétaro) there are overlaps of course the they are distinct cultural regions. Enjoyed the video tho!

[@Christensengarden]

Any chance to get an overview of the regions of Argentina?

[@kneelingcatholic]

Thanks for mentioning the Cristero war.... now, do a video on it!🙂

[@enzocompanbadillo5365]

The Yucatán region was allied with Texas in the war against Santa Ana (battle of Campeche). It also tried to separate from Mexico twice. The state of Yucatán still keeps and flies its own flag. In short: the Yucatán Peninsula is the Mexican confederate south.

[@Dogey_Dogger]

Yes they really thought they could bring back the Mayan empire

[@enzocompanbadillo5365]

@@Dogey_Dogger Not really. Separatists were mostly white criollos from the cities. During the Caste War they would even call rebel mayas "indios bárbaros". To be honest there was never an unified mayan empire in the first place, but independent kingdoms and city-states ala ancient Greece.

[@familyandfriends3519]

Please don't compare us to USA we don't have good relations with USA right

[@TheSwedishHistorian]

For the last time, Greenland is not for sale so stop talking about buying it

[@johnclay5499]

Do mongolia next please🙏🇲🇳🇲🇳🇲🇳

[@lesath7883]

Interesting analysis. As mexican, I agree with most of it.

[@caseclosed9342]

I might visit Jalisco next year so this was very interesting.

[@franciscogallo5129]

Guadalajara or Puerto Vallarta, maybe Tequila?

[@Dogey_Dogger]

Yes we welcome you from Jalisco

[@EAGalvez]

BRO THAT WAS GREAT! GREETINGS FROM CHIHUAHUA!

[@MonsieurDean]

🫡

[@alenanga]

No offense, but you literally went on saying most of the time why it made sense grouping some regions together for economic reasons over cultural ones, it felt odd to exclude most of Tabasco from the Yucatan region and group it with Veracruz, when Southern Veracruz would belong to the same group, culturally. Chiapas is its own thing. Oaxaca is also its own cultural thing. Grouping Sinaloa and Sonora with the Baja Peninsula also kind of not right culturally. Etc. Etc.

[@koyociwatari4195]

The Yucatan and Tabasco aren't the same

[@alenanga]

@@koyociwatari4195 I'm from Tabasco, and I know they're not the same, but if you're doing some cultural grouping trying to make some sense, we're more closely related to the Maya+African+Lebanese culture shared in the peninsula than putting Tabasco as some pan-veracruz-costeño thing.

[@koyociwatari4195]

@@alenanga Maybe, but I think Tabasco and south Veracruz should be it's own region, but definitively it shouldn't be part of the Yucatan, maybe if Tabasco remained as part of Yucatan some decades after the "Capitanía General de Yucatán" independence could be considered.

[@alenanga]

@@koyociwatari4195 the Southern tip of Veracruz, most of Campeche and the lowlands of Chiapas share a similar cultural identity and customs, even dialectal similitudes in Spanish, I feel like they are their own specific cultural/linguistic region, but it's often overlooked. However I insist that if grouped together with any other regional cultural group, it makes more sense to be with the rest of the Maya region, we already speak Maya languages in the region, and share a lot of food and habits with the people from the Peninsula, even adding Chiapas to the mix and having Tabasco, Chiapas, Campeche, Quintana Roo, and Yucatán together would make more sense than whatever is going on in this video lol

[@alenanga]

I wouldn't say it's the same case with the rest of Veracruz, definitely

[@Texasmule]

Idk but when i found out Michoacán and Guerrero are like the heart of the deep south, it makes total sense.

[@HistoricalAztec]

¡Viva La Patria!

[@fluteetvioloncelle]

El Bajío is NOT the West.. That's totally wrong. Not related at all. The Bajío region is formed by states located south the North and north the Center. (Querétaro, Zacatecas, San Luis, Aguascalientes, and a little part from north of Jalisco)

[@finntendo861]

Every region and culture of the UK

[@Ravenwolf_Gaming]

Yes! The UK has fascinating culture and history! Even the different dialects and accents are fascinating! I’m a Dashian-American (duel US and Dashian citizenship), while I find it a bit odd that the U.S. has distanced themselves from the UK culturally and such, the Federal Republic of Dashland, a small self declared sovereign unrecognized nation has borrowed some slang words from the UK roadmen.

[@v2357]

Great video, do Argentina next! should be fun :D

[@fernandoq9334]

Too much physical geography for a culture region video

[@dantino01]

NOTHING MORE INSULTING THAN A AMERICAN CREATING HIS OWN DIVISION CUZ HE DIDNT WANNA DO INVESTIGATION? THIS IS INSULTING

[@carlosthegreat-di2nn]

Should consider doing Cuba would be a great video idea!🇨🇺

[@keptir7551]

Carbon copy of Spain(more dysgenic version) but with black and mixed minority population.

[@familyandfriends3519]

Mexico brother cuba

[@patriciohe9273]

A correction over some the "US equivalent" regions (a bit biased tho) and going on more of the overall cultural and/or historical viewpoint - The NorthEast would be more of Dixieland mixed a bit with it's historical secesionist background, more politically and culuturally conservative compared with the rest of the cuntry and commonly being at odds or in disagreement with the Federal Goverment - El Bajío would be more like California being a strong economically diverse alternative to the main economical center of the country, as well with a mix of New England (culturally) as most things of what Mexico and the world think Mexico is, comes from this region in one way or another - The South East region, would be more like (ironically) the North West - El Altiplano would a better equivalent for the Midwest

[@RingDingPing]

I am from the state of Colima and even I didnt knew which region i was a part of😭😭😭

[@Deehounds]

Aguascalientes?

[@jakklump]

This video got me so interested in regional differences in Mexico, that I will look for a video that will ACTUALLY EXPLAIN THESE POINTS MORE CLEARLY.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love this series! Thanks For this ❤❤❤❤

[@logannichols5848]

Love Mexico.

[@familyandfriends3519]

Love Russia and Canada and China and India and Brazil and Israel from Mexico

[@messier8379]

can we also talk about Mexico various Cartel factions?

[@battlepans1927]

This! I want to see a video about cartel borders and reasons for it

[@sergiopadilla4150]

Why?

[@capsaicin938]

No.

[@koderamerikaner5147]

It gets pretty complicated, and it's changing. Like how Sinaloa is in civil war

[@dylanrunner2001]

Lol, that's really what you wanted to comment on this video. Just let the man talk about Mexico, my goodness.

[@Finnishnat-conservativedot7126]

Make one about Finland! We have a pretty diverse region separation, even with local accents and at times languages! (Include Karelia and ingria though)

[@zionmolina3039]

@@Finnishnat-conservativedot7126 What are the Sami people and Finnish Swedes like?

[@Finnishnat-conservativedot7126]

@@zionmolina3039 terrible terrible creatures that inhibit the deepest of and darkest corners of Fvinlandia... Turku. Jokes aside most of them are mostly common and normal people despite the stereotypes. Like outcluding the capital city dwelling Saami victimhood activists they're just your common crackers from major cities, or an actual indigenous boomers from Lapland that practice Saami traditions. Now Finnish Swedes are influential enough to be a majority in some major cities of Finland, and in a first Finnish city ever Turku. To this day they have their ethnocentric minority party (RKP) and with an iron grip force people in academy and school to learn Swedish as second language. It's overall a story too indepth to describe in an comment, and I hope Monsieur Z will cover it!

[@Finnishnat-conservativedot7126]

@@zionmolina3039 My several chapter comment got removed... guhhh... youtube at its finest, sorry I didn't save it to copy and paste to then revise for YT censorship. Still hope Monsieur makes a video on it though!

[@jakefromstatefarm3663]

@@Finnishnat-conservativedot7126 I can see your comment but you have to annoyingly press the newest to have it appear

[@Finnishnat-conservativedot7126]

@@jakefromstatefarm3663 Literally 1984 (I'm saying this ironically)

[@AMurillo622]

señor z whey

[@QuantumNoir]

Sonora!🇲🇽🤠

[@subhamraj5365]

0:51 If you wanna do another country, I'd suggest you bunchup all of Southeast Asia and THEN do it. Yes I am a narcissist /joke In all honesty, I think you could do a "Cultural regions of regions of the world" or something along those lines

[@MexicanSigmillionaire]

can't wait to see if mr z understands my country or not

[@Mateo-oq7ui]

Aside from the other countries you mention for potential future regions video maybe you could make one on South Africa and maaaybe Nigeria

[@faultsy]

Other than having the Mexican Appalachia and Montana switched, this is pretty spot on.