Puebla

The main center in Peru and Mexico had the historical development of styles preciously established in Spain but developed original features in different regions. There were skilled native artisans and relatively strong political organization in Peru and Mexico. The mix between Spanish and indigenous elements flourished until the last quarter of the 18th cent. when neoclassicism invaded Latin America. The earliest building constructed of impermanent materials, have disappeared but by the end of…

The Mexico won it’s independence from Spain in September 16,1810. Many people think that Mexico’s independence day is on May 5th, but May 5th is really just the date of an important battle that lead Mexico to it’s freedom. May 5th was the battle of Puebla. The date said to be the original date of the rebellion is October 2nd.…

History will always be known to repeat itself. There will always be empires rising and falling now and way into the future. There will always be something for these empires to fight for which will lead to a winner and a loser. Only the strong empires will survive the longest, only to lead to a historic downfall. These empires will conquer land and destroy families and religions. Some will be able to rebuild, but this will take many decades to do so. The Arab philosopher Ibn Khaldun, says that…

After reading chapter one from our reading, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, one of the Hmong customs that stood out to me the most was the sacrifice of an animal to cure infertility. I thought this was interesting because of the believe that you have to kill a living thing in order to give life to something else. Another one of the customs that stood out to me was the burial of the placenta, it stood out to me because there was a difference on the treatment of a boy’s placenta and a…

There is more than one side to every story, and it is important to listen to more than one perspective. That was the main theme in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TED talk. She started the talk by explaining her love for reading and how she began reading American and European literature. She couldn’t identify with books until she was introduced to African literature. Another example of only looking at a story through one lense is when her roommate in college was expecting her music choice to be…

through the streets and the person in the casket throws out candy and flowers (mexonline1 & novareinna1). A holiday that we do not celebrate however but hear a lot about is Cinco de Mayo. Cinco de Mayo celebrates how the Mexican army won the Battle of Puebla in 1862. Some dishes that are served for this holiday is Mendou soup, Plantain chips, and Sopes(history1). Around 82% of Mexicans consider themselves as catholic. Some Christian branches include Presbyterians, Jehovah's Witness, Seventh-day…

The video about The Tree if Life is very interesting because it is about the voladores ritual. This ritual is about a 1500 year old rite that is performed in the video by the Totonac Indians. The Totonac Indians are from Huehuetla, Puebla, Mexico. What happens in the ritual is usually about five flyers climb to the top of the pole and then, hang down by a rope which is wrapped around the pole. Four of five flyer are hanging upside down and rotate around the pole with the rope until they reach…

Mexico Mexico is a country located between located between the United States and Central America. It is the 14th largest nation in the world. Mexico is a land of extremes, it has high mountains, terrains and deep canyons in the center of the country, beautiful beaches along its Caribbean and Pacific coastlines. rivers in Mexico include Rio Grande In north and Usumacinta on its northern and southern borders with Grijalva, Balsas, Panuco and Yaqui in the interior. Mexico has extensive coastlines,…

to her, saying that someone would like to gift her some candy. A couple of minutes later an older man came up and started a conversation about how he used to be a car salesman. Weeks down the road they exchanged numbers and he asked Karla to go to Puebla with him, and the nightmare begins; one night Karla’s mother did not open the door because she came home a little too late so, she decided to leave with the older man the next day. Three months later the man who was 22 years old, 10 years older…

In 1937, the government of Germany was under the control of Adolf Hilter from the national Socialist (Nazi) party. The government forms a stated-owned automobile company, known as Volkswagenwerk, or “The People’s Car Company.” Hitler's goals were to develop and mass produce an affordable car. At that time, Hitler's hired an Austrian automotive engineer Ferdinand Porsche. In 1939, it was the first time the vehicle was showed to the public at Berlin Motor Show. Not long after the Berlin Motor Show…