Canción de las castas - Dibujando la historia - Bully Magnets - Historia Documental
Spanish Castes in the New Spain Overview
This section discusses the different castes or racial mixtures that existed in the Viceroyalty of New Spain. The speaker explains how different combinations of Spanish, Indian, Black, Chinese, and other ethnicities resulted in various castes with unique names.
Spanish Castes and their Names
- Spanish with an Indian is called mestizo.
- Spanish with a mestizo is called castizo.
- Spanish with a black person is called mulatto.
- Mulatto with Spanish is called Moorish.
- Spanish with Moorish is called Chinese.
- Chinese with an Indian is called saltaatras.
- Saltaatras with mulatto is called wolf.
- Mulatto and gibaro give birth to a cherry.
- Black and chrome result in Cambujo.
- An Indian mixed with Sambiago creates another caste name.
- Sambiago mixed with wolf capamulato results in another name.
- Capamulato mixed further gives rise to more variations of names.
- More mulatto combinations are mentioned but not fully understood by the speaker.
List of Castes in the New Spain
It is explained that this list represents the different castes present in the Viceroyalty of New Spain. The speaker suggests that singing this list five times will help one remember it without fail.
The speaker concludes by stating that these were the castes that existed in the Viceroyalty of New Spain.
The transcript is in Spanish, and the notes are written in English.