Chicha

The purpose of this research study is to address the question of should drivers who are prosecuted with a DUI lose their license. The reason this topic is important is because those who have DUI’s on their record only face minimal consequences. On the first offense, the driver’s license is only suspended for 4 months. However, on the second offense within 10 years will result in a one year suspension. It is shown that DUI’s are one of the major causes of death each year. Those who are caught…

(Venezuelan cuisine, The Bueno Theme). To go with all this wonderful food typical drinks include; juices made from sugarcane, tamarind, coconut, coconut juice/water drunk straight from the coconut, fruity juices made into milkshakes (batidos), strong beer, chicha-alcohol made from fermenting corn or rice, sancocho-meat and vegetable stew served with arepas and toasted cassava (Steen,Mary, 2000,pg. 19). Venezuelans enjoy one of their favourite drinks, coffee. They say that their coffee is not…

Rituals - Birth, initiation, sacrifice, burial, worship, festivals -Vicky The arrival of a child was a welcome event in the Inca empire, both parents were required to perform rituals to ensure the safe delivery of the infant. Pregnant women were expected to continue working until the day they gave birth, which was done without assistance. The newborn was either placed in a cradle, carried by the mother while she worked or tied in a pack across her chest. The baby was named later during a…

The Mothers and Memory In 1977 just after the Argentine “Dirty War” began terrorizing the nation, a courageous and determined group of mothers took to the streets to protest the disappearances of their sons and daughters. These women, known as the Madres de Plaza de Mayo, became a powerful source of resistance to the Process of National Reorganization commissioned by the military junta which controlled Argentina between 1976 and 1983. In these seven years, it is estimated that roughly 30,000…

What does it mean to be native? I went into this project pondering this question. The answer I got wasn 't as I expected, it was coded and confusing just like the people I observed. When you think native one might think feathers, yelling, horses and shooting things with bows and arrows. While there may be feathers and yelling these isn 't as much as you think. I wanted to learn about this culture and the way its people live because this is my heritage that I was never able to be a part of. You…

2003). Quinoa flour is usually mixed with maize or wheat flour, with the reported substitution of in bread (10-13% quinoa flour), noodles and pasta (30-40% quinoa flour) and sweet biscuits (60% of quinoa flour) (Chamorro, 2003). Fermented beverage, ‘chicha’ mainly derived from maize, can be also made by quinoa grains (Simmonds,…