Cholo

Cholo is a native of the Spanish-speaking world term that also has input into other language areas, particularly in the English-speaking world found.

The term is used differently in different regions. Mostly the term is used to refer to a person predominantly indigenous descent, the many habits of the indigenous culture maintains, at the same time but belonged also an urban society. Mostly in North America the term is used for all those who both Indian and Spanish ancestors. In Ecuador Cholo indicated precisely the opposite, a looking than indigenous person who does not maintain indigenous traditions. In addition, it is also the name as based on the coast of Ecuador ethnic group.

Inca Garcilaso de la Vega Cholo defined as follows:

Cholo was used pejoratively mostly in the past. On the other hand, let the Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo called by his followers " Cholo ". Also, the Argentine football player Diego Simeone is nicknamed " El Cholo ".

The song of the Peruvian singer Luis Abanto Morales " Cholo Soy " deals with the life of a Cholos. Due to the increased in recent years, the occurrence of " cholos " in the Peruvian Peruvian television journalist and presenter Magaly Medina has created the term " El Peruano Chollywood ".

In Ecuador can " Cholo " is also designate someone bad taste or simple manners. Accordingly, there can be mentioned also items that are distasteful for the significant person, " Cholo ".

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• Spanish phrase
• Ethnicity in America
• Latin-American
• Native American Culture
• Ethnophaulismus