Ua kapa ʻia ʻo Cultural Capital of The Americas 2023

Ua kapa ʻia ka mokuʻāina ʻo Mexico o Aguascalientes "Cultural Capital of the Americas 2023." ʻO ka hoʻolaha - i hana ʻia e ka Pelekikena o ka International Bureau of Cultural Capitals (IBCC), Xavier Tudela - hōʻailona i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kahi papahana koʻikoʻi me kahi papahana moʻomeheu like ʻole no 2023 e hōʻike ana i ka hoʻoilina mōʻaukala a me ka moʻomeheu o ka mokuʻāina.

Ma kāna hoʻolaha, ʻike ka hui ʻo "Ua koho ʻia ʻo Aguascalientes i Cultural Capital of The Americas no ʻekolu mau kumu like ʻole a hoʻohui ʻia: no ka maikaʻi o ka papahana moho, ka ʻae ʻana a me ke kamaʻāina a no ka makemake e hoʻohana i ka inoa ʻo Cultural Capital e like me he mea hana e hoʻohui, hoʻohui a piʻi i luna no ka hoʻopili kaiaulu; a me kahi ʻāpana o ka hoʻomohala waiwai.

ʻO Aguascalientes, i manaʻo nui ʻia ʻo ke kikowaena ʻāina o Mexico, he moʻomeheu moʻomeheu, kūlohelohe a me ka mākaʻikaʻi. Loaʻa iā ia nā ʻano hiʻona like ʻole, mai ka huakaʻi ma kona mau mauna, nā hanana hoʻomana a me ka moʻomeheu, i kapa ʻia ʻo Magical Towns a me kahi ala waina, a i ʻelua o nā hanana nui loa o ka ʻāina: Cultural Festival of Calaveras i Nowemapa a me ka National. ʻO Fair of San Marcos i ʻApelila, ʻo kēia ka mea nui loa ma Mexico me ka ʻoi aku o 8 miliona mau malihini kipa makahiki.

ʻO ka mokuʻāina ʻo Aguascalientes ka ʻāina hānau o ka mea kālai ʻo José Guadalupe Posada a me ka haku mele ʻo Jesús F. Contreras. He home nō hoʻi ia i nā hale hōʻikeʻike honua a me ʻekolu o nā "Pueblos Magicos" kaulana o Mexico, a i ʻole nā ​​​​Kaona ʻo Magical. ʻO kēia mau mea a pau, me kona kūlana maikaʻi a me ke aniau, aia kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona e hoʻolilo i kēia mokuʻāina i waiwai i nā ʻike huakaʻi.

ʻO kāna pūnaewele alaloa nui a ʻoi aku ma mua o 300 mau mokulele a me nā mokulele honua i nā hubs e like me Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Los Angeles a me Chicago - ma kahi o kona wahi ʻāina, nā kikowaena hui o nā kūlana kiʻekiʻe loa, nā ʻenehana hou a me kahi hale hōkele nui me nā lumi 5,500. - hoʻohui i ka Aguascalientes ma ke ʻano he koho maikaʻi loa no ka leʻaleʻa a me nā huakaʻi ʻoihana ma waena o Mexico.

"He mokuʻāina maikaʻi ko mākou: ikaika, ʻano hou, hoʻokūkū, me ka hoʻopukapuka kālā, ka hana, a me ke ʻano maikaʻi o ke ola," wahi a ke Kiaʻāina ʻo María Teresa Jiménez Esquivel. “I kēia makahiki, ʻo mākou ka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa o ka Culture; e hoʻolaha ana mākou i kā mākou waiwai moʻomeheu nui, kālena a me ko mākou poʻe a me nā kuʻuna.

"E hāʻawi mākou i kahi hoʻoikaika hou i ka mākaʻikaʻi e hoʻololi i kā mākou hoʻokele waiwai a hōʻike iā Mexico a me ka honua i ka nui o kā mākou mokuʻāina e hāʻawi aku i ka poʻe e kipa mai iā mākou," i hoʻomau ai ʻo Jiménez Esquivel. "Ua paʻa mākou i ka lilo ʻana i wahi mākaʻikaʻi moʻomeheu maikaʻi loa ma Mexico me kā mākou hale moʻomeheu, hale hana [a me] Magical Towns, a e lilo mākou i wahi maikaʻi loa no nā ʻaha kūkā a me nā malihini."

Ua kapa inoa ʻia ʻo Aguascalientes ʻo Cultural Capital of the Americas 2023 ma kahi hanana i kēia Lāpule i hala, Jan. 22, 2023 ma ka Plaza de la Patria ma ke kapikala o ka mokuʻāina, i kapa ʻia hoʻi ʻo Aguascalientes, kahi i hoʻokani ai ka haku mele ʻōiwi kaulana ʻo José María Napoleon me ka Aguascalientes Symphony Orchestra. , me 100 oi aku ma mua o XNUMX mau mea hana kiʻi kūloko i hōʻike i nā hula kuʻuna a me nā mele o ka mokuʻāina.

ʻEhiku mau kumu e kipa aku ai iā Aguascalientes. ʻOiai ua hoʻolaha ʻia ka mokuʻāina no kāna mau moʻomeheu moʻomeheu he nui, ʻehiku mau waiwai i kapa ʻia i koho ʻia e hōʻike i kāna hoʻoilina moʻomeheu waiwai:

ʻO JOSÉ GUADALUPE POSADA ʻO CATRINA KAULANA: ʻO “La Catrina” ke kiʻi i lilo i kiʻi ʻelele no ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana o ka lā o ka poʻe make ma Aguascalientes. ʻO ke kiʻi wahine me ka iwi poʻo no ka maka i hana ʻia e José Guadalupe Posada, he mea kiʻi kiʻi, engraver a me ka mea pena kiʻi i hānau ʻia ma ka mokuʻāina. ʻO La Catrina, ʻoiaʻiʻo, he caricature i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻohewa i nā wahine i loaʻa i kahi kūlana kiʻekiʻe o ka nohona a hūnā i ko lākou aʻa ʻōiwi e hahai i nā ʻano a me nā loina ʻEulopa. I kēia lā, ʻo ia ka hōkū kiʻi i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma ka Calaveras Cultural Festival i mālama ʻia i kēlā me kēia Nowemapa.

'OJO CALIENTE' THERMAL BATHS: Ua kūkulu ʻia nā keʻena spa, kahi hale neoclassical me ka mana Farani, i ka makahiki 1831 i loaʻa i nā poʻe waiwai o Aguascalientes a me nā wahi a puni kahi e ʻauʻau ai. ʻOiai ua hoʻololi ʻia lākou, ua mālama ʻia nā mea hydraulic e like me ka hopena o ke kenekulia 19.

'TRES CENTURIAS' COMPLEX: Mahalo ka poʻe aloha moʻolelo i kēia hale hana locomotive kahiko. Inā ʻo ke aloha o nā makahiki i hala aku nei kou vibe, nou kēia wahi. E noʻonoʻo i ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana, ka male ʻana a i ʻole ka hui hou ʻana ma ke alo o ke kahua kaʻaahi kahi i kali ai nā poʻe he nui i ke aloha o ko lākou ola. ʻO kēia kahi kūpono e hoʻokipa ai i kahi male me ke ʻano maikaʻi a ma kahi hoʻonohonoho e hoʻomanaʻo ana i kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni.

HISTORIC BUILDINGS: ʻO ke kūlanakauhale nui ʻo Aguascalientes ke kaena nei i kahi hoʻoilina hoʻoilina a me ka mōʻaukala i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o kekahi mau hale ʻelele, kahi i kū ai ka Hale Aliʻi Aupuni. Hōʻike ʻia kēia hale e ka hoʻokipa ʻana i ʻelima mau kiʻi kiʻi nani loa o ka mokuʻāina. ʻO kekahi hale mōʻaukala ʻo ia ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo San Antonio, kahi kia hoʻomanaʻo me ka hana quarry koʻikoʻi i lawe ʻia mai ka ʻāina like me nā leo ʻōmaʻomaʻo, melemele a ʻulaʻula. ʻO kekahi hale koʻikoʻi a ʻaʻole e nalo ʻia ʻo Teatro Morelos, ua haʻi ʻia he hale keaka, he Historical Monument of the Nation e ka Pelekikena Pelekikena.

SAN MARCOS NATIONAL FAIR: Me nā makahiki he 190 o ka mōʻaukala a me ka moʻomeheu, ʻo ka "Mexico Fair," e like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia, he hōʻike i ka maikaʻi o ka hana a me ka moʻomeheu kaulana e hāʻawi ana i nā hana leʻaleʻa no ka ʻohana holoʻokoʻa.

AGUASCALIENTES HISTORIC DOWNTOWN — SAN MARCOS GARDEN: Ua hoʻomaka ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana o ka pā balustrade ʻo San Marcos Garden ma 1842 a ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia e ke Kiaʻāina o Aguascalientes i kēlā manawa, ʻo Nicolás Condell. Ua hoʻopau ʻia kēia hana kupanaha i ka makahiki 1847 a ua paʻa nā hale a hiki i kēia lā i kahi māla i home no ka mōʻaukala a me nā kuʻuna, kahi e hana ʻia ai nā hanana ʻohana a he kuleana koʻikoʻi i ka San Marcos National Fair. Pono nā malihini e hoʻohana iā lākou iho i kahi kaʻa kaʻa i alakaʻi ʻia ma nā wahi kuʻuna o Aguascalientes, e lawe ana i nā kiʻi kiʻi kiʻi o ka Hale Aliʻi o ke Aupuni.

KA WAIWAI O NA KANAKA MAKEMAKE O KA moku'āina: ʻO Calvillo, San José de Gracia a me Asientos nā kūlanakauhale Magical ʻekolu e hōʻike ana i ke ʻano kūʻokoʻa o Aguascalientes i kēlā me kēia wahi mākaʻikaʻi, e hāʻawi ana i kahi kilokilo hopena e puka mai ana mai kēlā me kēia kihi o ka mokuʻāina.