And I honestly don't care if someone wears one innocently as a costume; after all, it's just a hat. And if you're making a mockery of the hat, I could care even less, because you're just revealing yourself to be an idiot who lacks class and culture. It's more of a commentary on the type of person who wears a hat derisively than it is on me. Idiots who lack culture and sophistication, to the extent that they even exist, cannot hurt my feelings.

Thank you for your input!

Such a beautiful hat shouldn't be an object of mocking.

I’m Mexican and I feel the same way.

I am not Mexican but I have several Hispanic and Mexican decent friends and coworkers. Best way I had it put, if you are punching down with your joke, or you are being disrespectful then don't do it. With that said, I prefer not to wear it as a costume but I will wear a Tejanos or a smaller brimmed Cowboy had as everyday wear when I was in the American South West due to its practicality and no one ever batted an eye at me.

Shouldn't his pronunciation be "charro""--not "sharro"?

Gracias, hermano!

Thank you! And I had a friend from NM who liked to wear a shirt that said "New Mexico... pretty much the same as the old one."

​@@hathistorianjchaha that's awesome lol

It sound have a lots cone shaped hat around the world it have in a lot Asian place in Africa and yes in south America in fact it's not meaning something it's only mean a lot of people can find the same idea without seeing each other's

Hey, I'm considering getting a sombrero de charro for summer time. How do you manage yours? When you go in shops, in restaurants and other places where you may have to take the hat off, do you just hang it by your neck or leave it hanging somewhere? I'm interested in practical side of usage. Also, any tips for using it are welcome, thanks.

@@0631ix Effectively, the Sombrero de Charro is a very, very large hat. Personaly, i mostly wear mine when i walk my dogs, or when i go on foot to the village for a small shopping. If i go in restaurant, usually i wear more formal clothers and i prefer to wear my Cuenca hat (Panama). It is smaller and easier to leave in the locker room. But really, when the sun is hard, the Sombrero de Charro is really an awesome hat. I wish you some pleasure with your futur hat.

I'd like to make a suggestion as well: please make a video about the story of the Irish walking hat. This is usually a woolen tweed soft hat, quite popular in the British isles. On popular culture, you can see this style being worn by Professor Henry Jones Sr. (the father of Indiana Jones!) on the movies played by Sean Connery. I recently bought myself one of these and it has become my usual head cover in this austral winter. I only wish I could look more like Sean Connery!

Hopefully you then entered the military and established a career there.

@@marvwatkins7029 My intention and desire was to be commissioned as a naval officer. That was the family tradition. After 2 years as a midshipman, I was diagnosed as epileptic and ineligible for a commission. A little over a decade later, it was learned that the diagnosis was incorrect and, instead, I had a brain tumor. By that time, I had given up my engineering practice and had entered seminary. Much to everyone's surprise, I'm still here. My wife says that the biggest mystery is how I managed to have a brain tumor without actually having a brain to put it in. After 18 years as a pastor, I am now a hospital chaplain.

The "meander", as that pattern is usually, called is actually not distinctly greek. It has been invented by numerous cultures including the chinese and the mayans. Today it is mostly associated with the greeks, but there is actually a central-american precedent.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

Exactly!

Agree 100%. But then, America has a knack for turning anything into a drinking and merchandising opportunity. I guess that's how Irish feel around the feast day of St. Patrick. Or deeply thoughtful Christians around Christmas.

I'm sure I'll get around to it one of these days.

haha

Je sais, je ne l'avais pas sur mon clavier et j'avais la flemme d'essayer de le trouver. Je corrigerai un de ces jours...

Thanks for your input! I mostly research online articles and book excerpts. What s the hat you are referring to?

sorry about the late reply but the hat is one i seen in the background of your video's and that is a bergmütze hat the one i have is a official German military one made by Albert Kempf from 1975 it even has a piece of paper with the name of the soldier who owned it and when trying to find out more about the hat's history i find out that there's no video about that hat and Google doesn't really have any info either that's why I'm wanting to make a video about it because there's little to no info about it thank you for letting me know where you get your info from i tip my hat to you good sir

There's a website that sells really nice sombreros it's called Charro Azteca.

May 5th isn’t really a big holiday in most of Mexico, as I have heard. North Americans do use it as a drinking holiday. Oh well. We do many foolish things.

If I can get a decent replica of one, I'll try to.

@@hathistorianjc Thanks Sir :D

This one came from a market in Mexico City

I feel not being an idiot is enough, though you could impress people by telling any complainer a few things you learned in this video ;)

Corwin, just wear the straw sombrero. Its lighter weight, and still gives protection from the sun. Those felt hats are too damn heavy, and hot to be wearing while you work outside. I would suggest a 12" brim with a low crown and a really absorbent sweatband.

Yo intento a aprender español.

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That is awesome! Hopefully they taught you dances of other cultures as well. Educating children to cultures outside their own always a good thing.

it just needs to be tipped down foward or back, so the rain will run off the brim, not wetting the user's arms. The brim is turned up higher in one side, like the Jarabe Tabatito dancer's hat at 4:54.

I'd be a little more careful there, buckaroo. Sayin Arabs wear dresses is like saying Scotsman wear skirts. And that can get you kilt in some parts! ;-) It's not the wearing of it that is considered offensive (well, except to some young radical sjw types who are offended by everything. Bless their little hearts!). In fact, it is often praised by locals as seen here in the comments. What is offensive is when it is used as joke or stereotype, aka, fratboys on Cinco de Mayo. I spent a lot of time in the middle east and am still a desert explorer. I often wear an arab shemagh/ghuttra headscarf when in the desert sun. They wear them that way for a good reason and it works. Even though I am clearly a white westerner, locals appreciate that I have learned to adapt to their culture respectfully. But I would not ever wear it to a fancy dress party (costume party) or Halloween. Learning to speak a little Spanish or Japanese is always good, but pulling eyes and speaking in a chop suey accent or speedy gonzales for comic effect is not. That is the difference.

@@ailo4x4 They can call it what they want but it still is a dress.