as posadas is a religious festival that is a key part of Christmas Traditions in Mexico and in some parts of the United States. Las posadas is celebrated from December 16th to the 24th, the nine nights leading up until Christmas. The nine nights represent the nine months that Joseph was in Mary's womb. Posadas may sometimes be confused as a Christmas party, but they are in fact a religious event. Las posadas honor the journey from Nazareth to Bethleham that Mary and Joseph made in search of a place of refuge where baby Jesus could be given birth to by Mary.
Joe Rosato is a tour guide and Liaison for volunteers on the Board of Directors of The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation located in Holmdel, NJ. He has volunteered at the memorial since 2007. Joe enlisted in the U.S Navy from his hometown of Brooklyn, NY on Dec. 7, 1966 (25th anniversary of Pearl Harbor). His basic training was at The U.S. Submarine Training Center in New London, CT. He ended up his enlistment in the Navy by serving in the Vietnam War at Yankee Station (Gulf of Tonkin) in 1968 as a Helmsman and Lee Helmsman aboard the aircraft carrier USS America CVA-66.
A colonizer and statesman, Manuel Lorenzo Justiniano de Zavala was one of the most talented and capable of the many native Mexicans involved in Texas ' struggle for independence from Mexico. He was born in the villiage of Tecoh in what is now the state of Yucatan, Mexico, on October 3, 1789. While still in his teens, de Zavala became an ardent advocate of democratic reforms. As a result of his political activism, he was imprisoned in 1814 for three years. When released, he re-entered politics and by 1820 represented Yucatan in the Spanish Cortes in Madrid.
Penetrate into Mission Viejo with Mission Viejo movers Orange County is a collection of many fascinating and profound cities. Mission Viejo is one among those eminent places. Mission Viejo is a compilation of many stunning merriments like Saddleback Mountains, Pristine Valley and many other plazas like Kaleidoscope. It has acquired the pride of most secured city in California. It was also regarded as the safest place in United States of America in 2006.
Bridgewater, Va. – The Treasury Department announced on Wednesday April 20th, abolitionist, and anti-slavery activist Harriet Tubman is to replace the 7th president of the United States, Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill. This is a mark in history because she will not only be the first African-American to appear on United States paper currency, but also the first woman in over a century. The original plan was to have a woman replace founding father Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill. But that plan was revoked according to Jacob Lew, the Treasury Secretary, when the Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway musical portraying Hamilton’s life gained a lot of support, as reported by USA Today.
Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca was from Spain in the 1490’s. He was born in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. De Vaca had starved his crew on his expedition. But it wasn’t only his expedition, it was also Narvaez as well. They had brought a bunch of food for everyone, but that’s not what De Vaca wanted to do.
Vyse Cat The favoured animals, of which Vyse never seemed to tire of sketching were the family pet cats George and Terence. Describing an occasion in which these remarkable animals featured, Nell Vyse writes to their close friend Sydney Greenslade. We had a quiet time in Deal, interspersed with various children that Tony and Elizabeth collected! We took George on the pier and he eagerly superintended the fishing.
Juana Barraza is a serial killer in Mexico. She was born on December 27, 1958 in Hidalgo, Mexico. As a child she had a thought life. Her mother Justa Samperio an alcoholic woman would exchange her to a man called Jose Lugo for a couple of beer. Barraza was sexually abuse; as a result she became a mother at the age of 13.
Taquirua, both thesis made a serious claim that law enforcement should be needed to wear body cameras. Your thesis makes the statement that something needs to be exercised to protect law enforcement and citizens. Taquirua there were good points and it was well supported. I believe your thesis is not too broad or general because you focus on cameras and enforcements. Good job
VANCOUVER CANADA IS A PLACE FOR MAKEUP FREAKS Vancouver, Canada got the name from a Vancouver Island. From the past year Vancouver’s population has grown significantly with the importance of the city as well. Now more parks, eateries, museums, places to hang out and malls for shopping are readily available. Not only that, Vancouver is now known as the sophisticated and stylish city, with people who have a fanatic streak for fashion, beauty, clothes and beauty related everything.
Quinceanera’s are a very big tradition for Hispanics. This tradition originated in Mexico and was started by the Aztecs. It is a right of passage for young girls (age 14), going into womanhood (age 15). Young girls get to dress up like a princess and have all the attention on them for once. There's lots of preparations that is required to plan and have a Quince, but it is worth it.
Miriam Miriam was a good example for many people. Her childhood wasn’t all that great being in a slave quarter of Egypt. Mariam was big sister to Mosses. Mariam was the oldest out of the three kids. She had to go and hide her brother Mosses from Pharaoh.
The myth from the Popol-Vuh demonstrates how the Mayans believed that humans’ existence were created to serve and worship the divine being, God, who created them with inhumane powers from and outside world looking down upon the world he created. A prominent theme throughout this myth is God’s wish to create men that will love and serve him. God claims that, “I need men on earth who will know My names, who will obey Me and love Me; and that will nourish and sustain Me” (Leeming, 61). Because this was stated by the being that was believed to be the creator of this world, the Mayans had the belief that they were created to be on Earth in order to serve God. The other beings before men, such as the men of wood and mud were destroyed by God because they did not remember God or obeyed his wishes; therefore, these beings had no purpose on Earth and were rid of.
Introduction Locura is a culture bound syndrome that affects Latin Americans and Hispanics, regardless of where they are born, in the United States or South America (Jilek 2001:5,9). Locura has also been documented in immigrants from the Caribbean Islands (Razzouk 2011:517). In Columbia, Locura is also known as “ataques de locura” madness attacks, it is attributed to a spell known as “maleficio”. Locura is commonly associated with other culture bound syndromes thru out Central and South America, such as ataques de nervious (nervios) and possession syndromes (Piñeros 1998:1425). Definition Locura is often grouped with other mental health disorders such as schizophrenia (Jilek 2001:1-5), conversion, and dissociative disorders (Piñeros 1998:1425-8).
Smoking in the United States is the number one leading unhealthy habit. Many children up to young adults taking part in the unhealthy habit of smoking. Influences from friends and even family do not help reduce the number of young people who smoke. Infact there are even adults who pressure children into smoke, adults are not the only ones who pressure young children into smoking, young children pressure each other. Statistics show how bad smoking is for anybody not just young children.
