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Daniel Valdez — much like the lowriders, zoot suits and huaraches on display at the Denver Art Museum — is an icon of Chicano culture.

♪ ♪ la la bamba ♪ >> i love that the church bells is "la bamba." i grew up listening to "la bamba," but i had no idea the roots of this folk song go back to the 18th century and the quarter of a million enslaved africans brought to vera cruz. these african cultural influences surviving two centuries of the slave trade blended with those of the indigenous people, as well as the spanish, like my ancestor, lorenzo longoria. and today, neighborhoods around the port reflect this unique mix of cultures. >> hola. mucho gusto. >> welcome to veracruz. >> i'm meeting with this food historian. she'...

(chainsaw continues) (daughter screams) let's pretend for a second that you didn't let down your entire family. what would that reality look like? well i guess i would've gotten us xfinity... and we'd have a better view. do you need mulch? what, we have a ton of mulch. [church bells tolling tune of "la bamba"]

[church bells tolling tune of "la bamba"] - ♪ bamba, bamba ♪ ♪ ♪ la la bamba ♪ >> i love that the church bells is "la bamba." i grew up listening to "la bamba" but i didn't know -- these african cultural influences surviving two centuries of the slave trade blended with those of the indigenous people, as well as the spanish, like my ancestor, lorenzo longoria. and today, neighborhoods around the port reflect this unique mix of cultures. >> hola.

(chainsaw continues) (daughter screams) let's pretend for a second that you didn't let down your entire family. what would that reality look like? well i guess i would've gotten us xfinity... and we'd have a better view. do you need mulch? what, we have a ton of mulch. [church bells tolling tune of "la bamba"] ♪ ♪ la la bamba ♪ ♪ bam, bam la bamba ♪ >> i love that the church bells is "la bamba." i grew up listening to "la bamba," but i had no idea the roots of this folk song go back to the 18th century and the