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El Chilolo

Melissa Cruz-Santiago

Refran: "The one that humiliates their oppressor with humor, Makes the aggressor more inferior."


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Student Biography:  My name is Melissa Cruz. I was born in Santa Maria and come  from a family of six. I enjoy going on hikes and hanging out with my  family. After graduation I hope to attend college and start my own  business in the future.  El chilolo is a person or dancer who represents resistance against  the white French miners who exploited their natural resources, some of  which included coal, gold, and silver. They dress like the bosses and the  miners and the purpose of dressing up and going out to dance is to make  fun of them for what they did. Some components of their outfits include  mining boots, a police hat, a tuxedo with a long tail, masks with long  beards, and harmonicas. Furthermore, certain suits also have black dots  on them, which symbolize the diseases and illnesses that foreigners took  to the town.


Grade: 12

Card Number: 7

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