Clearly, there are many different Mexican weddings. Ours was held partly in the US, where a well-respected and fucking old judge took care of things, and then again across the border in a “salon” in where the real party was held. There were no bolillos and tabasco served… The only food problem was which of my new aunts living in Rio Bravo would be in charge of the wedding cake. It was amazing.
RGVChicano, Hi. Me and my loving wife live in Mercedes right now, and would love to meet another valley doper. Unless you hate the pink cheese green goes.
SpaceDog, we need more info. Where, when, and who. How are you related? There are some things you might be expected to do, but be forgiven for not knowing about… Ya know?
Don’t worry about the food things. Ask about if you are part of the coin thing, if you are expected to join in… and make sure you aren’t related to some dickhead who wants to show up at the last minute and take over.
I have two copies of my wedding VHS tape. Depending who is watching,…
We have the happy tape, and I love knowing that many men I will never meet again made sure.
The reception now- that’s a whole another situation. I worked my way through college as a security guard. “Mexican weddings” (they meant the reception) paid triple going rate, were always armed, had a minimum of 2 guards, and I never had one where I didn’t have to break up at least one fight. Now, this was in East LA and Poicoma, with working class families. And as guizot, Darth Nader, Balthisar* and** RGVChicano** said, it varies a lot by social class.
Much beer, much fun, good food.
no less than twice I had a knife pulled on me. :eek: I was greatly respected as I never pulled my gun, just used my stick vs a knife. They even asked for me by name “Por favor, Sgt Deth”. That was then, of course.
Yeah, but Tabasco is a crappy American sauce. There’s a whole world of good American and Mexican sauces they could use instead, especially considering Tabasco’s not all that well received. Also, the complaint is that they’d prefer bolillos to the croissants that are served instead.
Finally, they’re not offering this stuff on the belief that they’re emulating the “first world” – 30% of Mexico is first world, and they do such modern things like eat steak, listen to Chopin, and worry about job promotions.
Tabasco is not a ‘crappy American sauce’! It’s a very good American sauce. Louisiana hot pepper sauce. IMO it just doesn’t belong in Mexican food. Eggs, hash browns, sardines, Cajun food… yes. Mexican food? No, because it doesn’t have a Mexican flavour. I wouldn’t put Tabasco in my Mexican food any more than I’d put a Mexican style hot pepper sauce into my ham hocks and black eyed peas.
Amen to that. I am addicted to Sambal. Would I put Sambal on my huevos rancheros, no way, Jose. Tabasco is good, just not Mexican.
Where did our OP go? We still have to hear the region and the social class of the wedding.
PS: I am listening to Sonora Dinamita. Weird stuff. Definitely Mexican and definitely cumbia at the same time. Not for daily consumption but I sure am getting a kick out of it right now. Some of the songs have a very traditional swing to them, just that with an odd instrumentation. Funny how they go back to the 90’s but I never heard about them from my Montreal period when I hung out mostly with Mexicans (2000). How do they dance this?
Sonora Dinamita was one of the big cumbia groups in Mexico. BTW, there are different styles of cumbias in Mexico. From traditional cumbia, to andian cumbia, norteno cumbia, etc. Visit the wiki link I poster earlier.
Man. You are sure missed a lot of Mexican cumbia. Montreal is not the best of places to get the full flavor of Mexican cumbia. You should try watching Televisa and TVAzteca to see what’s current?
Another BTW, another form that hit big in Mexico was vallenato.
What can I say, 62% of my Mexican lore comes from El Chapulin Colorado.
I did check the link. I am curious about the Pegassera (!). Don’t talk to me about Vallenato, though. I am depressed enough with all the songs turned into Bachata. I am sure I will die a little if I see what is being done to it over there.
It’s a style found mostly along the Texas-Mexico border. A lot of electronic keyboarding, electric drums, etc. I am not sure I would call it “Pegassera” as it appears in Wiki, but that group exemplifies the style.
At the reception, if there is dancing, you might see the Dollar dance.
Guests pay the bridal couple a dollar bill to dance with one of them. They pin it on the dress or the tux. On the bride, it’s respectfully placed on her skirt or sleeve. The groom, however, usually ends up with a tail and a headdress made of money. I’ve seen this at many Mexcian wedding in California but never at any other kind. And we dance the cumbia late into the night!
Sorry about the crappy sauce barb – what do you call that? Over exaggeration for the purpose of making a point? In any case, context. I happen to do like Tabasco, in it’s proper place.
Well, if you’re talking about Carlos Vives ten years ago, yeah, that was everywhere. But he faded from the limelight. And I’d be hard put to find a Mexican who can really dance vallenato. It was a quickly passing fad. Too bad. I love Diomedes. (Another form of music from northern Colombia.)
