My family and I grew up in Mexico with a mother was a very strict catholic. She would take us to church and to all sorts of events the church we went to sponsored. Also‚ Halloween is not a holiday in Mexico. Instead‚ we celebrate the Day of the Dead and the Day of All Saints. Every year‚ during these two days‚ my family and I would go to our local cemetery and place marigold flowers and food on the graves on our ancestors. It was a tradition we kept doing until we moved here to Glenwood Springs.
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Puebla‚ Mexico is a vast region occupied by farmland and desert‚ but also beautiful mountains and jungles. The diverse landscape shaped the traditions and foods of the Mexicans residing in the area. But every year‚ on Day of the Dead these many traditions and foods unite to celebrate their ancestors‚ creating a beautiful meshing of the many cultures in Puebla‚ Mexico. Day of the Dead traditions can vary from region to region‚ but preserve the core of the celebration‚ recognizing and rejoicing with
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childhood self would beg to differ. While my short legs struggle to keep up with my ferocious appetite‚ I quickly grab onto a sample and bask in my stealthy glory. Success! Such a scene is a predictable occurrence – after all‚ my family’s biweekly trips to Costco often result in me being scolded for taking one too many samples of dinosaur chicken nuggets or for wandering off towards the aromatic bakery section. Nevertheless‚
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Our Saturday Activity Bridges! Jazmine Gomez My experience on the last field trip honestly made me very pensive and actually forced me to evaluate the different meanings of a “bridge.” Never had I thought of a bridge anything more than JUST a bridge. Simply something I or anyone else would use to cross over from one point to another...simple. When the topic of a bridge was brought up the class before our fieldtrip I indefinitely didn’t really focus my attention onto what Professor Padilla
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major events from the past. Therefore‚ it becomes that job of historians to analyze sources and determine their accuracy and relevancy. “The Conquest of New Spain” written by Bernal Díaz and “The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico” are two sources whose themes can be compared and contrasted in order to determine their accuracy as primary sources. There are several themes portrayed throughout both sources such as: the civility of Cortez and Montezuma‚ initial encounters‚ the
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life situations. We started off with going to the Milwaukee County Courthouse. There‚ we were able to talk to a judge and hear about his job as well as hear some cases. Then‚ we went to the Hope House‚ which personally‚ was my favorite part of the trip. Lastly‚ we went to Habitat for Humanity‚ which was also very interesting. Although I thought every part of the fieldtrip was interesting‚ my favorite part was going to the Hope House. It was heartbreaking and intriguing at the same time to see a
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My trip to Dallas Museum of Art On the 18th of June 2013‚ I decided to visit one of the greatest museums in Dallas. I was very excited to visit the museum because I have never been to any of the museums before in Dallas since I came to the United States of America. Therefore‚ when the professor said it is the part of a grade so I got more excited. I reached the downtown by noon‚ and parked our car outside the Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas Museum of Art significantly improved
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Foods and Nutrition Excursion to Eko Hotel & Suites All the 17 SS1 and SS2 students of foods and nutrition as well as Mrs.Obi and Mrs.Linda leave school at around 9:20 am . We arrive at Eko hotel and suites at around 9:45 and were welcomed by Mr.Mawoye Bolorundur ‚ the senior personnel officer of Eko Hotel and suites . Mr.Mawoye told us a brief history about Eko hotel and suites . It is a worldwide 5 star hotel located in one of the finest areas in Lagos ‚ that is ‚ Victoria Island . The hotel
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bomb in Mexico City’s San Juanico district killing as many as 2000 poor residents.” (Davis 2007: 130) This brings create danger to those living in these areas. Not only can these environmental disasters kill thousands of people it also destroys the homes these slum dwellers have leaving them with nowhere else to go. Mexico City is also affected by pollution. Although its air quality is not as bad as Mumbai’s a study showed that “foul air is most deadly is the sprawling megacities of Mexico‚ Sao Paulo
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BUSINESS CULTURE AND ETIQUETTE IN MEXICO BUSINESS ETIQUETTE IN MEXICO 1. Greetings 2. Names and Titles 3. Business Meetings 4. Conversation Topics 5. Negotiation 6. Business Entertaining 7. Gift giving 8. Practical Advice Business Culture & Etiquette Guides GREETINGS The usual form of greeting is shaking hands. A man should wait for a woman to hold out her hand first. Men‚ who already know each other‚ usually embrace each other. The usual form of an embrace is as follows: first
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