''Chilango'' is a monthly entertainment Mexican magazine. It was established by
Grupo Expansión in November 2003 in
Mexico City
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. It has won the National Journalism Prize of Mexico twice.
About the term ''Chilango''
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In the early 21st century, ''
Chilango'' became by an accepted
demonym
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for people from
Mexico City
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. The self-acceptance of the term lead to the publication of the magazine as a way to
subvert prejudice
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s of people from the inner states of Mexico had about ''chilangos'', originally created and intended by them as an offensive name.
The magazine
Sections of the magazine include:
DFnitivo
Word play with the Spanish pronuntiation of DF, the
Mexican Federal District
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or ''Distrito Federal''.
A ''how-to'' style section intended as a
parody
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of weird things that happen in the city, such as the unfinished (called
surreal)
Distribuidor Vial freeway over Río Becerra or the bottles filled with water to keep away dogs and other animals from invading gardens. Most of it is real but the logic of the situation is the questioned by the article.
Chilangoñol
A
RAE
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People
*Rae (given name), including a list of people with the given name
* Rae (surname), including a list of people with the surname Nicknames for
*Rachel (given name)
* Rachelle
*Raquel
*Raven (given name)
*Reema
* Reena (di ...
parody in which the
Mexican Spanish
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(focused in Mexico City
slang
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) is explained, such as the words "onda", "equis" (''
fresa'' slang), "chingar" (considered offensive by some).
Aka el DF
Social and news sections parody ("aka" comes from "acá", but it's spelled with "k" by some). However, it's all factual.
El pinche gringo
Translated as ''The fucking
gringo
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'', and disappeared by 2007, it was an unusual article completely in
English
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* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national id ...
supposedly written by an
American criticising Mexico City and its way of life.
DFondo
The collection of cover full-length articles.
Motto
During its first years, the magazine's slogan was a spoof of the racist "haz patria y mata un chilango" (''perform patriotism and kill a chilango''), marked as "haz patria y ama a un chilango" (''perform
patriotism
Patriotism is the feeling of love, devotion, and sense of attachment to one's country. This attachment can be a combination of many different feelings, language relating to one's own homeland, including ethnic, cultural, political or histor ...
and love a chilango''). Later issues included new phrases such as "la ciudad que vale la pena vivir" (''the worthy city to live'') or "haz patria y levantamiento de tarro olímpico" (''perform patriotism and olympic beer mug lifting'').
References
External links
''Chilango'' official website
2003 establishments in Mexico
Entertainment magazines
Magazines established in 2003
Mass media in Mexico City
Magazines published in Mexico
Monthly magazines published in Mexico
Spanish-language magazines