For as long as I can remember, memories, photographic and auditory memory in my family always called me: "La negra Tomasa" there was a very famous song, which came out in several versions. But my grandfather undoubtedly liked the "salsera", it was the catchiest, plus we could dance to it.
Now I also understand my taste in music.
Here is a link to one of the versions of the song:
Source
Everyone in my family is fair-skinned, my mother is as white as a snowflake, my sister is as transparent as Gasparín from the cartoon and I am always the black "la negra Tomasa" an affectionate nickname with a great history.
Link to the story
Researching I found a thousand stories, some very nice and motivating, others not so nice for other people because they talk about faith and rituals. But black Tomasa was always a brave, humble woman who helped others without caring about her religion, her political choice and even less about her social status. She simply helped without expecting anything in return.
(I think that's why my grandfather gave me that nickname, especially because of the color of my skin).
He loved to have a scarf on his head.
His mouth painted red.
To dance salsa.
Enjoying life.
And that's me!!!!
I love to wear scarves when I go to the beach or exercise.
Truly the nickname fits me perfectly.
Over the years I understand why my grandfather gave me the nickname of black, and I must say that I never felt offended, they never feel offended at home when he calls me that but how can they be offended if I come from a paternal family as black as coal, as the night, as the burnt arepa. Hahaha.
That term should not be to offend or denigrate anyone, it is a human race that we must defend and be proud of.
Even today some people still call me black, without the Tomasa because that nickname was only particular to my grandfather, it is so nice to remember him when he sang to me:
My favorite part of the song is:
Que cuando se va de casa
Que triste me pongo
Estoy enamora'o, de la negra Tomasa
Que triste me pongo
Na' ma' que me gusta la comi'a
Que me cocina
Na' ma' que me gusta la cafe.
Que ella me cuela.
I don't know if any pet will call her black Tomasa but I'm sure many of them call her "negra", negrita, azabache or any other synonym.
To end this great weekend post, full of history and music, I must confess something:
I am not one for giving nicknames to people, if I jokingly manage to learn their birth names can you imagine giving them a nickname. Oh no, an embarrassment!
I call my husband "Almost" and I call him that because when we started dating I used to tell him we are almost super friends because we live all the time talking.
Then when we started to like each other I joked and told him I almost asked you to be boyfriend and girlfriend because we confessed so much to each other and talked to each other.
Then we became boyfriend and girlfriend, a few years later he asked me to get engaged to get married. And since 3 years ago we are engaged and ALMOST married.
Hahahaha.
I think we will stay engaged forever.
My friends call it the almost what?
And I always say my almost everything
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