âOh yeah, I eat fish.â. Confusion, perplexity and occasionally heated debate can follow as the âvegetarianâ and their interrogator cover the issue of what is an animal and whether fish feel pain. But the Vegetarian Society, which has acted as the custodian of British vegetarianism since 1847, has a simple definition. âA vegetarian does not eat any meat, poultry, game, fish, shellfish or crustacean, or slaughter byproducts,â it says. They can make that even more pithy: âWe donât eat dead things.â. The society tackles the issue of fish-eating vegetarians with a page headed in red capitals: âVEGETARIANS DO NOT EAT FISH.â.
Mariachi and it's Roots. The roots of the Mariachi go back hundreds of years. It was the music of country people; music that celebrated the joys, the struggles, and the triumphs of the Mexican people. The Mariachi was a version of Spanish theatrical orchestra containing violins, guitars, and a harp.
Until the 1930's Mariachi groups were local and semi-professional. They were almost entirely unknown outside their own region. This began to change about 60 years ago, when the Mariachi Vargas de TecalitlÃ¡n n, founded by Gaspar Vargas in 1898, went from Jalisco to Mexico City. They were invited to play at the inauguration in 1934 of populist President LÃ¡ zaro CÃ¡rdenas, one of whose great interests was to foster the native culture of Mexico.