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A poncho (Spanish pronunciation:; Quechua: punchu; Mapudungun: pontro; "blanket", "woolen fabric") [1] [2] [3] is a kind of plainly formed, loose outer garment originating in the Americas, traditionally and still usually made of fabric, and designed to keep the body warm.
19th century, creole wearing a ruana. A ruana (possibly from Spanish ruana "ragged" or Quechua ruana "textile" [1]) is a poncho-style outer garment native to the Colombian and Venezuelan Andes.
An opinion piece published in 2016 by the Washington Post blamed nativist policies for "creating generations of non-Spanish speaking Latinos". [13] In 2023, Mexican social media users labeled the regional Mexican band, Yahritza y su Esencia, as pochos in response to an interview they gave wherein they stated their dislike of Mexican food. [14]
In Andean societies, textiles had a great importance. They were developed to be used as clothing, as tool and shelter for the home, as well as a status symbol. [1] In the Araucanía region in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, as reported by various chroniclers of Chile, the Mapuche worked to have Hispanic clothing and fabrics included as a trophy of war in treaties with the Spanish.
Because the striped pattern resembles a Mexican sarape, the Baja jacket is sometimes referred to as a poncho, but the two should not be confused. A poncho is a single piece of fabric with a head opening and sometimes arm openings. However, a poncho does not have sleeves, whereas the Baja jacket does.
So has the Spanish Royal Academy. Even the British have been trying to swat back Americanisms. ... The latest entry, No. 1,038, examines Korean substitutes for ”poncho.” ...
Poncho, who wants to investigate his brother's murder more thoroughly, sets out to find the culprit and seek justice. His trail leads to a fire station in a Mexico City neighborhood. He infiltrates the fire station undercover and begins his investigation while going about his daily work as a firefighter, with all the risks.
Alfonso Herrera Rodríguez (Spanish pronunciation: [alˈfonso eˈreɾa], born 28 August 1983) is a Mexican actor and singer. [2] Born in Mexico City, Herrera made his television debut in Clase 406 in 2002. [3] In the same year, he made his film debut in Amar te duele and won a MTV Movie Awards Mexico. [2]