![]() ![]() Others choose to utilize artificial materials, which are imported from China, and sold at an expensive price. Some vendors choose to buy the product at the source (Mexico) at a low cost and re-sell the shoe in America at an increased price without giving any credit to the people creating the shoes. This has led to some vendors taking advantage of Mexican producers of the shoes. But the rise in popularity of Mexican culture has resulted in the mass-production of the shoes to accommodate for the high demand. In the present day, huaraches still remain to be an important symbol and staple of Mexican culture. Along with huaraches, Chicanos would wear other traditional Mexican garments such as rebozos, ponchos, and huipil dresses. In addition, huaraches were an outlet for Chicanos to express their cultural identity and reject the American culture that aimed to erase their ethnic history. A symbol of poverty, Chicanos reclaimed the shoe to represent their pride for the Mexican heritage. They were “a sign of resistance and affirmation of one’s culture”. The sandal held cultural significance for participants of the Chicano Movement, specifically those who attended university. For Chicanos, huaraches were more than just a shoe. While huaraches originated in various regions in Mexico, they hold great significance in Chicano populations. In the Seinfeld episode "The Millennium" Elayne attempts to buy a pair of Huaraches from a disinterested shop owner. He eventually loses one shoe and finishes the adventure using only the other one. Doc Sportello, the detective from Thomas Pynchon's Inherent Vice, wears a pair of huaraches. Skeeter Phelan wears a pair of the shoes, which her traditionalist Southern mother hates, in the Kathryn Stockett novel The Help. Huaraches figure prominently into the title and plot of the 1964 Looney Tunes cartoon short, Señorella and the Glass Huarache, a Mexican-themed adaptation of the Cinderella fairy tale. Huaraches are mentioned in the lyrics of the Beach Boys songs " Surfin' U.S.A." and "Noble Surfer", in the novel Ask the Dust, written by John Fante (Camilla Lopez's shoes), and also in the novel On the Road, written by Jack Kerouac. Many shoes claim to be huaraches, but they are only considered traditional huaraches if they are handmade, and have a woven-leather form in the upper. Modern designs vary in style from a simplistic sandal to a more complex shoe, using both traditional leather as well as more modern synthetic materials. The modern huarache developed from the adoption in the 1930s of rubber soles developed from used rubber car-tires. Subsequently, more elaborate upper designs were created by saddlers and leather workers. Originally made of all-leather, later designs included woven string soles and occasionally thin wooden soles. ![]() Traditional huarache designs vary greatly, but are always very simple. Styles Making a huarache sandal at a workshop at the Museo de Arte Popular, Mexico City. By the end of the 20th century they were to be found all over North and South America. Huaraches gained popularity in North America as part of the 1960s hippie lifestyle. Originally of all- leather construction, the thong structure around the main foot is still traditionally made with hand-woven braided leather straps. Įarly forms have been found in and traced to the countryside farming communities of Jalisco, Michoacan, Guanajuato and Yucatan. The name "huarache" is derived from the Purépecha language term kwarachi, and directly translates into English as sandal. Pre-Columbian in origin, the sandals are believed related to the cactle or cactli, of Náhuatl origin. Huaraches (singular huarache IPA: derived from warachi in Purépecha) are a type of Mexican sandal, Pre-Columbian in origin. JSTOR ( November 2010) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.
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