Analysis: The Culture Of Mexico

Skyler Meints
John Whitehouse
Anthropology 1050 Section 853
6 May 2014
The Culture of Mexico
Upon finishing my interview with Fernando Lopez it occurred to me that there are three key elements of Mexican culture: friends, family, and religion. Although these may all be very closely related within the daily lives of Mexican people they each add a significant and unique piece to what makes up Mexican culture as a whole.
I noticed as I was conducting my interview that as Fernando explained things in his life he mentioned his friends often and their involvement in his life. This leads me to believe that friends are an important part of Mexican culture (at least to men). Fernando often described situations in which he and his friends were participating in activities such as ports and games together especially in his early life. As small children this exposure to close relationships seems to have setup a lifetime of close relationships as well as a trusting nature.
Fernando continued to talk about his friends a s he described the work he did while living in Mexico. He stated that he would often clean friends’ houses as well as tutor them in different subjects for schooling. Payment for these services were often meals with his friends’ family, which seems to say that he was close enough with his friends to be able to take part in family situations such as formal dinners.
Another aspect of Fernando’s life that he specifically mentioned as one of the most important things in his and also most other families in Mexico’s life was family. It’s clear that Mexican people are very family oriented and hold the view that blood is above all (or family comes first). He mentioned that his parents were still married as well all of his friends had ...

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...rs emigrating from Mexico may now pass those beliefs of strong relationships in all aspects of their lives onto their offspring and help create a similar attitude in the Mexican-American people.
Just as people immigration to the United States from Mexico is bringing a part of their culture to the United States, people from other countries going to Mexico are changing their culture as well. The more European people that have moved to Mexico, the more the
Through the interview process I was able to identify that a large amount of Mexican culture is based on relationships. These may be relationships with friends, relationships with family, or relationships with a church congregation as a spiritual family as well as a heavenly father. These relationships are what can make a network of people all who hold similar beliefs and customs leading to what makes up a culture.