lunes, 13 de septiembre de 2010

I could say that Mexico has good and bad things, some good things are that our flag is the most beautiful in all the world, another thing is that our national anthem is the most beautiful too.

Our flag has three colors: green, white and red with the national coat of arms charged in the center of the white stripe. The national coat portrays an eagle on a prickly pear cactus with a snake in its beak and talons.

Originally the green represented independence, white represented religion and red the union of Americans and Europeans, but during the secularization of the country under President Benito Juarez the meanings of the colors were adapted to represent hope (green), unity (white) and the blood of the national heroes (red).

Now talking about our national anthem, it was officially adopted in 1943. It was composed by  the poet Francisco González Bocanegra in 1853 and in 1854, Jaime Nunó composed the music which now accompanies González's poem. The anthem, consisting of ten stanzas and a chorus, entered into use on September 16, 1854.


Now, focusing in the nature, the animals that are a characteristic of Mexico are the monarh butterfly, jaguar, Bottlenose Dolphin, eagle, gray hawk, etc. There are beautiful and some of them are unique, but unfortunately some of them are in danger of extinction.

The mexican beaches are really pretty! Many people of other countries come to visit them, the most common are Cancun and Los Cabos.