โHonestly, Iโve heard about [Charro Days] and Iโve gone to it one time and it was something really impacting. So, I believe a lot of people should actually be attending it, because itโs a good way to get out and interact with people, especially down here, because, Iโve noticed in this university, thereโs not a lot of interaction. โฆ But, Charro Days, I like it a lot. You get to grow as a community, be with people [the] same as you and you get to interact.โ
Gaudencio Reyna
Information systems senior
โSo, in Canada, we donโt have Homecoming or [Charro Days], which is kinda weird, but also cool. I havenโt heard of Homecoming before, but I guess thatโs because Iโm from a small suburb town in Ottawa. So, like, itโs really small and no one goes out of there, so you know the same people. So, I guess thereโs no Homecoming, but in the bigger cities, Iโm sure thereโs something like that.โ
Meghna Turlapati
Theatre design freshman
โHomecoming, no estoy muy segura, exactamente, que es Homecoming. Pero Charro Days, sรญ estoy emocionada por eso. Es la cultura de Matamoros [Tamaulipas, Mรฉxico,] y Brownsville, algo que no se hace en diferentes lugares. Tambiรฉn, aparte, se juntan muchas personas del Valle. Se juntan aquรญ en la ciudad de Brownsville y estoy emocionada por eso. Porque es una fiesta folklรณrica y una fiesta de culturaโ.
Rita Salazar
Estudiante de รบltimo grado de inglรฉs
โCharro Days is a celebration between the communities in Brownsville and Matamoros [Tamaulipas, Mexico], but Iโm not really a fan of Charro Days. … Itโs a clichรฉ. Itโs a stereotype. I think itโs only celebrated [on] the border. I believe in Mexico, they donโt even know what Charro Days is. Itโs only on the border. โฆ I donโt know what Homecoming is. The only positive thing about Charro Days is the communities have a nice meeting, reunion, and they get to share their similarities and foreign relations. I think Charro Days enhances those relations.โ
Francisco Arredondo
Environmental science graduate student
