Christmas Time in Tierra Amarilla
Alfonso De Herrera-Ulibari reflects on Christmas traditions from his youth growing up in Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico.
LOS ABUELOS – Keepers of Culture
Abuelo and abuela are words that reflects the gift of our elders, our grandfathers and grandmothers. The word comes from the Latin, “avus,” grandfather, which comes from the Hebrew “abba,” which meant father and also God, which also evolved into or from the Arabic, “abu” little father (linguists have not fully agreed). One of my dear friends who grew up speaking Arabic described this word “abu” to me, as those individuals who are “the keepers of culture.” It is this…