ʻO ka wahine kupaianaha a me ke akamai i hōʻea i Mekiko i 1939 a ua hopu ʻia e ka poʻe a me nā ʻano moʻomeheu ʻē aʻe o ka ʻāina, e lilo ana i kekahi o nā ʻākoakoa nui o nā hana noʻeau ʻo Mekiko.
ʻO wai ka mea ʻike ʻole i ka manaʻo o ka hui hou ʻana me ka bohemian a me ka noʻonoʻo Mexico ma ke hele ʻana i nā lumi o ka Casa Azul ma Coyoacán? ʻAʻole hiki ke pale ʻia, ke hele ana ma waena o nā māla, e noʻonoʻo ai e kamaʻilio pū ana ʻo Frida lāua ʻo Diego me Trotsky, e hoʻāʻo ana i nā mea ʻono Mekiko i hoʻomākaukau ʻia ma laila, a laila e hōʻea ana i ka ʻaina awakea (ka meaʻai a ka ʻuhane) i hala i kekahi manawa a hiki i ke aumoe.
Ma o kā lākou waiwai ponoʻī - kahi e hōʻike nui ai i ka ʻono no ka hana mua Hispanic a kaulana Mekiko - hiki i kekahi ke hana hou i ke ola o kēlā me kēia lā a me ka noʻonoʻo o kēia mau mea pena kiʻi, me nā ʻano ʻē aʻe o ko lākou manawa, e hoʻopakele, me ka manaʻo ʻole i nā mea o nā ʻano mea like ʻole. a me nā manawa, nā leʻaleʻa a me ka hilinaʻi ʻole i hoʻolilo iā lākou i nā mea hōʻiliʻili nani wale nō, akā i nā paionia hoʻi i ka loiloi hou ʻana i nā hana kaulana a Mekiko.
ʻAʻole hiki ke kiʻi ʻia kahi manawa i hala, akā ma o ka hoʻopakele ʻana i nā wahi a me nā mea i hiki i nā lewa ke hui a hana i nā ʻano o ka "manawa kū." Ua hoʻolaʻa kekahi mau pilikino iā lākou iho i kēia hana, ke kiʻi ʻana i ko kēia ao honua i kahi wā aneane make, e noho nei me ka hoʻohou mau. ʻO kēia ka hihia o kahi wahine kupaianaha a me ke akamai i hōʻea i Mekiko i 1939 a, na ka poʻe, nā ʻāina, nā mea kanu, nā holoholona a me nā ʻano moʻomeheu like ʻole i hoʻoholo e noho i ko mākou ʻāina. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Ruth Lechuga ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Vienna. I ka makahiki 18, ua ʻike maka ʻo ia i ka makaʻu a me ka ʻehaʻeha o ka hana Kelemania ma ʻAukekulia, a ma mua o ke kū ʻana o ke kaua ua neʻe ʻo ia me kona ʻohana, a hōʻea i Mexico ma o Laredo.
Ma o ka ʻono, hoʻolohe a me ka ʻike ʻana, ua ʻike ʻo ia i ka honua hou i wehe ʻia i mua ona: "i koʻu kū ʻana i mua o ka mural Orozco ma Bellas Artes, me kēlā mau melo a me nā ʻulaʻula e hulahula nei i mua o koʻu mau maka, ua maopopo iaʻu ʻo Mexico kekahi. kekahi mea a hiki ʻole ke ana ʻia me nā kūlana ʻEulopa ”, e hōʻoia ʻo ia i mau makahiki ma hope. ʻO kekahi o kāna makemake nui e ʻike i nā kapakai ʻo Mekiko, ʻoiai ua ʻike wale ʻo ia i nā tropika i nā kiʻi. Ua hoʻohihi ʻia ua wahine ʻōpio nei i mua o kona mau maka i ka hiʻona o nā lāʻau pāma: ua hāmau nā mea kanu nani iā ia no kekahi mau minuke, e ala ana i loko ona ka hoʻoholo paʻa e hoʻi ʻole i kona ʻāina hānau. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ruta i kona wā i hōʻoia hou ai i kāna mau aʻo ʻana (me ke kumu o ke komo ʻana i UNAM) hiki ke ʻike ʻia ka post-Revolution i ka lewa: ka hauʻoli o ka poʻe no ke kūʻokoʻa a no ka pau ʻole o nā hana i hana ʻia no ka poʻe. I kēia ʻano o ka optimism laulā, ua kākau inoa ʻo ia i kahi ʻoihana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau, i pau i mau makahiki ma hope ma ke ʻano he Kauka, Surgeon a me Midwife.
ʻO ko Ruta makuakāne, kahi mea aloha i nā hōʻike ʻokoʻa archaeological, hele aku i kēlā me kēia hopena pule i nā pūnaewele like ʻole i ka hui o kāna kaikamahine; Ma hope o kekahi mau kipa ʻana i nā wahi koʻikoʻi, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e nānā i ka poʻe e noho ana ma ia wahi, me ka hoihoi i kā lākou moʻomeheu, ka ʻōlelo, ka manaʻo kilokilo a me ka lole, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. No laila, ʻike ʻo ia i ka noiʻi ethnographic i kahi ala e māʻona ai kāna pono e ola, kāna ʻike ponoʻī e hoʻopakele i nā mea ʻoi loa o nā lāhui.
Iā ia e huakaʻi ana, ua loaʻa iā ia nā ʻano mea like ʻole no ka leʻaleʻa wale o ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi kikoʻī o ka wahi āna e kipa aku ai. Hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Ruta i ka ʻāpana mua: kahi ʻāpā pālolo poli i loaʻa ʻia ma Ocotlán, a hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna hōʻiliʻili. Pēlā nō, me ka hauʻoli nui, ʻōlelo ʻo ia i kāna mau pālule ʻelua i kūʻai ai ma Cuetzalan "[…] ke loaʻa ʻole nā alanui a ua hana ʻia, mai Zacapoaxtla, e like me ʻelima mau hola ma ka lio". Ma kāna hana ponoʻī, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hoʻopaʻa haʻawina a heluhelu i nā mea āpau e pili ana i nā moʻomeheu ʻōiwi: ua ʻimi ʻo ia i nā hana a me nā hoʻohana o kēlā me kēia ʻāpana (pālolo, lāʻau, keleawe, nā mea ulana lole, nā lacquers a i ʻole nā mea ʻē aʻe), a me nā manaʻo o ka nā mea hana lima, i ʻae iā Ruta e ʻōnaehana i kāna hōʻiliʻili ʻana.
ʻO ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe o Kauka Lechuga ma ke ʻano he loea i nā mea āpau e pili ana i ka moʻomeheu kaulana i ʻoi aku i ka pae aupuni i nā makahiki 1970, no laila nā keʻena kūhelu e like me ka National Cooperative Development Bank, ka National Fund for the Promotional of Handicrafts and ua noi mau ka National ʻōiwi Institute i kāna ʻōlelo aʻo. ʻO ka National Museum of Popular Arts a me nā ʻoihana, no ka laʻana, i kā lākou hui pū nui ʻana no 17 mau makahiki.
Ma ke ʻano he pono e loaʻa mai i ka moʻomeheu, ua hoʻomohala ʻo Ruta i kona ʻike ma ke ʻano he kiʻi paʻi, e ʻohi ʻana e hōʻiliʻili ma kahi o 20,000 mau mea maikaʻi ʻole i kāna waihona puke paʻi kiʻi a hiki i kēia lā. ʻO kēia mau kiʻi, ka hapa nui i ka ʻeleʻele a me ke keʻokeʻo, i loko o lākou iho kahi waiwai waiwai o ka ʻike i alakaʻi iā lākou e noho i kahi pae kūpono i ka Society of Author of Photographic Work (SAOF). ʻAʻole ia he exaggeration e hōʻoia i ka hapa nui o nā hana i paʻi ʻia ma ka hana kaulana a Mekiko i loaʻa nā kiʻi o kāna mea kākau.
Hana ʻia kāna puke pai puke ma nā ʻatikala he nui i paʻi ʻia ma Mekiko a me ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa a ma kekahi mau ʻāina ʻEulopa. E pili ana i kāna mau puke, hoʻolaha ʻia hoʻi, ua lilo ka Lole o ka lāhui ʻōiwi o Mekiko i hana nui no ke kūkākūkā ʻana. Kipa ʻia kona hale-hale hōʻikeʻike iā mākou e kaʻana like i kēlā me kēia wahi i piha pono me nā lako hale, nā lacquers, nā masks, nā pēpē, nā kiʻi pena, nā mea pālolo a me nā kini he nui o nā hana noʻeau a Mekiko, kahi e kūpono ai ka haʻi ʻana ma mua o nā ʻāpana he 2000. , ma kahi o 1,500 mau masks hulahula a me nā mea hiki ʻole ke helu ʻia o nā mea like ʻole.
ʻO kahi laʻana o kona aloha i nā mea āpau ʻo Mekiko kahi ākea i loko o kona hale i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no nā ʻano like ʻole o ka make: nā polychrome set o nā pā iwi pā mai Metepec e hoʻokūkū me nā kiʻi aka pepa e minoʻaka nei i ka hana a ka skeletons rumba a i ʻole nā pale masina e pili ana. ʻO ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana o kahi hōʻiliʻili nui a koʻikoʻi i hōʻike i kahi hana titanic e like me ka ʻole o ka hopena, ʻoiai i kēlā me kēia manawa a Ruta i hele aku ai e kipa i kāna mau hoa hana lima, hoʻi ʻo ia me nā ʻāpana hou ʻaʻole pono e wehewehe pono ʻia ka pepa like. e ʻike pū i kahi no lākou e hōʻike ai.
He mau makahiki i hala aku nei mai ka wā i loaʻa ai iā Kauka Lechuga ka lāhui ʻōiwi Mekiko, a ʻo ia ke manaʻo a ola. Mahalo i ko lākou manawaleʻa, ua hōʻike ʻia kahi ʻāpana nui o kā lākou hōʻiliʻili i nā ʻāina like ʻole o ka honua, a, kahi mea nui loa, he mau kumuwaiwai lākou i loaʻa i kekahi mea noiʻi e makemake e nīnau iā lākou. ʻO Ruth Lechuga, kahi mea aloha a aloha ʻia e ka poʻe e ʻike iā ia, me nā kaiāulu ʻōiwi āna e mālama nei i kahi pilina pili, i kēia lā kahi wahi o ka lokahi ma waena o Mexico i kēia manawa a kahi e hāpai nei i kāna kumumanaʻo i ka honua hoʻokalakupua, kaʻao a me ka hoʻomana haipule. ka helehelena ʻē aʻe o ka Mekiko.
