I’ve been in Mexico five years this month. In celebration\u00a0here is a list of some of my “top five” things from my time in the tribe.<\/p>\n
5 Nahuatl words that English borrows<\/strong><\/em>: 5 Things that surprised the Nahuatl about white people:<\/strong><\/em> 5 Reasons my language helper thinks I might be fat:<\/strong><\/em> 5 of my favorite Nahuatl words: 5 reasons the village thinks I\u2019m crazy:<\/strong><\/em> 5 ways I’ve been described:<\/strong><\/em> 5 things that have been said to me by the village children:<\/strong><\/em> 5 luxurious items I own that the people are not impressed by:<\/strong><\/em> 5 items that I own that the people find luxurious:<\/strong><\/em> 5 things the Nahuatl fear: 5 cool color names in Nahuatl:<\/strong><\/em> Five things the villagers find strange about people in the US: 5\u00a0things I will miss about my home here during furlough: That’s it for now.\u00a0 Can’t wait for the next five years to begin!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve been in Mexico five years this month. In celebration\u00a0here is a list of some of my “top five” things from my time in the tribe. 5 Nahuatl words that English borrows: chocolate coyote avocado chili tomato 5 Things that surprised the Nahuatl about white people: Our babies grow inside our stomachs We get sick […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":331,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6402],"tags":[125,6400,416],"class_list":{"0":"post-743","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-my-reflections","7":"tag-culture","8":"tag-funny-things","9":"tag-village-life","10":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/katie-moore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/katie-moore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/katie-moore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/katie-moore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/331"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/katie-moore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/katie-moore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/katie-moore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/katie-moore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/katie-moore\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nchocolate
\ncoyote
\navocado
\nchili
\ntomato<\/p>\n
\nOur babies grow inside our stomachs
\nWe get sick
\nWe sometimes get mad
\nWhite women have periods
\nSiblings sometimes fight<\/p>\n
\nI eat vegetables
\nI take vitamins
\nI\u2019ve never gotten married
\nI\u2019ve never had kids
\nIt\u2019s cold where I come from<\/p>\n
\n<\/em><\/strong> Tur\u00faruchi (throat)
\nAhtsiwi (to sneeze\u2026onomatopoeia, anyone?)
\nTiwetsikatikatikal\u00e1 (we were smiling\u2026and if were weren\u2019t before we said it, we probably will be by the time we get it out)
\n\u00cdkichi (neck\u2026it makes me itchy when I say it)
\nUmpa unka (it’s over there…did you say oompa loompa?)<\/p>\n
\nI tried to explain a lightning rod
\nI tried to explain a tsunami
\nI tried to explain the seasons
\nI tried to explain our satellite
\nI try to explain things<\/p>\n
\nShe swims like a fish (in the creek that is barely over my head)
\nShe has arms like a pink shrimp (accompanied by squeezing)
\nHer skin is as white as an egret
\nShe looks like a ripe tomato (the sun is brutal here)
\nShe is always cleaning everything<\/p>\n
\n\u201cYour hair is the color of hay.\u201d
\n\u201cStop washing your hands!\u00a0 You\u2019re white enough already!\u201d
\n\u201cYour tortillas turn out really ugly.\u201d
\n\u201cYou have little hairs coming out of your legs!\u201d
\n\u201cYour arms really have a lot of meat on them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nA nice camera
\nA laptop
\nAn iPod
\nA Kindle
\nA satellite for internet<\/p>\n
\nShampoo
\nA dish drainer
\nRain boots
\nA couch
\nSunglasses<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/em>The dark
\nBeing alone
\nThe fog
\nRainbows
\nDrunk people<\/p>\n
\nAsh
\nDawn
\nParrot
\nCactus flower
\nHot pepper<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/em>They\u2019re not all related to each other
\nThey sit out in the sun on purpose to make themselves darker (or get sprayed a darker color)
\nThey don\u2019t eat tortillas every day
\nThey don\u2019t know how to sew their own clothes
\nThey aren\u2019t all white<\/p>\n
\n<\/em><\/strong>Spending time with the Nahuatl and my teammates
\nFresh corn tortillas and homemade cheese
\nAgustina\u2019s constant enthusiasm to study the Word of God
\nThe clouds rolling up out of the canyon
\nThe Nahuatl people’s kindness, generosity, and willingness to laugh<\/p>\n