Dirección General de Culturas Populares "Nuestra Cultura" posters
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Title: Dirección General de Culturas Populares "Nuestra Cultura" posters
Date (inclusive): 1984-1986
Collection Number: MS 063
Creator:
Mexico. Dirección General de Culturas Populares
Extent:
0.08 linear feet
(4 flat file folders)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Riverside, CA 92517-5900
Abstract: The collection consists of 17 posters produced in the mid-1980s by the Dirección General de Culturas Populares (DGCP), an
insitution of the Mexican government dedicated to the promotion, preservation, and dissemination of popular and indigenous
culture in Mexico. The poster series, called "Nuestra Cultura," consists mainly of short stories retelling legends and myths
from local cultures, with each poster produced by and focusing on a particular region of Mexico. Many of the posters include
a story written in Spanish, along with a translation of that story in the indigenous language of the region, including Mixe,
Yaqui, Chontal, Chontal de Tabasco, Nahuatl, Maya, and Purépecha.
Languages: Materials in the collection are mostly in Spanish, with some accompanying translations in Mixe, Yaqui, Chontal, Chontal de Tabasco, Nahuatl, Maya, Purépecha, and other indigenous
Mexican languages.
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Provenance unknown.
The collection consists of 17 posters produced in the mid-1980s by the Dirección General de Culturas Populares (DGCP), an
insitution of the Mexican government dedicated to the promotion, preservation, and dissemination of popular and indigenous
culture in Mexico. The poster series, called "Nuestra Cultura" and produced monthly, consists mainly of short stories retelling
legends and myths from local cultures, with each poster produced by and focusing on a particular region of Mexico. Many of
the posters include a story written in Spanish, along with a translation of that story in the indigenous language of the region,
including Mixe, Yaqui, Chontal, Chontal de Tabasco, Nahuatl, Maya, and Purépecha.
The collection contains posters numbering 2-21, with numbers 12, 16, and 17 missing.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Folk songs, Spanish -- Mexico
Indians of Mexico
Indigenous peoples
Indigenous peoples -- Languages
Popular culture -- Mexico
Posters