The article is part of Pennsylvania's cultural program, which intends to unite the diverse traditions that make up the state's neighborhoods. Some of the research that was done included interviews with dance masters and seamstress, video excerpts and a quick general historical and geographical overview:
"Amelia Contreras is the director of Generación Diez in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. She invited me upstairs to her closet to show me the traditional clothes worn when Luis Ramirez and María Sosa’s students perform."
I can see that the writer thought about her reading audience whilst creating this article because the language used is very simple, its purpose is to introduce Mexican Dance, Danza Folklórica. The writer shares a map of the Mexican states to help the reader understand where a type of dance is located. In the text, I also notice that the information is organized in states, and also in themes such as "Identity", "Marriage Tradition", "Fabric" and "Your Closet", each of which briefly discuss the importance of Mexican traditional dance as means to understand the culture more. Two of the most interesting facts I read were:
- "the women of Veracruz wear a flower in their hair on the right hand side if they are single, on the left if they are married", and
- “The north of Mexico has more influence from the United States and all those dances, but the Mexicans didn’t like the waltz. They wanted more screaming, and more like ‘we are revolutionaries.’ So they make the dresses more colorful and the dancers more aggressive.
In the second quote I can tell that the interview was in Spanish; I can imagine the way that the phrase "They wanted more screaming, and more like 'we are revolutionaries'" was told, with its mannerisms and passion.
I know that for my research project I will have to use an academic style because I am trying to get a scholarship with it, thus I need to obtain my readers' trust and have them value my work as a professional.
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