folklorico
Kids learn traditional music at free mariachi summer camp (video)
A free mariachi summer camp in the city of Santa Rosa spreads the love for Mexico’s music in Northern California.
Mas…Kids learn traditional music at free mariachi summer camp (video)
Tia Lencha sues Mattel over ‘Mexican Barbie’: They estole me!
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(PNS reporting from NEW YORK CITY) Tia Lencha, the homemaker and divorced mother of one who stars in the homespun internet hit “Tia Lencha’s Cocina,” is suing Mattel over its “Mexican Barbie” doll, seeking $750,000 in damages.
Tia Lencha’s federal lawsuit, filed in New York Monday, claims the toymaker is “engaging in the unauthorized use of (her) wardrobe, likeness, image and attributes” as a woman who wears Mexican folkloric dance outfits for no apparent reason.
Tia Lencha never gave Mattel permission to market the doll or use her endorsement to promote it, according to the filing.
The suit says that Tia Lencha has cornered the market on being unrealistically Mexican and that the doll “captures the essence of the stereotypically stereotypical Mexican lady as well as her sideways ponytail and flower adornment on her head.”
Mas…Tia Lencha sues Mattel over ‘Mexican Barbie’: They estole me!
Grammy-award winning Quetzal: ‘Imaginaries’ (videos)
Here’s a video about the album Imaginaries by East Los Angeles band Quetzal, which won a Grammy in the “Latin rock, urban or alternative album” category Sunday night.
And here’s an actual Quetzal music video called This Is My Home about East Los: