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The Xcaret experience of Maya culture: Time for a little escape from reality and to take a trip, well down memory lane anyway. At the beginning of July last year, I had the good fortune to spend two and a half days in Cancún as my husband had some work obligations there. Although it was […]
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What is International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples? It’s a day to celebrate, promote and protect the rights of Indigenous People’s around the world. August 9 was chosen as it was on that day in 1982 a United Nations Working Group first met to discuss the situation of Indigenous Peoples. In keeping with UNESCO’s […]
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One of the world’s greatest and most well-known ancient civilizations is the Inca of Peru (and Bolivia and parts of Ecuador and Chile). It is a part of Latin American culture that brings great pride to those from the region, and awe from visitors. Many may know of the ruins at Machu Picchu, Peru and […]
Read MoreDid you think that the Mayan language is just one language? Think again! Mayan is the collective name given to a linguistic family. Today, over 35 unique Mayan languages have been recorded. It is estimated, however, that at the beginning of colonisation there were in fact hundreds of these languages in use. Think […]
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In Part 1 of this topic, we defined and compared Machismo and Marianismo. In Part 2 we discussed the history and symbolism of La Virgen de Guadalupe. In this third and final segment we will explore the second archetype against which women are judged: La Malinche. Who was La Malinche? La Malinche (or Malinalli or Malintzin as she would […]
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In Part 1 of this topic, we defined and compared Machismo and Marianismo. In Parts 2 and 3 we’ll discuss the two archetypes against which women are judged: La Virgen de Guadalupe and La Malinche. In academic literature they are sometimes referred to as the ‘saint’ and the ‘whore’ respectively. Women are either perfectly godly or seductively […]
Read MoreLast month, the National Geographic and other news sites released reports and details about an archaeological discovery in northern Peru. More than 140 children and 200 young llamas appear to have been ritually sacrificed in an event that took place some 550 years ago on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, in the shadow of what […]
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