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Public Art Exhibit Uncovers History of Ancient Civilization
Clip: 6/27/2024 | 3m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
Long before the ancient civilizations of the Aztecs or the Mayas, there were the Olmecs.
The Olmec people once lived along the southeast border of Mexico in what is now Veracruz. They are considered one of the most influential civilizations of Mesoamerica.
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Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices is a local public television program presented by WTTW
Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
Public Art Exhibit Uncovers History of Ancient Civilization
Clip: 6/27/2024 | 3m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
The Olmec people once lived along the southeast border of Mexico in what is now Veracruz. They are considered one of the most influential civilizations of Mesoamerica.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS OF THE PAST 6 OR THE MIAS, THERE WAS MIX FOR PEOPLE ONCE LIVED ALONG THE SOUTHEAST BORDER OF MEXICO.
WHAT IS NOW THAT I COULD USE IN A CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL CIVILIZATIONS AS AMERICA.
NOW A SYMBOL OF THEIR LEGACY.
MIKE HEAD IS AT THE CENTER OF A PUBLIC ART PROJECT ON DISPLAY ACROSS THE CHICAGOLAND AREA.
SEAL MAKE PART OF PERSONALIZATION A MOTHER WOULD DO YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY'RE FINDING OUT THAT THE PUBLIC AND THEY FIND OUT THAT CIVILIZATION IS KIND OF WHAT INSPIRED A LOT THE AZTECS MAYANS.
YOU KNOW, THE THING AROUND AFTER THEY STARTED MOVING MIGRATING FROM THE AREAS THAT THEY DID.
AND THEN THEY, YOU KNOW, THE WAY WE WERE FAR TO FIND OUT ABOUT ABOUT THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THE GIGANTIC STONE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT BROTHERS TO KORVER, YOU THEY GAVE US A LOT OF THINGS THAT THAT WE START NOW TO LOOK AT 2 OF SAFETY THINGS THAT WE'RE JUST VERY COMMON DAY FOR US.
SO THAT'S PRETTY FOR MEANS QUITE A BIT.
YOU KNOW, IT MEANS A LOT BECAUSE IT, YOU KNOW, I WAS MADE LOOK BACK IN 2, YOU KNOW, A CHIP CULTURE.
SO MAKE IT GO INTO MY CULTURED GROWING UP IN MEXICO AND KIND OF LOOKING BACK AT IT.
YOU SOME OF THE STORIES THAT I MY BESIDE ON MAKE TRAILS, YOU KNOW, LOOKS AT THE, YOU KNOW, SITE, COOL.
SO IF YOU LIVE WHICH, YOU KNOW, THEY PAINTED DRIPS, YOU KNOW, THE PAIN FLOWS.
SO TO ME, THAT'S ASPECT OF RAIN A GRAY NISSAN ASPECT IN THIS CYCLE OF THE YEAR, THE DRYDEN OR THE AGE OF CULTURES AND THAT THAT CYCLES, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY WOULD RULES AND THEY YOU KNOW, ALL ABOUT THE CYPRUS OF THE YEAR.
YOU KNOW, CYCLISTS OF THE MORNING OF THE STARS, 30 THOSE THINGS.
AND THAT FOR ME AN IMPORTANT PART OF MY WHAT THERE'S AN ACTUAL LINE THAT YOU CAN FILE OR AROUND THE HEAD WHICH STARTS IN THE BACK THE HEAD IN THE OF MEXICO PARTICULARLY IN REGION WHERE THEY ON KIDS WHAT AND HE DID ENDS AT THE TOP OF THE HIT IN FRONT, AREA WHERE THE FORT PITT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE HEAD OF THE ON MAKE HEAD.
SO THAT SHOW BEGINS IN THE PAST.
AND IT IS WITH DEPRESSING.
ONE OF MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE PARTY THAT REALLY ATTRACTED ME WAS ALSO MISS, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE ARTIST WHO WOULD INVITED TO GOAL AND WARWICK ON SITE WITH ALL THEIR ARTERIES.
AND YOU KNOW THAT AND REACH ME AN ARTIST, YOU KNOW, IT'S I WORKED ON MY PEAS, MEANING COMMUNITY OF OTHERS.
AND I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF THE BREAK.
I FEEL IS THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT WAS CREATED, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT WHAT DID YOU KNOW, SOME IN MEXICO, SOME HERE IN THE UNITED STATES?
AND THAT WAS WHEN, YOU KNOW, I'D REALLY FASCINATING AND IT CAN EXCITING THING FOR SIDE.
YOU KNOW, REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, THE CONVERSATIONS AND THE FRIENDSHIPS THAT WERE MAKING.
THAT IT'S A GREAT ENTRY POINT FOR THE CULTURE, THE ARTS AND EVEN WHERE IT'S PLACE.
YOU IT'S SOMETHING IMPORTANT SOMEBODY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, GET A TRAVEL BY THERE FOR A LONG TIME IN THEIR LIFE OR MAYBE THEIR NEW PLACE.
AND JUST THOUGHT, YOU BUT IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT, A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
SO WE TRY TO FIND THESE LITTLE WINDOWS AND FIND WAYS TO KIND CONNECT AGAIN TODAY.
WE WANT THEM TO LEARN ABOUT MAKING CUTS.
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