Ofrendas Experience "Offerings" for The Day of the Dead through a song, an essay of images, an interview, and activities.

¿dónde jugarán los niños? A guided reading of Maná's song, tú commands, future tense, present subjunctive, and past participles.

the etymology and history of first names

ll of the vocabulary includes audio but it does require the free Adobe Flash Player. Most months include sample sentences that can be used with the vocabulary of the month.

May 5 Cinco de Mayo (Mexico). Commemorates de victory of Mexican forces over the French army at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. It is primarily a regional holiday celebrated in the Mexican state capital city of Puebla, and in other parts of Mexico. It is also celebrated in U.S. cities with a significant Mexican population. It is not, as many people think, Mexico’s Independece Day, which is actually September 16.

This list is designed to reflect the major holidays and celebrations of the Spanish-speaking countries.

Spain's Most Bizarre Festivals

Festivals in Spain: by Month Festivals in January Festivals in February Festivals in March Festivals in April/Easter Festivals in May Festivals in June Festivals in July Festivals in August Festivals in September Festivals in October Festivals in November Festivals in December and New Year

Fast Food: Ads vs. Reality Each item was purchased, taken home, and photographed immediately. Nothing  was tampered with, run over by a car, or anything of the sort. It is an accurate  representation in every case. Shiny, neon-orange, liquefied pump-cheese, and all.

Unlike the people in other areas of Hispanic America, Argentines are mostly of European origin.

Between the 1850s and 1940, more than 3.5 million immigrants arrived in Argentina, about 45 percent of them from Italy and 32 percent from Spain. Prior to the 1960s, substantial numbers also came from Britain, Germany, France, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Poland, Russia, Wales, the middle East, and Japan. Spanish is the official language and is spoken universally, but a number of Argentines also speak English, Italian, German, French, or Native American languages (Guarani, Quechua, Mapuche, etc.). Despite the mix of ancestries and languages, Argentines are fiercely nationalistic.

Approximately 90 percent of the population is nominally Roman Catholic.

Argentine sport Although Pato is Argentina’s national sport, played by gauchos on the XIX century, soccer is the most captivating sport for the people of the country.

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Boxing has faded in the United States, eclipsed by extreme ultimate fighting, hurt by a lack of homegrown heavyweight stars and banished to small audiences on television pay-per-view. But south of the border, the sport remains hugely popular, aired almost every Saturday evening on national television. Bouts draw steady ratings, and top boxers claim masses of followers.

Soccer may be Mexico's national sport, but boxing speaks to the never-give-up grit and warrior spirit that Mexicans say date to Aztec times.

"Soccer and boxing: These are the two favorite sports of Mexicans,"

Cycling This is a sport that competes for second place with Bullfighting, after Football, for the most television spectators.

Football Without question this sport is foremost in the minds of the majority of Spaniards and throughout the country

The game is based on the principle of propelling a hard ball, using a basket-like glove at great force against hard high walls, much in the manner of squash but without using rackets.