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    or-treating and costume and theme parties are the main attractions of the Halloween, there are some places around the World to be to experience nerve-wracking fear of the Halloween at the very best. From Dracula's Castle in Romania to the streets of Oaxaca, here are the most haunted and creepiest tourist spots to visit on Halloween. Derry, Northern Ireland Ireland is the place where Halloween took birth. At that time it was celebrated as Samhain festival, which marks the end of the harvest…

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    This paper has three aims. The utmost importance is to contribute to the understanding of the reinterpretation on the 35 year regime of Porfirio Diaz (1876-1911), highlighting the major achievements increasing the Mexican economy, and the fall of the thirty-five year regime. Despite the previous interpretation of Porfirio Diaz regime as an enigma, his government considered as a dictatorship, and inflicting injustice all around the country. It has been said that it is better to regret an action…

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    Class struggle takes place when tension is created between people of different classes due to competing socioeconomic interests and desires whereas nationalism is a desire of a large group of people share common interests, background etc. to form a separate or independent nation although both have different definitions however have a connection. Class struggle is also known as class conflict and class war. The anarchist Mikhail Bakunin and Karl Marx’s work has brought in the view that class…

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    migrant workers dealt with the author also experience problems of his own. He wanted first hand research so he traveled on the bus from Oaxaca, Mexico to cross the border with migrants. On the way he met with Triqui families and even nine men whom he ended up traveling with. His work is supported by traveling with migrants back and forth from San Miguel, Oaxaca, Mexico, Arizona and California. This book…

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    Synchretism Pros And Cons

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    Mexican evangelical Christians are being persecuted by followers of a hybrid faith who subject them to beatings and forced conversion, charity group International Christian Concern (ICC) said. ICC said evangelical Christians in some states in southern Mexico have been beaten and driven away from their villages last year. Synchretists, those who practice a combination of faiths, traditions, and mythologies, are allegedly the ones responsible for the incidents, Fox News details. “They will try to…

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    Throughout many centuries, there has always been presents of war around the world. There have been signs of possible war all the way back from 12,000 to 14,000 years ago. In this article, researchers argue about the first signs of war and how it affects the human body and mind. Throughout this article, it talks about the hunter-gatherers thousands of years ago. I think that there were tons of warfare when the hunter-gatherers were around. If there are different groups and clans in the same…

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    The Mole Oaxaqueño

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    I was born and raised in Madera, California. My parents have done their best to teach my siblings and me about their culture backgrounds and traditions. My parents are both from the state of Oaxaca, which is in southern Mexico. I started to learn at a very young age about my beliefs and values. During our family events, my parents used this as a learning opportunity to teach me and my siblings about our family tree. My mother comes from a big family so at every event I was introduced to…

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    In Aida Benton’s book HIV Exceptionalism she gives a story two different individuals who have decided to take different positions in regards to their HIV status, and how this can impact their lives. For example, Alfred was very vocal about the fact that he was positive with HIV, and that he was doing the best he could to live in an optimistic manner. He also mentioned that he could not understand why someone would not want to be open about their struggles with HIV. Nafiatsu, on the other hand,…

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    In the topic of emerging adulthood, I interview two close family members from two different generations and ages. The first interview was my grandmother age (73); she was born and raised in a small village in Oaxaca, Mexico, an indigenous state; her parents were farmers and they were constantly migrating to different regions of the state until they finally settle in a small village. The second interview was my godfather age (51) born and raised and currently living in Mexico City; his family…

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    Aztec Influence

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    The Aztecs were not the first people to settle in the area of Mexico and, therefore, it is no wonder that their society and art was influenced by the groups of people before them. There was great number of civilizations that have influenced the Aztec region like the Olmecs, Toltecs, Mayans and Zapotecs. The Aztecs have been the rulling civilization of most Mesoamerica in the 15th and 16th centuries CE with their center in the capital of Tenochtitlan. The art of the Aztecs spead thanks to their…

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