In Mexico, Indigenous Triqui artist embraces his roots through rap music

August 25, 2024 2:30 AM
By Associated Press



Mexican-Triqui artist Carlos CGH, right, performs during a celebration of Indigenous peoples as artist Alberto Sebastián Bautista Figueroa spray paints a mural on a stage wall at the Zocalo in Mexico City, Aug. 6, 2024.


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Backstage at a celebration of Indigenous peoples in Mexico City's sprawling central square, Carlos CGH traced his fingers across a black and red "gabán," which is similar to a poncho.

The garment, native to the Triqui people in western Oaxaca, is a source of pride for the 24-year-old rapper and reserved for special occasions. Its textured surface is decorated with intricate needlepoint patterns of multicolored corn husks.

As the rapper — whose full name is Carlos Guadalupe Hernández — prepared for his performance, Oaxacan muralist Alberto Sebastián Bautista Figueroa brainstormed details. He crafted a drawing with the word "RAICES," or "ROOTS," in twisting strokes, for a mural he planned to create during the performance.

"We're always proud," Guadalupe later said on stage, wearing the gabán. "This goes out to all craftspeople who are here, people don't know all the history and all the resistance behind one garment."

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