ʻO kekahi o nā kiʻi ʻano nui loa o kēia wā ʻo Cuernavaca aia ma ka puka o ke kūlanakauhale, ʻo ia ka mea noʻeau a me ka naʻauao, ʻoiai kona makemake e mālama i kahi maka panalāʻau.
ʻO kēia memo kikoʻī ke kiʻi kiʻi o ka Maluhia, i ʻike ʻia ʻo La Paloma. He hana nui a ikaika ia o nā laina maʻalahi, i hāpai ʻia a hana ʻia e ka mea pena kiʻi a me ka mea kālai kiʻi ʻo Víctor Manuel Contreras, he kamaʻāina no Atoyac, Jalisco, a he keiki punahele a Cuernavaca e kona makemake ponoʻī a me ka makemake o ka poʻe o Morelos. Ua hana ʻo Víctor Manuel Contreras i kāna mau pena kiʻi mua ma ka San Carlos Academy. I ka makahiki 1957, ua "lele" ʻo ia e hoʻonui i kāna mau kālena noʻeau no ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, Kelemania a me Palani. Ma hope i Mexico ua paʻa ʻo ia i nā kūlana koʻikoʻi i nā keʻena ʻoihana kiʻi ma Guerrero a me Morelos, akā ma kahi o ka makahiki 1970 ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e hoʻolaʻa iā ia iho i ke kālai ʻana a me ka pena ʻana.
Ua hana ʻo Víctor Manuel i nā hana nui i nā kūlanakauhale like ʻole o ka honua, kahi i māhoe ʻia no ka mahalo ʻana no kēia mea pena kiʻi Mekiko e hōʻuluʻulu ana i nā waiwai nui o nā estetika Komohana me ka hoʻopakele ʻana a me ka hopu ʻana i ka hōʻailona pre-Hispanic. ʻO kahi laʻana o kēia ka ʻāpana i kapa ʻia ʻo Inmolación de Quetzalcóatl no ka Plaza Tapatia ma Guadalajara, i manaʻo ʻia he hana kiʻi kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka honua.
Punawai: Aeroméxico Tips No. 23 Morelos / spring 2002
