NAYARIT
no solo es turismo.
Historias no contadas.
El 09 de agosto, 2016, el diario THE NEW
YORK TIMES (NYT) publicó una serie de imágenes en las que el fotógrafo mexicano
César Rodríguez, originario de Tepic, documenta las condiciones en las que
viven y trabajan los jornaleros huicholes que cultivan tabaco en el estado de NAYARIT.
En un portafolio publicado en su
plataforma digital, el diario publicó más de 20 imágenes de trabajadores
indígenas huicholes migrantes y de las condiciones en que laboran.
Así viven jornaleros que cultivan tabaco
en la RIVIERA NAYARIT (1), la supuesta joya de la corona del turismo de la nación.
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RIVIERA NAYARIT and its Blind Spot.
NAYARIT: Not everthing is tourism.
Stories
untold.
In NAYARIT also exist tobacco plantations where migrant workers of indigenous
descent work in grueling, merciless conditions, exposed to the elements and
pesticides.
The members of the Huichol indigenous group, come from Nayarit, Jalisco and Durango states, fleeing crushing poverty that had left them surviving on subsistence farming. The tobacco season runs from January through June, with entire families taking to the fields.
The members of the Huichol indigenous group, come from Nayarit, Jalisco and Durango states, fleeing crushing poverty that had left them surviving on subsistence farming. The tobacco season runs from January through June, with entire families taking to the fields.
They have no potable water or toilets. Their
pay — per family, not worker — is so meager, that they forgo doctor visits
rather than forgo a meal.
There is no protective gear, just the
same clothes they wear so much that they just discard them at season’s end.
And when they get paid — about $35 a
week for a family — they spent it on food, water and even fuel for the lamps
that allow them to work through the night.
The scenes — of people living under
thatched-roof shelters, their skin raw from chemicals, and children as young as
6 working the fields or bathing in irrigation canals — could have been taken a
generation ago.
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# El punto ciego, también conocido como papila óptica, mancha ciega o
disco óptico, es la zona de la retina de donde surge el nervio óptico. Esta
zona del polo posterior del ojo carece de células sensibles a la luz, tanto de
conos como de bastones, perdiendo así toda la sensibilidad óptica.
# The eye’s retina receives and reacts to incoming light and sends
signals to the brain, allowing you to see. One part of the retina, however,
doesn't give you visual information—this is your eye’s “blind spot.”: http://www.exploratorium.edu/snacks/blind-spot
NOTAS:
(1) Así
viven jornaleros que cultivan tabaco en Nayarit.
El fotógrafo César Rodríguez de Tepic,
NAYARIT, documentó en las precarias condiciones en las que viven familias que
se dedican al cultivo de tabaco en NAYARIT. Así viven jornaleros que cultivan
tabaco en Nayarit: http://lopezdoriga.com/nacional/asi-viven-jornaleros-que-cultivan-tabaco-en-nayarit/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lopezdoriga+%28L%C3%B3pez-D%C3%B3riga%29
(2) Credit
César Rodríguez / Picking Tobacco Under an Unforgiving Sun in NAYARIT, Mexico
Follow @rodriguezbcesar, @dgbxny and
@nytimesphoto on Twitter. César Rodríguez is also on Instagram.
(3) NYT,
by David González Aug. 9, 2016 Aug. 9, 2016
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/08/09/picking-tobacco-under-an-unforgiving-sun-in-mexico/
TO VIEW SLIDESHOW: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2016/08/09/blogs/picking-tobacco-under-an-unforgiving-sun-in-mexico/s/09-lens-cesar-slide-O2N7.html
