Focusing on the Independence, Reform, Revolution Panel of this artwork, explore the Nazario Chacon Pineda (1916-1994) about the The Mexican Revolution, (1910-21).
= Nazario Chacon Pineda (1916-1994) Nazario Chacon was a poet from Juchitán de Zaragoza, a city in the  Istmo de Tehuantepec region of Oaxaca. Chacon Pineda wrote lyrical poetry in his rfegional version of Zapotec, which is a richly poetic language.  Zapotec is the oldest written language in the Americas and there are 57 variations according to some linguists, and although the version spoken by Nazario Chacon is only spoken by some 100,000 people, it is considered a Mexican national treasure. Here is an example of his poetry in Spanish and English which, while it does not reflect the music of the Zapotec language, it does nevertheless illustrate the authors deep connection with nature.
Flor de los olivos
Si al acercar los oídos al caracol primitivo,
el viento propagara repetida, la queja
niña del amor de los orígenes, nacida
en la impalpable espina del martirio,
la ola agitaría el mar del sentimiento,
la minúscula barca del sentido;
presto al pulso y al latido inusitado,
semejante al anhelo y al delirio.
olive flower
If by bringing your ears closer to the primitive conch shell,
the wind will propagate repeated, the complaint
origins love girl, born
on the impalpable thorn of martyrdom,
the wave would shake the sea of feeling,
the tiny boat of meaning;
quick to the pulse and the unusual heartbeat,
akin to longing and delirium.
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Oaxaca English Mexica Zapotec Istmo de Tehuantepec Juchitán de Zaragoza written language lyrical poetry