{"id":39297,"date":"2021-09-08T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/?p=39297"},"modified":"2021-09-13T12:51:37","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T17:51:37","slug":"despues-de-los-17-la-seccion-miliciana-ixchel-ramona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/?p=39297","title":{"rendered":"[:es]Despu\u00e9s de los 17. (La Secci\u00f3n Miliciana Ixchel-Ramona).[:en]After 17 (The Miliciana Ixchel-Ramona Division)[:]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[:es]<small>Fuente: <a href=\"http:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/09\/08\/despues-de-los-17-la-seccion-miliciana-ixchel-ramona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enlace Zapatista<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Despu\u00e9s de los 17.<br \/>\n<\/strong>(La Secci\u00f3n Miliciana Ixchel-Ramona).<\/p>\n<p>Septiembre del 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Como parte de La Extempor\u00e1nea va una secci\u00f3n de milicianas.\u00a0 Adem\u00e1s de formar parte de los grupos de \u201cEscucha y Palabra\u201d, se encargar\u00e1n de la seguridad de la aerotransportada y de sostener uno o varios encuentros de f\u00fatbol con equipos femeniles de la geograf\u00eda europea.<\/p>\n<p>Hab\u00eda 196 milicianas apuntadas para viajar.\u00a0 Unas 20 ten\u00edan menos de 18 a\u00f1os, pero se prepararon para viajes posteriores y para los continentes de Asia, Ocean\u00eda, \u00c1frica y Am\u00e9rica, previendo que para entonces ya tendr\u00edan la mayor\u00eda de edad para conseguir el pasaporte.<\/p>\n<p>Las dificultades para obtener sus papeles (todas son extempor\u00e1neas) y el constante ir y venir por las ocurrencias de los \u201cfuncionarios\u201d, las obligaron a abandonar el intento.\u00a0 Algunas son madres solteras y deben trabajar para mantener a sus cr\u00edas.\u00a0 La mayor\u00eda trabaja en apoyo a sus madres y hermanos menores.\u00a0 La preparaci\u00f3n tambi\u00e9n fue un problema, porque resulta que no era paseo, sino que hab\u00eda que prepararse para hacer trabajo de Escucha y Palabra.\u00a0 Lo que les cost\u00f3 m\u00e1s trabajo es aprender a escuchar.<\/p>\n<p>Quedaron 37.\u00a0 Se sumaron dos menores: Defensa (15 a\u00f1os) y Esperanza (12 a\u00f1os).\u00a0 As\u00ed que, en total, son 39 milicianas.\u00a0 Llevan 3 meses acuarteladas en el Semillero, practicando, aprendiendo, ensayando, y esperando que se abriera la posibilidad del viaje: un lugar donde llegar en Europa.\u00a0 Todas son de ra\u00edz maya y hablan tzeltal, tzotzil, cho\u00b4ol, tojolabal y castilla.\u00a0 Unas pocas tienen arriba de 25 a\u00f1os, la mayor\u00eda son de entre 18 y 21 a\u00f1os.\u00a0 Sus habilidades futbol\u00edsticas son un secreto de Estado, pero su disposici\u00f3n a luchar es visible.<\/p>\n<p>Al lugar donde estuvieron acuarteladas no pod\u00eda ingresar ning\u00fan var\u00f3n adulto sin permiso.\u00a0 En caso de que alg\u00fan hombre, desubicado, ingresara, inmediatamente era rodeado por un grupo de milicianas y era \u201cexhortado\u201d, con el s\u00f3lido argumento de los bastones y las tiradoras, a salir inmediatamente.<\/p>\n<p>En su preparaci\u00f3n y adaptaci\u00f3n, los primeros d\u00edas fueron dif\u00edciles.\u00a0 Los siguientes lo fueron m\u00e1s a\u00fan.\u00a0 Lejos de sus familias, amores y comidas de sus pueblos, aguantaron la incertidumbre, el hambre, las enfermedades, los cambios de clima, el desconcierto de convivir con otras diferentes, la sorpresa de aprender cosas nuevas y la maravilla de darse cuenta de que pod\u00edan hacer lo que no sab\u00edan que pod\u00edan hacer.\u00a0 Por ejemplo: escuchar.\u00a0 Y disculpen si una y otra vez insisto en lo de escuchar, pero es que miro hac\u00eda all\u00e1 afuera y oigo a todo el mundo queriendo hablar \u2013m\u00e1s bien, gritar\u2013, y a nadie, o a casi nadie, con la disposici\u00f3n a escuchar.<\/p>\n<p>Estas mis compa\u00f1eras combatientes, dejaron atr\u00e1s, cerca o lejos en el calendario, los 17 a\u00f1os.\u00a0 Su identidad no est\u00e1 en duda: son ZAPATISTAS.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>-*-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Tras que no.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 Una miliciana toma la palabra en la Asamblea General de La Extempor\u00e1nea, cuando se valora lo logrado o no en el curso de \u201cEscucha y Palabra\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->\u00a0 \u201c<em>Yo no sab\u00eda todo eso que cuentan.\u00a0 Yo pens\u00e9 que as\u00ed hab\u00eda sido siempre, que pod\u00eda ir a la escuela, que pod\u00eda tener novio sin que eso me obligara a casarme, que pod\u00eda casarme si quer\u00eda, o no casarme, que pod\u00eda vestirme a mi gusto, que pod\u00eda participar, que pod\u00eda aprender, que pod\u00eda ense\u00f1ar.\u00a0 Yo pensaba que siempre hab\u00eda sido as\u00ed como ahora, que tenemos derechos y no s\u00f3lo obligaciones.\u00a0 Pero ya escuch\u00e9 como platic\u00f3 la compa\u00f1era de c\u00f3mo se viv\u00eda en la \u00e9poca de los finqueros.\u00a0 Ya escuch\u00e9 lo que cost\u00f3 prepararse para luchar.\u00a0 Ya escuch\u00e9 lo que cost\u00f3 la guerra.\u00a0 Ya escuch\u00e9 c\u00f3mo es que se hizo la autonom\u00eda.\u00a0 Entonces yo lo que pienso es que me toca prepararme para defender.\u00a0 Que sea, que nunca m\u00e1s regrese ese tiempo que ya pas\u00f3.\u00a0 Yo pens\u00e9 que as\u00ed nac\u00eda una, con libertad.\u00a0 Y tras que no, tras que hubo que luchar, tras que hay que seguir luchando.\u00a0 O sea que no hay descanso<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>-*-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>En defensa de <em>17 a\u00f1os<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 No estoy muy seguro, pero creo que fue en el a\u00f1o del 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Con motivo del Primer Encuentro de Mujeres que Luchan, se decidi\u00f3 que las milicianas se encargaran de la seguridad.\u00a0 Se les convoc\u00f3 para practicar.\u00a0 En las marchas no daban una.\u00a0 Tan variados como los idiomas que les dan origen y destino, sus pasos eran desordenados, desacompasados.\u00a0 Por m\u00e1s que se practicaba, no hab\u00eda mejor\u00eda alguna.\u00a0 Desesperado, decid\u00ed que tal vez con alg\u00fan ritmo musical podr\u00edan uniformar el paso.\u00a0 Las <strong><em>tercias<\/em><\/strong> estaban probando los equipos de sonido.\u00a0 Les pregunt\u00e9 si tra\u00edan algo de m\u00fasica.\u00a0 \u201c<em>S\u00f3lo cumbias y <strong>reguet\u00f3n<\/strong><\/em>\u201d, me respondieron.\u00a0 \u201c<em>Algo que no sea eso, otra cosa<\/em>\u201d, insist\u00ed.\u00a0 \u201c<em>No hay<\/em>\u201d contestaron riendo.\u00a0 Pregunt\u00e9 con las milicianas, por saber si alguna de ellas tra\u00eda, en sus celulares, alguna canci\u00f3n que pudiera yo usar.\u00a0 Cuchicheos y risas c\u00f3mplices entre ellas. Tardaron.\u00a0 Al final una dijo \u201c<em>s\u00f3lo cumbias<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0 \u201c<em>Bueno<\/em>\u201d, me dije resignado, <em>\u201c\u00bfcu\u00e1les cumbias traen, pues?\u00a0 Y no me digan que La del Mo\u00f1o Colorado porque todas van a morir miserablemente<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0 Nuevas risitas y cuchicheos en 4 lenguas mayas diferentes.\u00a0 Despu\u00e9s de un rato: \u201c<em>s\u00f3lo una, la de <strong>17 a\u00f1os<\/strong><\/em>\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201c<em>\u00bfTodas traen una sola cumbia y es la misma?<\/em>\u201d\u00a0 \u201c<em>S\u00ed, la de <strong>17 a\u00f1os<\/strong><\/em>\u201d.\u00a0 \u201c<em>Bueno, pues, \u00e9sa entonces, p\u00e1senle a las tercias que la pongan en la bocina grande.\u00a0 Y f\u00f3rmense para volver a practicar<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Empiezan los primeros acordes, levantan y cruzan sus bastones y, <em>alakazam<\/em>, empiezan a marchar parejito, sin perder el paso.\u00a0 Ya luego les pregunt\u00e9 si era cierto que s\u00f3lo tra\u00edan esa cumbia.\u00a0 \u201c<em>S\u00ed<\/em>\u201d, dijeron, \u201c<em>cuando tengamos se\u00f1al o vengan las otras compa\u00f1eras vamos a tener m\u00e1s, como la de <strong>C\u00f3mo te voy a olvidar<\/strong><\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ped\u00ed luego la lista de las milicianas por caracol, con la edad, para agruparlas por lenguas y edades.\u00a0 La inmensa mayor\u00eda ten\u00eda entre los 15 y los 17 a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n<p>Ahora tienen entre 18 y 21 a\u00f1os, nadie las ha obligado a casarse, tienen novio o no \u2013no les preocupa\u2013, se enamoran y se desenamoran, rompen corazones y se los rompen.\u00a0 Saben que nadie las puede obligar a hacer algo que no quieren, y saben defenderse.\u00a0 Se les ha ense\u00f1ado algo de los puntos vulnerables de los varones, en caso de que deban usar la defensa f\u00edsica.\u00a0 Tambi\u00e9n lo que les duele a los machos que les digan, en caso de que deban usar la defensa sicol\u00f3gica.\u00a0 No me pregunten qui\u00e9n les ense\u00f1\u00f3 esos \u201csecretos\u201d masculinos.<\/p>\n<p>Interrogadas sobre si tienen novio, la mayor\u00eda respondi\u00f3 que s\u00ed.\u00a0 Una dijo: \u201c<em>cheb<\/em>\u201d (\u201cdos\u201d en lengua).\u00a0 La que estaba a su lado le empez\u00f3 a decir algo en voz baja, entonces la compa\u00f1era corrigi\u00f3: \u201cNo, <em>ocheb<\/em>\u201d (\u201ctres\u201d, en lengua).\u00a0 Otra m\u00e1s: \u201c<em>bayal<\/em>\u201d (\u201cmuchos\u201d).\u00a0 Otra una tard\u00f3 en responder porque, dijo, hab\u00eda perdido la cuenta.\u00a0 Las tres rieron de buena gana.<\/p>\n<p>En resumen: tuvieron 17 a\u00f1os y en esa edad, esa cumbia \u2013creo de \u201cLos \u00c1ngeles Azules\u201d \u2013las acompa\u00f1\u00f3 en el amor y en el desamor.\u00a0 Quienes critican esa cumbia o piden su censura, tal vez olvidaron lo que es tener 17 a\u00f1os.\u00a0 Tal vez olvidaron que s\u00ed, las relaciones pueden ser las de un depredador desangrando a su presa \u2013y a cualquier edad\u2013.\u00a0 Pero tambi\u00e9n pueden ser la inquietud y la libertad para amar y desamar.\u00a0 Descubrir as\u00ed que se puede tener, como coraz\u00f3n, una flor agridulce y, al mismo tiempo, una herida que no cierra.\u00a0 Adem\u00e1s, claro, que entonces deber\u00edan pedir tambi\u00e9n que censuren a Violeta Parra y su \u201c<em>Volver a los 17<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ahora, despu\u00e9s de los 17, puede ser que las milicianas dediquen la de \u201c<em>C\u00f3mo te voy a olvidar<\/em>\u201d a ese amor pasado o presente.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>-*-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Pen\u00e9lope Subvertida.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 Les pregunt\u00e9 qu\u00e9 les hab\u00edan dicho a sus novios.\u00a0 As\u00ed respondieron: \u201c<em>que si es que me quiere de veras y no es mentira, que me espere, y si no, pues ni modos, me busco otro<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0 O sea que nada de tejer y destejer la eterna tela de la espera vana.\u00a0 Una muestra m\u00e1s de \u201clos patos le tiran a las escopetas\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>-*-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>El Consentimiento.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 A las compa\u00f1eras se les dice que nadie las puede tocar sin su consentimiento expl\u00edcito.\u00a0 Ni tomarlas de la mano, ni ponerles la mano en los hombros, ni nada.\u00a0 Se les instruy\u00f3 en c\u00f3mo quitarse, por ejemplo, una mano varonil en el hombro, no importa si es mando o no.\u00a0 Lo mismo de su imagen: nadie les puede tomar fotos o videos sin su consentimiento.\u00a0Mucho menos publicar.\u00a0 Se les mostr\u00f3 el video que aparece al final de este texto y se les pregunt\u00f3 si se publicaba o no.\u00a0 Se reunieron por caracol y lengua.\u00a0 Discutieron y acordaron por unanimidad que se publique.\u00a0 Avisad@s est\u00e1n.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>-*-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Cada quien su modo.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 Por mi parte, desde ese 2018 viv\u00ed en el enga\u00f1o.\u00a0 Hab\u00eda cre\u00eddo que, el coro de la cumbia \u201c<strong>17 a\u00f1os<\/strong>\u201d, dec\u00eda \u201cque triste es el amor, que triste es el amor\u201d.\u00a0 Las sargentas me sacaron del error: \u201c<em>Acaso es as\u00ed Sup, dice que \u201cque si eso es el amor\u201d, que sea que la muchacha no sabe, apenas est\u00e1 aprendiendo<\/em>\u201d, y r\u00eden.<\/p>\n<p>Ya en las pr\u00e1cticas de la marcha, con <em>La Carencia<\/em> de los Panteones, el <em>Lago de los Cisnes<\/em> y la <em>Cumbia del Sapito<\/em>, se demostr\u00f3 que el baile, como la vida, puede atravesar los muros m\u00e1s infranqueables.<\/p>\n<p>No s\u00e9, yo digo que las cumbias son como las playeras de los uniformes de f\u00fatbol.\u00a0 Con tijeras, hilo y aguja, se arreglan para que te queden seg\u00fan tu gusto: sea bien justa o bien holgada.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusi\u00f3n: Cada quien su modo, cada quien su cumbia, cada quien su <em>pas de chat (o de Chat-Chien)<\/em>\u2026 y cada cual su <em>ska<\/em>.\u00a0 \u00a1Al brincol\u00edn, raza!<\/p>\n<p>Doy fe.<\/p>\n<p>El SupGaleano practicando el \u201cCh\u00fantaro Style\u201d.<br \/>\n(Oh, pues, cada quien talla el piso como puede).<br \/>\nM\u00e9xico, Septiembre del a\u00f1o 501.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/599747337\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nM\u00fasica: ALADEMOSKA \u2013 \u00abSembraremos Rebeld\u00eda\u00bb \/ Bersuit Vergarabat \u2013 \u00abEl Baile de la Gambeta\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>[:en]<small>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/09\/12\/after-17-the-miliciana-ixchel-ramona-division\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enlace Zapatista<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>After 17<br \/>\n<\/strong>(The <em>Miliciana<\/em> Ixchel-Ramona Division)<\/p>\n<p>September 2021<\/p>\n<p><em>La Extempor\u00e1nea<\/em> [1] includes a division of <em>milicianas<\/em> [female members of the Zapatista civilian militia or reserves]. Apart from being one of the \u201cListen and Share our Word\u201d groups, they will be in charge of security during the flight and will play one or more soccer matches with women\u2019s teams on the European continent.<\/p>\n<p>One hundred ninety-six <em>milicianas<\/em> signed up to travel. About twenty were less than 18 years old, so they prepared for the later journeys to the continents of Asia, Oceania, Africa, and America, expecting to be of age by then and able to obtain a passport.<\/p>\n<p>The difficulties with getting their papers (they\u2019re all extemporaneous) and the never-ending runaround at the whim of the government \u201cofficials\u201d forced many to abandon the effort. Some are single mothers who have to work to provide for their children. The majority work to support their mothers and younger siblings. Training was also a problem, because it turns out it wasn\u2019t a walk in the park, but rather required preparation for \u201cListen and Share our Word\u201d work. What was most difficult for them was learning to listen.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty-seven remained. Plus two minors: <em>Defensa<\/em> (15 years old) and <em>Esperanza <\/em>(12). So in all there are 39 <em>milicianas<\/em>. They have been quartered at the Seedbed for three months, practicing, learning, rehearsing, and waiting for the chance to travel: a place to arrive to in Europe. All are of Mayan origin and speak Tzeltal, Tzotzil, Cho\u00b4ol, Tojolabal and <em>Castilla <\/em>[Spanish]. A few are over 25; the majority are between 18 and 21. Their soccer skills are a State secret, but their willingness to struggle is obvious.<\/p>\n<p>No adult male could enter their barracks without permission. If some lost dude entered, he was immediately surrounded by a group of <em>milicianas<\/em> and \u201cencouraged\u201d to leave at once with solid arguments from batons and slingshots.<\/p>\n<p>The first days of their preparation and adaptation were difficult. The days to follow were even harder. Far from their families, partners, and familiar foods of their villages, they had to endure uncertainty, hunger, sickness, a new climate, the confusion of living with others who are different, the surprise of learning new things, and the astonishment of seeing they could do things they didn\u2019t know they could. For example: listening. And pardon me for insisting again and again about listening, but I look outside and hear the whole world trying to talk \u2013 or rather, shout \u2013 and find no one, or almost no one, with the willingness to listen.<\/p>\n<p>These combatant <em>compa\u00f1eras<\/em> have left behind their first 17 years of life, whether they marked that year on their calendar recently or long ago. There is no doubting their identity: they are ZAPATISTAS.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">-*-<\/p>\n<p><strong>As It Turns Out, No<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A <em>miliciana<\/em> speaks during the General Assembly of the <em>Extempor\u00e1nea<\/em>, during the evaluation of what was and was not achieved during the \u201cListen and Share our Word\u201d preparatory course:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>I didn\u2019t know about anything that you all have described. I thought that it had always been this way, that I could go to school, have a boyfriend without the obligation to get married, that I could get married if I wanted or not get married if I didn\u2019t, that I could dress how I wanted, that I could participate, learn and teach. I thought it had always been like it is now, where we have rights and not just responsibilities. But now I\u2019ve heard what the <\/em>compa\u00f1era <em>said about what life was like in the time of the <\/em>finqueros <em>[plantation owners]. I heard what it took to prepare to struggle. I heard what it took to go to war. I heard how autonomy was built. So I think I have to get ready to defend what we have built so that those times never return. I thought that\u2019s just how it was, that women were born into freedom. But it turns out that, no, they had to fight, they have to keep fighting. So there\u2019s no rest<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more-->-*-<\/p>\n<p><strong>In Defense of 17 Years<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not sure, but I think it was 2018.<\/p>\n<p>It was decided that the <em>milicianas<\/em> would be in charge of security for the First Gathering of Women Who Struggle. They were summoned to practice. They didn\u2019t march together as one. Their steps were as different as the languages of their origin and destiny, coming out disorganized and arrhythmic. They went on practicing, but it didn\u2019t get any better. Desperate, I decided that maybe some musical rhythm would align their steps. The <em>tercias <\/em>[Zapatista media team members] were testing their sound equipment, and I asked if they had any music. \u201c<em>Only cumbias and reggaeton<\/em>,\u201d they responded. I insisted, \u201c<em>Something else, not that<\/em>,\u201d and they laughed, saying, \u201c<em>That\u2019s all we\u2019ve got<\/em>.\u201d I asked the <em>milicianas<\/em> if one of them had a song I could use on their cellphones. Sly laughs and whispers. They dallied. Finally one said, \u201c<em>Just cumbias<\/em>.\u201d \u201c<em>Ok,<\/em>\u201d I said, giving up, \u201c<em>So what cumbias do you have? And don\u2019t say the <\/em>Mo\u00f1o Colorado<em> or else you\u2019ll die a terrible death<\/em>.\u201d More laughs and whispers in four distinct Mayan languages. After a while: \u201c<em>Just one, <strong>17 Years<\/strong><\/em>.\u201d \u201c<em>You each have just one cumbia and they\u2019re all the same<\/em>?\u201d \u201c<em>Yes, <strong>17 Years<\/strong><\/em>.\u201d \u201c<em>Ok, well that\u2019s the one then. Send it to the <\/em>tercias <em>and have them put it on the big speaker. And get in formation to start practicing again<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The first chords rang out, they raised and crossed their staffs, and voil\u00e0, they started marching all together, all in step. Later I asked if it was true that everyone only had that one cumbia. \u201c<em>Yes<\/em>,\u201d they said, \u201c<em>and when we have cell service or other <\/em>compa\u00f1eras <em>come we\u2019ll have more, like <\/em><strong><em>C\u00f3mo te voy a olvidar<\/em><\/strong><em>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Later I asked for a list of <em>milicianas<\/em> and their ages, organized by <em>caracol<\/em>, to group them by language and age. The great majority were between 15 and 17 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Now they\u2019re between 18 and 21, and whether or not they have a boyfriend (they\u2019re not worried either way), no one forces them to marry, they fall in and out of love, they break hearts and get theirs broken. They know no one can force them to do anything they don\u2019t want to do, and they know how to defend themselves. They\u2019ve learned about men\u2019s vulnerable areas, in case they need to physically defend themselves. And they know what words hurt men too, in case psychological defense is needed. Don\u2019t ask me who taught them these male \u201csecrets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked if they had a boyfriend, most said yes. One said \u201c<em>cheb<\/em>\u201d (\u201c<em>two<\/em>\u201d in her language). The one beside her said something under her breath, then corrected herself: \u201cNo, <em>ocheb<\/em>\u201d (\u201c<em>three<\/em>\u201d in her language). Another said \u201c<em>bayal<\/em>\u201d (\u201clots\u201d). Another was slow to respond because she said she\u2019d lost count. They all laughed heartily.<\/p>\n<p>In summary: They were 17 and at that age, that cumbia \u2013 by \u201c<em>Los \u00c1ngeles Azules<\/em>\u201d I believe \u2013 followed them through love and heartbreak. Those who criticize the cumbia or want it banned probably forget what it was like to be 17. Maybe they forget that, yes, relationships at any age can be those of a heartless predator and their prisoner, but they can also be those of restlessness and the freedom to fall in and out of love. It\u2019s the discovery that your heart can be both a bittersweet flower and a wound that doesn\u2019t heal. Plus, you\u2019d also have to ban Violeta Parra\u2019s \u201c<em>Volver a los 17<\/em>.\u201d [2]<\/p>\n<p>Now that they\u2019re no longer 17, perhaps the <em>milicianas<\/em> will dedicate \u201c<em>C\u00f3mo te voy a olvidar<\/em>\u201d [How can I forget you?] to their past or present loves.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">-*-<\/p>\n<p><strong>No More Penelopes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I asked them what they\u2019d told their boyfriends. They said, \u201c<em>If he really loves me and isn\u2019t lying about it, he\u2019ll wait for me. And if not, oh well, I\u2019ll find another<\/em>.\u201d So none of this business of knitting and re-knitting an eternal tapestry of waiting in vain. It\u2019s one more sign that the tables have turned.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">-*-<\/p>\n<p><strong>Consent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <em>compa\u00f1eras<\/em> are taught that no one can touch them without their explicit consent. Not to hold their hand or put a hand on their shoulder, nothing. They\u2019ve been instructed on how to remove a male hand from the shoulder, regardless of whether or not it belongs to a commander. The same goes for their image: no one can take photos or videos of them without their consent, much less publish them. They were shown the video at the end of this text and asked in meetings organized by <em>caracol <\/em>and language whether or not it could be published. After discussing they agreed unanimously that it could be published. You\u2019re hereby advised.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">-*-<\/p>\n<p><strong>To each their own<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As for me, I\u2019ve been living a lie since 2018. I thought that the chorus of the cumbia \u201c<strong>17 Years<\/strong>\u201d said \u201cLove is so sad, love is so sad\u201d [<em>que triste es el amor<\/em>]. The sergeants corrected my mistake, saying \u201c<em>That\u2019s not it, Sup. It says \u2018if that\u2019s what love is\u2019 <\/em>[que si eso es el amor], <em>meaning the young woman doesn\u2019t know yet, that she\u2019s just learning<\/em>.\u201d They laughed.<\/p>\n<p>Practicing marching to the sound of \u201c<em>La Carencia de los Panteones<\/em>,\u201d \u201c<em>El Lago de los Cisnes<\/em>,\u201d and \u201c<em>La Cumbia del Sapito<\/em>\u201d showed that dance, like life, can scale the most insurmountable walls.<\/p>\n<p>You might even say that cumbias are like soccer jerseys: with scissors, needle, and thread you can adjust them to fit however you wish, tight or baggy.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, to each their own: to each their own cumbia, their own <em>pas de chat<\/em> [3] (or their own cat-dog leap), their own ska. Hit the floor, <em>raza<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>I bear witness.<\/p>\n<p>SupGaleano, practicing his \u201c<em>Ch\u00fantaro Style<\/em>.\u201d [4]<br \/>\n(Well everybody \u2018s gotta cut a rug as best they can)<br \/>\nMexico, September of the year 501<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/599747337\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Music: ALADEMOSKA \u2013 \u00abSembraremos Rebeld\u00eda\u00bb\/ Bersuit Vergarabat \u2013 \u00abEl Baile de la Gambeta\u00bb<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[1] Zapatista Airborne Company; see the EZLN\u2019s August 17, 2021 communique for an explanation of the use of \u201c<em>La Extempor\u00e1nea\u201d <\/em>[the extemporaneous]<em>:<\/em> https:\/\/enlacezapatista.ezln.org.mx\/2021\/08\/17\/only-500-years-later\/<br \/>\n[2] Violeta Parra is one of Chile\u2019s most famous folk musicians, and her song \u201c<em>Volver a los 17<\/em>\u201d was released in 1966 and later banned under the Pinochet dictatorship.<br \/>\n[3] <em>Pas de chat<\/em> is a type of ballet leap, literally \u201cthe cat\u2019s step\u201d in French.<br \/>\n[4] Ch\u00fantaro refers to poor or indigenous Mexicans and can mean lowbrow or \u201ctacky\u201d or can be a racial insult akin to \u201cinjun.\u201d \u201cCh\u00fantaro Style\u201d is a song by Monterrey cumbia band El Gran Silencio and is associated with a characteristic cumbia dance seen here: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DzFXEtTjjTE[:]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[:es]Fuente: Enlace Zapatista Despu\u00e9s de los 17. (La Secci\u00f3n Miliciana Ixchel-Ramona). Septiembre del 2021. Como parte de La Extempor\u00e1nea va una secci\u00f3n de milicianas.\u00a0 Adem\u00e1s de formar parte de los grupos de \u201cEscucha y Palabra\u201d, se encargar\u00e1n de la seguridad de la aerotransportada y de sostener uno o varios encuentros de f\u00fatbol con equipos femeniles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,1318,6,118,955,961,953,222],"tags":[1334,644,920,926,1317],"class_list":["post-39297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-autonomia","category-caravana-zapatista-a-europa","category-chiapas","category-ezln","category-ezln-temas","category-mujeres","category-mundo","category-video","tag-travesiaporlavida","tag-comunicados-ezln","tag-europa","tag-ezln","tag-travesia-por-la-vida"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39297"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39404,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39297\/revisions\/39404"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiozapatista.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}