freedom

So, today my country celebrates its 200 years of being independent and as 200 is a big number, since 2010 started the gouvernment and everybody are making a big deal. So tonight and tomorrow the greatest celebration will take place.

One of my favorite things are the lights and decorations that take place downtown. Tomorrow, when "el grito de independencia" will start, they expect to see 50,000 people in there.. so big is my city. Well, every year there are decorations, you know, the faces of the important guys to help us to be independent, symbols related to the independentist movement, etc.. it's really cool to go downtown at night.

Another thing was this tv program called Discutamos Mexico, where researchers and specialists were talking about the country since pre-hispanic times to contemporary issues like education and media. It was made in this really not-boring way, and there were debates and discussions and not just doctors giving another talk (pretty interesting o_O)

Tv programs have been released, for example, "Gritos de muerte y libertad". This is like a series that presents sort of the B-side of certain historical events. So do movies like the one called "Hidalgo" it talks about the life of the guy that started the independence movement called Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, trying to portray his real being apart from the heroic image we all have of him.

There have been food contests, short film contests, sport-ish events... everything that has happened this year is surrounded by the "Bicentenario vibe"

Streets have been equipped, buildings have been re-built, books have been written...

Anothe project that I looove is this guy that usually does short films about literature and culture and so he made a couple (this one bellow is my favorite) related to the independence period.

.. And I'm not sure what is going to happen in another parts of the country so, as you can see, in a couple of hours we, Mexicans, will be having a good time!!