Spanish Culture #3
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- Nanduti
- means spider web in the Guarani language and refers to the fine lace weavings of the South American country of Paraguay
- Frutas y verduras
- During winter, the U.S. imports a wide range of fruits from chile such as cherries, peaches, and grapes. Producto de Chile or Importado de Chile
- El Quitasol
- a work by spanish painter Fracisco de Goya. he used the design to be used in the manufacture of royal tapestry
- America
- first appeared on a German map -named for the Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci who produced the first European charts of mainland South America
- Quena, Siku, and Charango
- instruments commonly used in Andean Music
- Dr. Ellen Ochoa
- first hispanic female asrtonaut
- Andean Music
- orginated in the Andes Mountains of peu, ecuador, bolivia, and chile
- Plena
- singer tells a story and is commonly associated with Puerto Rico
- Many Spanish words
- are derived from latin because spain was once part of the roman empire-latin name for spain:Hispania
- Famous Spanish Actors
- Salma Hayek, Jennifer Lopez, Benjamin Bratt, and Edward James Olmos
- dr. Franklin Chang-Diaz
- first hispanic astronaut to fly in space
- Bomba and Plena
- two of the musical sytles often associated with Puerto Rico.
- Bomba
- has african roots and is commonly associated with Puerto Rico
- Book Bags
- what most children in countries such as Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, and chile carry their stuff in because they don't have lockers
- Bartolome Murillo
- the first spanish painter to become famous throughout Europe. His paintings featured children from his native Sevilla
- El Museo del Oro (gold)
- in Bogota, Colombia, houses over 33,000 objects of gold, emeralds, and other precious stones made by pre-Colombian cultures-who viewed gold as life-giving energy from the sun
- Rebecca Lobo
- a profesional basketball player who in 2001 established a college scholorship fund to assist minority students who plan to persue careers in the healthcare field
- Famous Spanish Musicians
- Enrique Iglesias, Shakira, and Marc Anthony
- La noche de los rabanos
- in Oaxaca, Mexico, people display and sell radishes sculpted into fantastic shapes
- Los juegos Paralipicos
- starting with the first paralympics in Rome, athletes with all types of disabilities compete in the paralympics
- Central America
- Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, nicaragua, Costa rica, and Panama