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Guadalajara" is a well-known mariachi song written and composed by Pepe Guízar in 1937. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Guízar wrote the song in honor of his hometown, the city of the same name and state capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco .
The song envisions a romance between the Mexican state of Jalisco and its capital city of Guadalajara. [3] In their book Writing Across Cultures: Narrative Transculturation in Latin America, Ángel Rama and David Frye posit that the song portrays the common stereotype of Jalisco being "a paradigm of 'Mexicanness'.
Sculpture close to the University of Guadalajara building Mayor of Guadalajara Alfonso Petersen with Emir Kusturica at the Telmex Auditorium. The Mexican city of Guadalajara has served, since colonial times, as one of the strongest cultural hubs in the country and, as the capital of the state of Jalisco, it has absorbed, and contributed to adapt, many traditions from neighbouring towns and places.
Enamored of the Mexican provincial life and his songs run deep with national roots of Mexico, its people, mariachi, and the people of Jalisco. Besides Guadalajara he wrote Corrido del Norte, Como México no hay dos, and Tehuantepec, all hits that marked an epoch in the life of Mexican music. Pepe Guízar gave validity to an entire musical ...
In 1987, the Expo Guadalajara Convention Centre was created and has since been recognized as the most important centre of its kind the country. [citation needed] Guadalajara has more than 25,000 lodging rooms. The city is the national leader in investment of shopping malls. Many shopping centres have been built, such as Plaza Galerias, one of ...
Guadalajara: Universidad de Guadalajara 1988. World Bank , "Program Document for a Proposed Loan in the Amount of US$300,751,879.70 to the United Mexican States for a Second Upper Secondary Education Development Policy Loan" , International Bank for Reconstruction and Development , February 8, 2012
Wrought iron is principally worked in Guadalajara, and in Sayuda where they make knives, blades and machetes and is home to the Knife Museum. Silver is worked into jewelry (earrings, necklaces, bracelets, rings, etc.) in Guadalajara, which is one of Mexico's main centers for this work. Pewter is worked into bowls, plates, frames and more. [1]
Black bear in Guadalajara Zoo. The Guadalajara Zoo is noted for its diversity of species, especially birds. There are many species of mammals as well, including some endangered species from Mexico. Some species are important for conservation; for example, the zoo has bred the rare Mexican wolf and Morelet's crocodile. [2]