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Murals at the governor's mansion in Tlaxcala portray the Tlaxcalans and the conquistadors as equals and diplomatic partners, not as subordinates and dominant figures.
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“The Lashkallans, their own perspective on this, if you go to Lashkalla territory today, the governor's mansion there has murals on the wall.”
“And these depict the cortez and the conquistadors from the Lachlan point of view.”
“And it's fascinating to look at how the relationship is not between a superior and an inferior. It's between equals.”
“You see them depicted in the same scale, engaged in diplomacy between partners, not between subordinates and dominant figures.”Play from 17:49Report a misattribution
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