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Usos y costumbres ("customs and traditions"; literally, "uses and customs") is the indigenous customary law in Hispanic America. Since the era of Spanish colonialism, authorities have recognized local forms of rulership, self governance, and juridical practice, with varying degrees of acceptance and formality.
Its production in Mexico began in 1967, and it continued until 2003, making it a symbol of Mexican automotive culture. In Mexico, personal transportation is predominantly centered around automobiles, with the country's infrastructure and car culture reflecting its unique economic, social, and geographical context.
Oaxaca, [a] officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca, [b] is one of the 32 states that compose the Federative Entities of the United Mexican States.It is divided into 570 municipalities, of which 418 (almost three quarters) are governed by the system of usos y costumbres (customs and traditions) [8] with recognized local forms of self-governance.
San Salvador Huixcolotla is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Puebla in southeastern Mexico that may be best known as the birthplace of papel picado. [6] [7] San Salvador is of Spanish origin and translates to "Holy Savior" and Huixcolotla is Nahuatl for "place of the curved spines". [8]
—Agustín de Vetancurt, Chronica de la Provincia del Santo Evangelio de México p.t.5, p.132 However, he does not give any dates, neither for the depositing of the icon nor for the town's founding. Furthermore, he tells a different story earlier in the text, narrating that the town was built in one night and day by the people of Xochimilco to stop New Spain's viceroy "Luis de Velasco" from ...
[79] [80] Most indigenous communities have a degree of financial, political autonomy under the legislation of "usos y costumbres", which allows them to regulate internal issues under customary law. The indigenous population of Mexico has in recent decades increased both in absolute numbers as-well as a percentage of the population.
The Kiliwa (Kiliwa: Ko’leeu) are an indigenous people of Mexico living in northern Baja California. Historically they occupied a territory lying between the Cochimí on the south and the Paipai on the north, and extending from San Felipe on the Gulf of California to San Quintín on the Pacific coast. Their traditional language is the Kiliwa ...
According to the agreement, the people of the new municipality will be ruled according to traditional usos y costumbres (uses and customs), and they will be required to assume part of the public debt of Puente de Ixtla. [4] Eight months after its formation, the municipality is still struggling to resolve its differences with Puente de Ixtla. [5]