Posted on Jul 15, 2022
La Malinche was a young linguist forced to serve the Spanish conquerors
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A young Indigenous woman known as La Malinche played a central role in communicating between the Spanish and Indigenous populations of Mexico 500 years ago. The teenager had been gifted to Hernán Cortés, and she translated negotiations and conflicts between him and Aztec Emperor Montezuma. She is remembered as a survivor and sometimes as a traitor for aiding the Spanish conquerors, but always as a woman with valued linguistic skills.
A young Indigenous woman known as La Malinche played a central role in communicating between the Spanish and Indigenous populations of Mexico 500 years ago. The teenager had been gifted to Hernán Cortés, and she translated negotiations and conflicts between him and Aztec Emperor Montezuma. She is remembered as a survivor and sometimes as a traitor for aiding the Spanish conquerors, but always as a woman with valued linguistic skills.
La Malinche was a young linguist forced to serve the Spanish conquerors
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There was progeny. "Martín Cortés was born in 1523 in a former Aztec palace in “New Spain,” now Mexico City, Mexico. His father, conquistador Hernán Cortés, and his mother, Malinche, Cortés's guide, interpreter, and companion, named him Martín after the Roman god of war and Cortés's father.[4]: 4–12 When Martin was only two years old his mother and father left him in the care of Juan Altamirano, Cortés's cousin, to go on an expedition to Honduras. During the expedition Malinche was wed to another Spaniard by the name of Juan Jaramillo and never again lived with Martín. Hernán thought it was best for Martín to continue to live with Altamirano since that was the home that he had known. When Martín was 6 years old he moved with Cortés to Spain."
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."She says the inclusion of the Matachines dancers in the Albuquerque iteration of the exhibit is one example of those intersections.
"Those rituals still exist today, in both of those communities," she said.
The interpretation of the dance and La Malinche varies among communities. For Jasmine Trujillo, who has played La Malinche in San Isidro de Sedillo most of her life, her reasons for dedicating herself to the role are rooted in her Catholic faith:
"Because I love Jesus so much and I want to dance for him."
Jasmine and other successors of La Malinche are evolving their complex roles in the celebrations and in their communities."
..."She says the inclusion of the Matachines dancers in the Albuquerque iteration of the exhibit is one example of those intersections.
"Those rituals still exist today, in both of those communities," she said.
The interpretation of the dance and La Malinche varies among communities. For Jasmine Trujillo, who has played La Malinche in San Isidro de Sedillo most of her life, her reasons for dedicating herself to the role are rooted in her Catholic faith:
"Because I love Jesus so much and I want to dance for him."
Jasmine and other successors of La Malinche are evolving their complex roles in the celebrations and in their communities."
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