Latino / Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated
September 15th through October 15th.
Familia…
Thanks to our good friends at Hachette Book Group we are going to kick off Latino Heritage Month with a series of contests. I just love giving away FREE STUFF…so what better way to start a celebration that by giving away something tangible for those looking to discover new authors.
I wanted to make each contest unique so this week…this is what you must do to win this fantastic set of books this week.
- Sign up for FREE Sofrito Updates using this form below.
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Leave a comment below talking about one of your favorite Latino cultural traditions and why it means so much to you. What makes it so unique? (you can also email entries to SofritoSubmissions@gmail.com )
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Winners must be US and Canadian residents. No PO Boxes please
This week's winner will recieve a set of the following five books;
- Zumba® By Beto Perez , Maggie Greenwood-Robinson ISBN: 0446546127
- Evenings at the Argentine Club By Julia Amante ISBN: 0446581623
- Damas, Dramas, and Ana Ruiz By Belinda Acosta ISBN: 044654051X
- Tell Me Something True By Leila Cobo ISBN: 0446519367
- Amigoland By Oscar Casares ISBN: 0316159697
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It took me a second. I had to recline my head and fold my arms on this one, but after some hard pensamiento, my favorite latino cultural traditions is… oral storytelling. I’m not referring to the bochinche we like to gossip amongst our neighbors, siblings, and close friends. No, no , no… I’m talking about the oral storytelling of our elders. Our extended family, like many latino families stretches from Texas to New York, Florida to Puerto Rico. We don’t get many opportunities to sit down together and hear stories. Cuentos of our parent’s childhood, of our grandparents coming-of-age, of, okay this may be bochinche, but of the secrets that sometimes slip out from a loose-lipped tía. You know the one!
My mother’s side of the family did have the opportunity to meet together recently. I saw my abuela , tías, tíos and primos. I also got to hear a lot of stories. Some reminiscent of my tío’s days as a rambunctious boxer and troublemaker. Others about mysterious marriages and love affairs. They talked and talked and I could see my family’s history written before me.
The latino culture, my goodness, it is more rico than arroz con pollo. And the oral tradition of storytelling keeps that latino aromatic flavor alive for generations to come.