To comment on every single “Die de Muertos” pub party that’s its cultural appropriation?

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I’ve seen so many parties popping up around my county that are using AI slop to advertise their “Day of the Death” parties when a) nobody who’s Mexican has been consulted b) the food has nothing to do with Mexican food c) it’s a solemn family occasion - not a fiesta! And no, we don’t do face painting.

Every single time I see one, my eye twitches! I’m sure if a random persons (that had nothing to do with Hinduism) decided to throw a “Diwali party” people wouldn’t stay quiet.

Sorry it’s been one of those days and needed a rant!

We do have the same festival in the uk, All Souls Day, 2nd November, and church host memorial services for those who have died in the past year (on nearest Sunday usually). It’s not unique to Mexico

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Honouring is very different to cultural appropriation. In Mexico we don’t appropriate that much that’s British (beyond the random pub).

Im all for it as a matter of education and cultural
enrichment. Not using it as an excuse for something people have no clue about.

I think the intention is important. If it comes from a place of sharing culture and knowledge, it’s meaningful. If it’s me, making some very inauthentic Mexican (probably tex-mex) food at home, it’s harmless although I wouldn’t make that for someone from Mexico. If it’s a pub or a club stealing a cultural tradition to make money, I’m not a fan. It’s just cheap cynical theft of an aesthetic without any care for the history and traditions. Similarly I don’t like it when fast fashion brands “steal” indigenous art and fabrics to mass produce them, using exploitative labour, to make money for their shareholders. I think there’s a clear difference.

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Cultural appropriation isn’t real. The only people that think it is are people that are desperate to feel that their culture is beyond everybody else’s.
I’m surprised you’re not calling to ban people learning a second language.

On that note I would like everyone not born in East Anglia to stop braiding their hair. We Iceni have been braiding our hair far longer than the rest of you cultural appropriatists.

I feel the same about English Breakfast Tea.

So non Christians cant have Christmas or Easter parties?

All Saints Day (Nov 1st) and Samhain the night before. Dead enough for you? 😁

The problem is, whenever Brits import cultural traditions, it just turns into a major piss-up.

That’s fair.

Ireland has been continuously inhabited for 10,000 years. Granted St Patrick’s Day may only date back one or two of them but we have a Celtic culture in these islands that goes back a long way 😉 ☘️

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Where's this problem you mentioned?

So what do you think should happen to people who "culturally appropriate"?

Maybe these pub parties are being organised as a way of showing endearment and not as an insult.

Colour runs have become quite popular and monetized in recent years (cultural appropriation of the Hindu festival of Holi).

beyond the random pub

But that's making profit???!

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Life gets much nicer if you see everything as an excuse to party.

And that's our culture so you'd best not start getting pissed that's reserved for us Brits

Must be a typo.

There are several phrases that have been used to address non-white ‘foreigners’ in the UK - most people now see those as racist and wouldn’t dare use them.

Oh dear it’s my costume this year after spending some time in Mexico during the summer