Chiconcuac de Juárez
Chiconcuac de Juárez, typically referred to simply as Chiconcuac, is a town and municipio (municipality) in the state of Mexico, approximately 10 kilometers north of Texcoco de Mora. The name Chiconcuac derives from the Aztec word Chicome Coatl, “Seven snakes”, which was a date on the Aztec calendar.
The city
Chiconcuac is principally famous for its large tianguis, or public market, which has 2,400 permanent vendors, and attracts up to 6,000 more semi-permanent and itinerant vendors on weekends. The large food court in the Chiconcuac market is widely famous for preparing barbacoa de borrego (lamb barbecue), and other specialties of Mexican cuisine.
History
The area which is now all one city, was a cluster of settlements of mostly Chichimecas and Tlailotlaques.
The area was conquered by the Spanish in 1597, with land here granted to Hernando Núñez where he established the Hacienda de Santa Cruz de Prado Alegre, better known as the “Arojo”. The area was then evangelized by the Franciscans. Because of its proximity to Mexico City, the city suffered battles during the Mexican War of Independence, the French intervention in Mexico and the War of "La Reforma".
Sorairo Days
Listen up: what can you hear?
Does my voice simply disappear,
Sucked away into the void, so empty and so dark?
If there is more to this world,
Then I can be can be certain at last
That this drive burning within
Has some role to fulfill
I was crushed by the longing welling up inside
And I had just surrendered
Without having touched the air above the ground or the endless sky
So I began to run
Because I feel it, even now,
These sensations overflowing in the beating of my heart
I say Carpe Diem
As I am reaching for my goal
We'll create our own tomorrows 'till this world is finally whole
The answer I have found
Will always burn within my soul
Time goes on, nothing will last
I will not hold onto the past
I cannot waver again because I am afraid
No more doubt, no more regret
No more things to make me forget
That I am destined for more, and it's all in my hands
I have travelled so far and learned so many things
By following your shadow
And now I can see that it is only me who can seize my fate
I listened to your words, and I can hear them even now
'Cause they echo in this memory that I hold deep in my heart
I've found the reason why, and I just know it's here to stay:
I was born into this world so I could cherish every day
The answer I have found
Will never ever go away
All these truths revealed themselves in a way that was so natural and warm
Those precious days of youth haven't yet come to end, and they will return
So I began to run
Because I feel it, even now,
These sensations overflowing in the beating of my heart
I say Carpe Diem
As I am reaching for my goal
We'll create our own tomorrows 'till this world is finally whole
The answer I have found
