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Nov. '11

fuckyeahmexico: La China Poblana actually came from India, which is now part of Mexico culture. A young Rajasthani girl abducted and sold to Portuguese slave traders in Cochin. The girl is purchased and taken to Philippines from Malabar. The Spanish bring her to Acapulco, New Spain (Mexico) then Puebla, Mexico. That is the story of Catarina de San Juan (1606-1688), whose real name was Meera and who almost became a saint.  Meera (La China Poblana) kept her name and her unique and ‘provocative’ Rajasthani dress sense (some even say Saree that got adapted to a skirt-blouse-shawl combination later in her life) all through her life. Her pious nature and her dressing sparked a craze for her dress – which is now popularly known as the China Poblana (Chinese from Puebla) dress of Mexico. See picture on right side of traditional Rajasthani dress. submission from ricozilla

fuckyeahmexico:

La China Poblana actually came from India, which is now part of Mexico culture.

A young Rajasthani girl abducted and sold to Portuguese slave traders in Cochin. The girl is purchased and taken to Philippines from Malabar. The Spanish bring her to Acapulco, New Spain (Mexico) then Puebla, Mexico. That is the story of Catarina de San Juan (1606-1688), whose real name was Meera and who almost became a saint. 

Meera (La China Poblana) kept her name and her unique and ‘provocative’ Rajasthani dress sense (some even say Saree that got adapted to a skirt-blouse-shawl combination later in her life) all through her life. Her pious nature and her dressing sparked a craze for her dress – which is now popularly known as the China Poblana (Chinese from Puebla) dress of Mexico. See picture on right side of traditional Rajasthani dress.

submission from ricozilla

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