Homework for today

Yare (in Secondaria) comes over for her Internet homework a few times a week and she can do everything herself including searching, cut-n-paste into Word, setup the printer ... and close it all down. A few months ago she brought over a neighbor who is in our local Primary school .... and three more classmates. 

Problem is the Primary school girl needs my help with all of it. It's OK with me because she always comes over with interesting projects and is not quite ready for computer lessons. We spent over a half hour yesterday trying to find the best search phrase ...... and finally found what we wanted with "palabras de cancion  de lengua indigenous mexico". The site had side-by-side words with a Spanish translation. Neither of the girls can read it but the Spanish next to each phrase is perfect.

Le' sti nñia'

Hralidxi nñia' napa ti le'
hra hruzee ne hruchuugu' guie'
guirá siado'

Hruuya' hriguni lu xpido'
hrunduuba' shixhe' ndani' yoo'
ñuladxi' piou

Ne ma biza'ya' ti bizé
pa gusibaa pa gusiguie
de shuga dxaa

Hriuuladxe' guuya' guiraa' guie'stiá
guiraa' biduaa bizuguá' nñia'
nuu ca naga'.

Pa ñedaguuyalu'
hra le' huiini sti nñia'
ora cusee
ñuladxi' lu'

De zitu hriuushiilu' yú
ñuladxu' purti sicarú
ñuuyu' gundani la'sa yú
ne sapandú

Hralidxi nñia' huadxí siado'
binni huará nuu ladxidó'
ma canasí'
shisha gucuí pa biaba gui
hralidxi ñiá' guiráni' nuu
de pitu yú zadxe'lu para stuíi

Sicarú nga gápu ti le'
ndanini gápu ti bizé
dxaa guirá dxi

De mani' huiini zee lu bi
zuuya'ni ziete
ne za'bí
ziula'dxini

Ne lii napu nisa guzeu'
nisa gueu' ne ni quíbineu
ni hrisaa' neu'

Pur ti pa zitu nuu bizé
shianga naná ni ora que
paraa ndi cheu'

Ca guie' guchí ca guie' shiña'
Guie' quichi' ne guiraa' ga'
hra le' sti nñia'

Na' hracanía' lá ma cuzee'
pur lánga bine' dxa bizé
ti nadxiie lá

Naa ma chiluuxhe'
ma chibiee'
nashudxe' ma stale güee'
yanna ma chaa'

Pacaa zadxiichi' na chabé
pa guiua' hra yoo'
nashudxe' dxe'
zaguiñe' na'

Cani' canié' hri laa dxandi'
que chi gusiaandatu' ni
qui hrinié siá

Dxandi' nga bine' dxa bizé
ne dxandi'nga nñia' chabé
de neza guiá'

Hralidxi nñia' huadxísiado'
binnihuará nuu ladxidó
ma canazíi
shisha gucui pa biaba gui
hrali dxi nñia' guiráni' nuu
de pitu yú zadxe'lu para stuíi

Letra de César López

Letras de canciones populares en diidxazá y castellano (Spanish)

Novena after the funeral

The Catholic tradition of Novena after a funeral is to have a wake in front of the families house for nine days for a few hours in the evening. On the ninth day everyone goes over to the church and the Padre says a few words. Then everybody marches back to the house for a big feed.

The feed this time was Pozole that Lorena started making the day before. It cooked all day of the ninth and was still on the fire when I came to get it with my van. It took two of us using damp rags because the pot was super hot. We had to put cardboard down so it wouldn't burn the van carpets.

Enough Pozole to feed over 30 people with plenty left over for the next day. A bunch of indigenous kids sat quietly on the sidewalk until everybody else was fed and then they were called over to line up for food and drink.

In remembrance of Pillo

Service was breaking up when I got there

Pozole on the fire

Dishing it up

The kids table

Indigenous kids got fed too

Indigenous kids enjoy a serenade

Cuchillo (Esteban)(Stephen) does not usually get an audience but this evening 3 Indigenous kids were loving it. He plays guitar and sings a couple times a week just because he enjoys it with usually only passing people to listen. Of course I hear him every time and even open my windows to listen.

They shyly walked up to him, one girl wanted to dance but then they came across the street to sit on my sidewalk. It was just too interesting so they crossed over again to watch him closer. First two fotos from street level and last two from my roof

Peaceful community

On my sidewalk

Crossing over

Almost taking lessons 

They scattered when Cuchillo said I had a camera