Individual Cultural Project

Michelle Calderon
Table of Contents
● Regional
● Biases and prejudices
● Religion/Language
● Education
● Hobbies,Interests
● Critical Life Experiences
● Family Celebrations/Holidays
● Multicultural Card/Role Model
Regional
● I am a citizen here in the United
States.
● I was born and raised in Las
Vegas, Nevada.
● I have never lived anywhere else.
 Biases and Prejudices - Grandparents background
● Grandparents, from my mother’s side my grandma
grew up in Lima, Peru. When she was around 6
years, both mom and dad both abandoned her.
Her mother remarried and her stepdad was the
one who raised along with 5 step siblings but one
passed away. (he was a police officer) Her class
was very poor. She also studied to become a
nurse.
● While my grandpa was from Apurimac, Peru
which was like a Mountain Range area. His class
was very poor. At age 11, went to Lima, Peru and
lived with his aunt. He studied as he was working
as a miner.
Family
 Nationality/Religion
● I am American and part Peruvian
● English was my first language
● Usually in Peru the top 3 languages spoken are: Spanish, Quechua and Aymara
while the others are spoken at least 0.1%
● I speak some Spanish, but I’m not fluent. I speak Spanish when I’m at home. I
may understand some words but sometimes might not speak with the right
pronunciation.
● I was raised to be Catholic
If you were traveling to Peru, you’d probably think the language you will hear is Spanish. That's true, but
Peru is a multilingual nation, and even though it's dominated by Spanish. The people that live there some
would be bilingual.

(Castellano)

The other languages

spoken there are NOT
the same as the most
spoken Spanish there.
Education
● I graduated from Green Valley School in 2018. (which is
located in Henderson) Home of the Gators.
● After high school, I originally wanted to study in
Psychology in becoming a counselor to help others. But
later decided on becoming a teacher because I love
children.
● Both professions deal with helping others either way,
and that’s what I like doing.
 Interests, Hobbies
● Playing around with my dog
● Listening to music
● Hanging out with friends
● Exploring new places
●
 Critical Life Experiences
● When my parents divorced, after I finished 6th grade I moved with my mom to
Henderson and had to start over. Lost contact with all my friends I’ve knew
since Elementary.
● Even though I met made some new friends with similar interests
● From that I experience I started to feel I wasn’t as social or talkative as I was
before.
Family Celebrations
● Since I can no longer spend holidays together as a family, I have to take turns
spending holidays with one another.
● (e.g. Thanksgiving with my mom, Christmas with my dad. Next year it’s
opposite.)
● If I was spending a holiday with my mom we would sometimes go over to my
cousin’s house and spend it there with them.
Goals in life
● As of now, I want to be able to get my Associates Degree and then transfer to
UNLV.
● This is important for me because I want to be able to complete all my goals
● I want to become a Teacher and start lecturing children on what they need to
know for them to become successful.
 Culture Card
● Male - Túpac Amaru II (1738-1781) Fact: The
● Túpac Amaru II was a leader of the Inca’s (a small highland tribe, that American rapper,
were formed South America formed by ethnic Quechua people Tupac was named
Amerindians) who helped Indians in an unsuccessful rebellion against after him.
the Spanish (Spain). It was spread into southern Peru, Bolivia and
Argentina.
● When it became a violent battle between the Indians and Europeans,
Amaru and his family were captured in March 1781.
● He was forced to witness the death of his wife and family. The
revolution continued until the Spanish government issued a general
pardon of the revolution.
● Today Túpac Amaru stands as a symbol for warning people of Peru of
the horrors of the conquest and Spanish colonial rule.
● He is considered the first native leader to seriously rebel against the
Spanish in an organized way
● He has become the inspiration for many guerrilla (small independent
group) over the centuries
Culture Card
● Female - María Parado de Bellido (1777-1822)
● In 1820s that she decided to help the nationalists to fight against the
royalist Spanish army for the freedom.
● She was informed that her husband and her two other sons out of 5
children were in Quilcamachay with rebellions.
● As she was in Huamanga, she wanted to inform them that the
Spanish were coming to attack the following day. Since she couldn’t
write she had a friend have him write her a letter to warn them.
● Since she was in her 60s while this was occuring she was going to
have someone deliver the letter but managed to get stopped by
Spanish guards started questioning her on where was she headed
and why.
● Then they found the letter on her and that was when she was
captured. They demanded on who wrote the letter to save herself
from death. But she never admitted, she refused and was put to death
by firing squad.
 Continued
● All types of learning styles are part of their culture
including visual, musical, verbal, physical, logical,
social, and solitary. There wasn’t a specific
learning style that would use, it was just a
combination of all of them.
● The belief system is Roman Catholic
● An activity that could help explain to a group is
Zampoñas which is hollow “pipes” made from
hollow reeds found near lakes in the high
mountains in South America areas.
Continued
● Cultural contributions is being known for their
copper, silver, lead, zinc, oil and gold.
● Holiday that is well known is called, “El señor
de los milagros” which was in October,
hundreds of thousands of pilgrims participate
in a religious procession honoring the image
of Jesus through the streets of downtown
Lima.
● You had to wear the color purple with white
rope. The procession route circles downtown
Lima and takes approximately 20 hours to
complete in the main plaza of Lima.
History behind the “El señor de los milagros”
● The story tells that the image of the Christ was painted by a slave of angolese
history on a small wall in the Barrio of Pachacamilla in the center of Lima. The
devotees, mostly slaves, started to get in crowds gathering around the image
and began to worship it, building a small temple around it.
● During the earthquake of 1655 all the structure collapsed, except for the small
wall where the image was painted.
● As Lima is a city to experience earthquakes, this occurrence repeated itself
several times throughout the years. After each earthquake the image of “El
Señor de los Milagros” remain undamaged. This resulted the existing
adoration to continue to grow.
Continued - Literature
● Trilce - is a most famous book by Peruvian poet César
Vallejo, an icon of world poetry. The book was written after
the death of the poet’s mother, in August 1918, and it
reflects all the sadness suffered by Vallejo during this
difficult time.
● Considered one of the great figures of Hispano-American
literature, the poet’s name has stood the test of time and
he is today one of the great figures in world poetry. Vallejo
was excluded by a society that did not understand his
work, which is also reflected in his verses, whose sadness
are heartbreaking.
 Literature Recommendations
● Broad and Alien is the World - Published in 1941, is
one of the most important books in literature. Author,
Ciro Alegría considered by many specialists to be the
“starting point” of modern Peruvian literature, it has
numerous editions in Spanish and has been translated
into more than thirty languages.
● The book describes the life of an Andean community
called Rumi, where the indigenous people try to defend
themselves from a despotic landowner and corrupt
judges. This novel allows the reader to understand
many of the problems that still afflict Latin American
society.