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Show EDISON Angelita Alba, who was born and raised in the Mexican state of Durango, learned the art of flower-making from her grandmother. After years of migrant work, she moved to Utah and joined Midvale's Spanish-speaking LDS congregation where she is known for her exquisite bridal bouquets of fabric flowers and for hand-colored paper flowers. Her flowers have added color to many special events and have been worn on tour by BYU's folkdancers. (GR:92) En la Rama Lucero de Lago Salado y la de Cumorah de Midvale se le enseñó a toda una generación a apreciar y a ejecutar bailes folklóricos de diferentes regiones de México y Latinoamérica. Estas actividades fueron la inspiración de la confección de hermosas vestimentas, un tipo de artesanía que continúa hoy día hecha por costureras como Yvonne Miera Lindsay de Midvale . Estas actividades también inspiraron el desarrollo de bailarines folklóricos y del origen de muchas compañías de danza, El Ballet Folklórico de las Americas, el Ballet Folklórico de Utah, los bailarines folklóricos de la familia Goméz, los Mexican Fiesta Dancers y Maquüxochil tienen miembros educados por estros programas. Este entrenamiento se ha sentido también en la Universidad de Brigham Young donde las destrezas de estos bailarines y costureras han contribuido con las compañías de danzas. Este interés en mantener la identidad cultural a través de las danzas folklóricas se ha convertido para muchos en un símbolo de la cultura hispana y continúa con las nuevas generaciones que son entrenadas en las danzas que representan su origen nacional. In both Salt Lake's Lucero congregation and at the Cumorah Branch located in Midvale, a whole generation of young people were taught to appreciate and to perform folkloric dances from different regions of México and Latin America. Such activities inspired the creation of fine costumes, an art form continued today by costume makers like Yvonne Miera Lindsay. They also inspired the development of numerous dancers and the birth of many dance troupes. The Ballet Folklórico de las Americas, Ballet Folklórico de Utah, the Gómez Family Folkloric Dancers, the Mexican Fiesta Dancers and Maquilxochil are among the troupes whose members were trained through these programs. This training has also been felt at the LDS Church' s Brigham Young University where many of the skills of these dancers and costume makers have contributed to performances by their internationally recognized folk dance troupe. And this interest in maintaining ethnic identity through the folkloric dance forms that have become a symbol of Hispanic culture continúes as subsequent generations are trained in the dances that represent their national origins. In the last few decades, the influx of Mormon converts from Central and South America has increased significantly, bringing new energy and new artists into the Spanish-speaking congregations. Latinos have joined the Mexican-Americans in the En las últimas décadas ha crecido el número de mormones conversos que llegan a Utah de Centro y Suramérica, trayendo consigo un nuevo auge y nuevos artistas a las congregaciones de habla hispana. Los latinos se han unido con los mexicano-americanos en In 1991, Jacinta Zumaeta and her husband moved to Utah from Chile to join their son (pictured here) who had immigrated earlier to attend school. Mrs. Zumaeta specializes in a refinement of an older tradition called lanificio pictorio that involves stitching pastoral scenes out of a thick unprocessed wool. Her work sometimes recreates famous Chilean paintings and her own designs are often scenes that remind her of her homeland. (CE:92) |