The symbolic Afro-Mexican identity through its cuisine: An approach to its cultural heritage

• Autores: González Rodríguez, Guillermo Isaac, Campos-Medel, Estela Mishelle
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2023
• Institución: Universidad de San Martín de Porres
• Repositorio: Turismo y Patrimonio
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs2.ojs.revistaturismoypatrimonio.com:article/333
• Enlace del recurso: http://ojs.revistaturismoypatrimonio.com/index.php/typ/article/view/turpatrim.2023.n21.08
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: afromexicanos; gastronomía; simbolismo; tradiciones; identidad

Within the formation of cultural symbolic heritage, gastronomy plays a fundamental role as it serves as the meeting point between the identity and historical roots of a community, people, or race, generating a distinctive-representative blend of their origin, worldview, and cosmology. Therefore, this present study aims to describe the culture, traditions, and symbols that exist within the Afro-Mexican communities in the Cuajinicuilapa region, Mexico. Through a descriptive diagnosis, their main festive elements are presented as part of their culture, along with the gastronomy that accompanies symbolic and ritual processes. A qualitative methodology is employed, using a descriptive-sequential method and two applied instruments. The study concludes by obtaining an inventory of traditions that Afro-Mexican individuals preserve as part of their cultural history and replicate as a symbol of their identity.