Botas Picudas Mexicanas

<div style="text-align: justify;">Mexican pointy boots (Spanish: Botas picudas mexicanas) are a style of boots made with elongated toes that are popular footwear for men in parts of Mexico as well as in the United States. The boots are said to have originated in Matehuala in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí. The pointy boots have risen to popularity at the same time as "tribal guarachero" music and the boots have become a preferred footwear for the all-male troupes that dance to the tribal music.</div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjgIIwMWZZclI-GyWblgEmDvt4gc4N2RjVPTFM9tIk96MI9kPlNTLxzM-_WyjesxAWRBHtN26e10SVkG3_ZxBFoJYRYeZpUPXTBWh9bU535VJgT_a3FBl2cUiYwjYQiuZXG5aOctGWLRg/s1600/6022777893_3af20d3fe4_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjgIIwMWZZclI-GyWblgEmDvt4gc4N2RjVPTFM9tIk96MI9kPlNTLxzM-_WyjesxAWRBHtN26e10SVkG3_ZxBFoJYRYeZpUPXTBWh9bU535VJgT_a3FBl2cUiYwjYQiuZXG5aOctGWLRg/s640/6022777893_3af20d3fe4_b.jpg" width="640"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The boots reportedly originated around 2009 in Matehuala in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí, located in North-Central Mexico. Following their creation, the trend has expanded to parts of the United States where large numbers of Matehualan migrants live, particularly in Dallas, Texas, but also in Tennessee, Mississippi and Oklahoma</div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgK04stJUTbpMY5e-uyL4RbgrOSi0zuH1rPlJcxx7sWjc3nMM2sY4xbS_VrjvRgcvtHVfhft-3vD1bvxE0Ka-WAI2O_vdbf2fVm7CbTNU-4Cq5PquZGWmsx0z-DKwfR7EsOfxpZeVaXbg/s1600/botas-picudas-tribal2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgK04stJUTbpMY5e-uyL4RbgrOSi0zuH1rPlJcxx7sWjc3nMM2sY4xbS_VrjvRgcvtHVfhft-3vD1bvxE0Ka-WAI2O_vdbf2fVm7CbTNU-4Cq5PquZGWmsx0z-DKwfR7EsOfxpZeVaXbg/s640/botas-picudas-tribal2.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br><div style="text-align: justify;">The pointy boots are made by elongating the toe of normal boots by as much as 5 feet (1.5 m), causing the toes to curl up toward the knees. Those boys or men who can not afford to pay a shoemaker to prepare the boots use garden hoses to make their own. The boots are then further modified according to the wearer's personal taste. Alterations incorporate paint and sequins and can go as far as adding flashing LED lights, disco balls and even mirrors</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/11/botas-picudas-mexicanas.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

Botas Picudas Mexicanas

Mexican pointy boots (Spanish: Botas picudas mexicanas) are a style of boots made with elongated toes that are popular footwear for men in p...

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Families Photos From Around The World

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">A family from Tokyo, settled on the sidewalk around their television, crowded by neatly organized electronic appliances, expelled closets, and prized heirloom pottery. Two wives, a husband, and their children in West Africa's Mali, on the roof of their hut with the tools of their agricultural toils. A Baptist family, smiling and clutching an illustrated Bible on the suburban road loaded with furniture and appliances in Houston, Texas. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">These are the slight resemblance of what had been captured by photographer Peter Menzel in his project Material World: A Global Family Portrait. Since 1990s, he traveled to 30 countries around the world to capture families with most of their possessions. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Using data from United Nations and the World Bank, he searched for average families, average means average in location, size, background, and occupation. Check out the resulting, slightly dated but utterly fascinating portraits in our gallery and see what sort of a material world we're living in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkQUTOTsuxjYj_fvYb7eb4lIxzHS-ya7hMlVE-sVf8koegxA3nem1LxCaLaheVYFtRPzVPqMtAzHhGhjRwW7EGBWWJ6THOodJw4oxX0od0B5_qGxK05dNsX5U_i8muIremoSaklArbBY/s1600/South+Africa+from+Material+World+A+Global+Family+Portrait.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkQUTOTsuxjYj_fvYb7eb4lIxzHS-ya7hMlVE-sVf8koegxA3nem1LxCaLaheVYFtRPzVPqMtAzHhGhjRwW7EGBWWJ6THOodJw4oxX0od0B5_qGxK05dNsX5U_i8muIremoSaklArbBY/s640/South+Africa+from+Material+World+A+Global+Family+Portrait.jpg" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>South Africa</i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJHDhtGNOROXFZnclGV8TIMEP6vq1mqIY0ezE1jeUfCLDvlJOgSE0IEG8c7S2eXsiOSyUwxxJsW9IFt5cl1aN2vbf2EEUrBdXdPGXQi0EKYIPBZSukuQNMsZr5zUrJuNch0LUfg-2eLQ/s1600/Kuwait+from+Material+World+A+Global+Family+Portrait.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJHDhtGNOROXFZnclGV8TIMEP6vq1mqIY0ezE1jeUfCLDvlJOgSE0IEG8c7S2eXsiOSyUwxxJsW9IFt5cl1aN2vbf2EEUrBdXdPGXQi0EKYIPBZSukuQNMsZr5zUrJuNch0LUfg-2eLQ/s640/Kuwait+from+Material+World+A+Global+Family+Portrait.jpg" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Kuwait</i></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="http://aibob.blogspot.com/2011/10/families-photos-from-around-world.html#more">Click to read more »</a>

Families Photos From Around The World

A family from Tokyo, settled on the sidewalk around their television, crowded by neatly organized electronic appliances, expelled closets, a...

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