"The Tarascans Of Lake Patzcuaro", an excerpt- Circa 1950

[@rob1014]

My great grandparents who were young children around that time are still alive and tell how happy things were, they still tell me the days of our people back then so do my grandparents. While this documentary talk down on us. I don’t care I’m still happy and proud of who I am and who my ancestors are my family is from a Purepecha community named Cheran.

[@Canada150Archive]

Hi Rob, we completely agree with your grandparents and cannot emphasize enough that we do not share the rather derogatory terms that may have been used in this documentary as they are, unfortunately, very typical of that era. We are merely sharing the movie to show the rich culture and beautiful geography of your beautiful people and commend you for rightfully being proud of your heritage 👍❤👍!!!

[@rob1014]

@@Canada150Archive Thank you this means to so much and honestly I never expected a Canadian archive to document a tribe in Mexico back so long ago, but glad it is shared on this platform at least we have something that people can look at not much information about us but I’m still glad that you shared this to thr world much appreciation from the Purepecha people.

[@Geovanni___]

​@rob1014 did all digging about and studying about our ppl, yet all through out the entire video is tarascan this and tarascan that. Like bruh could have at least not call em by the derogatory name given to them. Pretty sure that's like the hard R to my brother of afro decent. The fact alone that we are considered to be an Isolate culture and civilization within Mexico & mesoamerica merits a little more than the disrespect. So I felt you was a little tight to bring it up. Good looking out

[@favianestrada7101]

I'm part of the purépecha people born in turicuaro. I'm not so crazy about how "primitive " the narrator is making us appear as well as how he down talks us. But not much videos on my people so I do appreciate.

[@Canada150Archive]

It sure was a different time, eh? Thanks so very much for commenting!

[@juansolorio9683]

Im from erongaricuaro right in frunt of janitzio

[@rob1014]

We need more videos about us at least to the English folk, but even In Spanish there isn’t much information about us shared to everyone.

[@valentinpineda247]

I am from a small village near Panindicuaro, this is flat out racist!

[@Canada150Archive]

Glad we have come a long way since 👍❤👍!!!

[@yxngtxmmyclippin6959]

janitzio looked so beautiful back then, now the lake is polluted and drying up 😢

[@07teenwolf]

Tarascans was a name given by the Spanish. We are actually called Purepecha.

[@turtletanya5175]

How do you know if you’re purepecha. My great grandma is from northern Michoacán and said she lived on a island.

[@tramasrarasoddplots]

There is debate on where both terms came from. However, ppl did used the term Tarascan as derogatory in Uruapan when I was growing up

[@Walter2846.]

Great footage. Thank you for posting.

[@Canada150Archive]

Thank you for watching and we hope you subscribe for more coming in the very near future. Please stay safe out there in the meantime 😊!!!

[@davidsaucedo1020]

Crazy to think my grandparents were only baby’s at that time🤯

[@luis27787]

I’m from Patzcuaro I all my mom side and the purepechas live in janitzo and other islands

[@juansolorio9683]

Not just janitzio litteraly la meseta purepecha is full of us 4 regions in total with over 60 indigenous pueblos

[@Happy_HIbiscus]

dude, this is cool

[@cuauhcoatlpartisano5550]

An extensión of the Paradise

[@tramasrarasoddplots]

Lol, this is so racist but it was made in 1950. Still, they don't even use a pirekua and instead use the "mexican" track used in every movie/cartoon/commercial at the time.

[@johnny-ko4mm]

What is the dance at 1:30?

[@lux_satani]

I believe it's la Danza de los Viejitos. Dance of old people. Traditional dance for offerings for the gods. We also wear a mask mocking the old Hispanics when they were getting off their ships.

[@jorges3824]

@@lux_satani it’s not la danza de los viejitos but it is another indigenous dance Michoacán is known for a lot of these danzas the rancho that i come from has a danza similar to this one that we celebrate once every year as well

[@Geovanni___]

The name of the holiday falls in during the school year for children and young adults. They celebrate the sun for its day. The moon for the night and the third one besets me cuz it's been a minute. I'm damn near 40. 😂 I still got a picture of my brother painted as what Hollywood considers now days as an actor being black faced. 😂

[@julianzamora4564]

I loved the French fries

[@ExoticNebulachannel]

Awesome this is where my family is from haha