The Mexican surfer Patricia Ornelas went viral on social networks on Saturday, May 18, with a video that has been circulating since Thursday the 16th in which she is seen dressed in a traditional huipil while challenging the waves.
Patricia Ornelas is a young woman born in Guerrero, a state of Mexico located on the Pacific coast. On Instagram, she defines herself as an artist and wave cowgirl.
“I represent my culture with great pride and love in what I am most passionate about. Being Mexican makes me proud and makes me feel very privileged to have been born in these lands. “Sharing my culture for a project that was born in the Philippines,” the young woman wrote when sharing the video on her TikTok account.
Until Saturday the 18th at 7:50 p.m. The clip had already been shared 19,500 times 4,068,000 “I love it.”
It also accumulated 4,204 comments. For example, Rosa Amelia Obregón wrote: “She does not want to dominate the wave, she subtly dances with it…. The beautiful bronze race!!!!”
“Wow… The Mexican Mohana,” commented Fabiola Pérez Islas.
For his part, Ángel Zoe indicated that “in Puerto Escondido Oaxaca they also surf like this, with their typical costumes.”
“What ease, elegance, subtlety, softness, firmness, precision, beauty, and with its extra feminine touch!” Algala Inspo expressed with admiration when commenting on the same video.
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