In health we have been on the topic of death, dying and the afterlife. We have learnt numerous things like many different cultures handle with the topic of death, the contrasting stages of death and how to cope.
Our class was recently given an assignment and since our topic is death, dying and the afterlife we get to talk about celebrity deaths, the famous death I am investigating is Selena Quintanilla.
Facts about Selena Quintanilla ★
Selena started singing from the young age of 6 then formed a band at 10 performing in a band called ‘Selena y Los Dinos’ or ‘Selena and Guys’ the manager, her father Abraham Quintanilla and other members of the band her elder brother A.B Quintanilla who played the bass and her elder sister Suzette Quintanilla played the drums. The band released six albums before Selenas debut album as a soloist in 1989.
Selena was the first Latin musician to chart a Latin album on the setting a 1# on the Billboard 200 pop chart, the album was at least 50 percent in Spanish. Funny enough, her second language being Spanish while her first language was English.
Selena was shot and murdered by her fan-club president and close friend, Yolanda Saldívar at the Days Inn Hotel in Corpus Christi, Texas. Her home town. Selena would’ve been 52 if not shot on that tragic day.
She was nicknamed ‘The Queen of Tejano Music’ Tejano music or the ‘Tex-Mex’ genre being inspired and roughly being influenced by mixing Northern Mexican, Southern Texan and European music together.
How did you demonstrate respect towards others cultural beliefs that are different to yours?
I showed respect by being open to learn new things like if I learnt that a different culture has a different outlook on something that said culture and my culture do not have in common I would look for what they did relate to. Showing respect isn’t hard, but unfortunately some people don’t understand that. Respecting someones culture can make them really proud of themselves but also one little comment could break someones entire world. So paying close attention or showing that you genuinely care about learning something new would surely boost their Taha Hinegaro (emotional health). Learning something new is something no one should be scared of, why should rules change when it is something you don’t believe in?
Why is it important that you take care of all areas of hauora when we experience change, loss or grief?
It is very cruial to take care of your hauora if one wall is unstable it will undoubtably affect your other walls too. Experiencing any of these changes is definetly scary but as people we can only change and grow as people, change is not a bad thing.
Usually when I’m feeling down and want to connect my hauora doing an activity to help each of hauora walls rebuild. If its emotianal you could talk to trusted people about our situation and write my feelings down in a journal, plus it is such a good thing for your emotional health. It can also help you raise your Taha Whanau since you are reaching out to people you trust and care for. If it is something spiritual or Taha Wairua you could test out. You could go outside for just a quick jog or walk just to calm your body and mentality to enhance your Taha Tinana or your physical wellbeing.