Back in Oaxaca City (4K) / Mexico Travel Vlog #249 / The Way We Saw It
Next on our trip is Oaxaca City or Oaxaca Centro. This is the second time we visit this colourful city full of art, sights and culinary delights. We will show you our favourite breakfast spot, visit the botanical gardens and a magnificent book store, something that is really hard to find these days. We will also visit an exhibition in the famous textile museum.
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OTOMI BARK PAPER I The Handmade Process of the Amate Paper
Amate refers to the bark paper. Amate is made by processing and pounding of the inner bark of the fig tree. Amate has been manufactured in Mexico since pre-Hispanic times (ca. 300 A.D.)
The Otomi village of San Pablito in northern Puebla has preserved the tradition of making bark paper for over 400 yr, and today is the only papermaking center in all of Mexico. In the past 20 yr, bark paper has become highly commercialized and severalaspects of the Otomi papermaking process have changed. Unprecedented production levels have caused the total depletion of traditional sources of raw material. In response to this situation, the Otomi have been forced to change the types of bark that are utilized, the logistics of bark collection, and the treatment of the bark fiber prior to use. The majority of the paper currently produced in San Pablito is made from the bark ofTrema micrantha imported from the state of Veracruz. A plantation of this species is being established near San Pablito to reduce the Otomi dependence on outside sources of raw material. -Read more at
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Opuestos: Mexican Folk Art Opposites in English and Spanish
These whimsical little animals from Oaxaca, carved and painted by hand, make learning about opposites fun. Up and down, tall and short, left and right—all inside a beautiful book.
Cynthia Weill is an educator and art historian whose expertise is the work of indigenous artisans from all over the world. She is the co-author of the very successful ABeCedarios: Mexican Folk Art ABCs in Spanish and English, the first book of her Folk Art for Teaching Kids series, and of Ten Mice for Tet (Chronicle Books, 2003). She lives in New York City.
Pages on the left side introduce children to a word in English and Spanish, as pages on the right side present its opposite: Asleep/Dormido (a spotted dog snoozes)/AwakeDespierto (the same dog, eyes wide open and tail sticking up).
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What is MULTICULTURAL ART? What does MULTICULTURAL ART mean? MULTICULTURAL ART meaning - MULTICULTURAL ART definition - MULTICULTURAL ART explanation.
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Multicultural art concentrates on pieces of creativity that have an essence of a certain cultural theme. Kristen Ali Eglinton, in her 2003 book Art in the Early Years, defined multicultural art as the study of artistic and aesthetic endeavors of the people and cultures that form the non-Western world.
Multicultural art revolves around dance, music, graffiti and many other mediums of many cultures and races who express passion for the city life. Cultures inspire many people on a global level to send political, positive and unique messages to the public in an artistic and creative way.
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The JCB Library Long-Term Fellows Talk featuring Danny Zborover
The John Carter Brown Library Long-Term Fellows Talk || Written in the Land: Cartographies of Long-Term Colonialism in Southern Mexico
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
The European conquest of the Americas is still conceived in the academic and popular imagination as the most pivotal turning point in the history of the so-called ‘New World’ civilizations. It was, however, only one of many—and one of the last—of such dramatic cycles of domination and colonialism in southern Mexico, involving Zapotecs, Mixtecs, Aztecs, Pochutecs, and Chontales, among others. The millennial documentary genre of ‘territorial-narratives’ and other colonial cartographies along the Pacific Coast can offer us a unique window into these long-term transformations, and further interrogate such restrictive paradigms as the ‘European-colonizer’ vs. the ‘Indigenouscolonized’ and the ‘Prehispanic’↔‘Historical’ false dichotomy.
Danny Zborover
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellows, 2015-16
John Carter Brown Library
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Mexico (Spanish: México [ˈmexiko] ( listen); Nahuatl languages: Mēxihco), officially the United Mexican States (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos, listen ), is a federal republic in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Covering almost 2,000,000 square kilometres (770,000 sq mi), the nation is the fifth largest country in the Americas by total area and the 13th largest independent state in the world. With an estimated population of over 120 million people, the country is the eleventh most populous state and the most populous Spanish-speaking state in the world, while being the second most populous nation in Latin America after Brazil. Mexico is a federation comprising 31 states and Mexico City, a special federal entity that is also the capital city and its most populous city. Other metropolises in the state include Guadalajara, Monterrey, Puebla, Toluca, and Tijuana.
Pre-Columbian Mexico dates to about 8000 BC and is identified as one of five cradles of civilization and was home to many advanced Mesoamerican civilizations such as the Olmec, Toltec, Teotihuacan, Zapotec, Maya, and Aztec before first contact with Europeans. In 1521, the Spanish Empire conquered and colonized the territory from its politically powerful base in Mexico-Tenochtitlan (part of Mexico City), which was administered as the viceroyalty of New Spain. Three centuries later, the territory became a nation state following its recognition in 1821 after the colony's Mexican War of Independence. The post-independence period was tumultuous, characterized by economic inequality and many contrasting political changes. The Mexican–American War (1846–1848) led to a territorial cession of the extant northern territories to the United States. The Pastry War, the Franco-Mexican War, a civil war, two empires, and the Porfiriato occurred in the 19th century. The Porfiriato was ended by the start of the Mexican Revolution in 1910, which culminated with the promulgation of the 1917 Constitution and the emergence of the country's current political system as a democratic republic.
Mexico has the 15th largest nominal GDP and the 11th largest by purchasing power parity. The Mexican economy is strongly linked to those of its 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners, especially the United States. In 1994, Mexico became the first Latin American member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). It is classified as an upper-middle income country by the World Bank and a newly industrialized country by several analysts. The country is considered both a regional power and a middle power, and is often identified as an emerging global power. Due to its rich culture and history, Mexico ranks first in the Americas and seventh in the world for number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Mexico is an ecologically megadiverse country, ranking fourth in the world for its biodiversity. Mexico has many tourists: in 2016, it was the eighth most-visited country in the world, with 35 million international arrivals. Mexico is a member of the United Nations (UN), the World Trade Organization (WTO), the G8+5, the G20, the Uniting for Consensus group of the UN, and the Pacific Alliance trade bloc.
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Mexico (Spanish: México [ˈmexiko] (listen); Nahuatl languages: Mēxihco), officially the United Mexican States (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos, listen ), is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Covering almost 2,000,000 square kilometres (770,000 sq mi), the nation is the fifth largest country in the Americas by total area and the 13th largest independent state in the world. With an estimated population of over 120 million people, the country is the eleventh most populous state and the most populous Spanish-speaking state in the world, while being the second most populous nation in Latin America after Brazil. Mexico is a federation comprising 31 states and Mexico City, a special federal entity that is also the capital city and its most populous city. Other metropolises in the state include Guadalajara, Monterrey, Puebla, Toluca, and Tijuana.
Pre-Columbian Mexico dates to about 8000 BC and is identified as one of five cradles of civilization and was home to many advanced Mesoamerican civilizations such as the Olmec, Toltec, Teotihuacan, Zapotec, Maya, and Aztec before first contact with Europeans. In 1521, the Spanish Empire conquered and colonized the territory from its politically powerful base in Mexico-Tenochtitlan (part of Mexico City), which was administered as the viceroyalty of New Spain. Three centuries later, the territory became a nation state following its recognition in 1821 after the colony's Mexican War of Independence. The post-independence period was tumultuous, characterized by economic inequality and many contrasting political changes. The Mexican–American War (1846–1848) led to a territorial cession of the extant northern territories to the United States. The Pastry War, the Franco-Mexican War, a civil war, two empires, and the Porfiriato occurred in the 19th century. The Porfiriato was ended by the start of the Mexican Revolution in 1910, which culminated with the promulgation of the 1917 Constitution and the emergence of the country's current political system as a federal, democratic republic.
Mexico has the 15th largest nominal GDP and the 11th largest by purchasing power parity. The Mexican economy is strongly linked to those of its 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners, especially the United States. In 1994, Mexico became the first Latin American member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). It is classified as an upper-middle income country by the World Bank and a newly industrialized country by several analysts. The country is considered both a regional power and a middle power, and is often identified as an emerging global power. Due to its rich culture and history, Mexico ranks first in the Americas and seventh in the world for number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Mexico is an ecologically megadiverse country, ranking fourth in the world for its biodiversity. Mexico has many tourists: in 2016, it was the eighth most-visited country in the world, with 35 million international arrivals. Mexico is a member of the United Nations (UN), the World Trade Organization (WTO), the G8+5, the G20, the Uniting for Consensus group of the UN, and the Pacific Alliance trade bloc.
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清海無上師簡介
為了那一點點愛,我們上天下地探索,只為尋獲那一點點愛,
將此愛與眾生分享,無論他們在世上哪個角落。
—— 清海無上師
在無數與清海無上師相遇的人眼中,無上師可說是「愛」的化身!
她是一位知名的慈善家、藝術家和靈性導師。她的愛心和奉獻超越文化與種族的藩籬,嘉惠世界各地數以百萬計的人們。其中包括:窮困的人、醫學研究機構、孤苦的老人、身心障礙者、難民,以及遭受地震、水患等受難者,只要人們有需求,她便無私地奉獻所有。
經由這些善舉,我們見證「源源不絕的慈悲心」正是這位深具愛心女士的標誌。而「世界會」會員,也依循著她的愛心典範,成長茁壯。
清海無上師出生於悠樂中部。小時候,她總是盡其所能地幫助醫院裏的病人和窮苦的人。長大後,她到歐洲留學,擔任義務護理人員,以及為紅十字會翻譯。很快地,清海無上師便發現,痛苦存在於所有文化和世界上每個角落。因此,找尋解除這些苦難的方法,成為她生活中最重要的目標。
清海無上師曾與一位德國醫生結婚,過著幸福美滿的婚姻生活。儘管「分離」對他們來說,是個極為困難的抉擇,然而為了無上師高雅的理想,她的先生最後還是同意分離。隨後,清海無上師便展開靈性追尋之旅。
經過一段漫長旅程,最後,她在印度喜馬拉雅山的深山裡,找到一位開悟的明師,傳授她「觀音法門」——觀內在光和音的打坐法門。經過一段時間的精進修行之後,她達到完全證悟的境界。
“你必須把時間留給自己,往內靜思、回歸自己的本性,記起自己內在的本質,並發展它,讓自己像個藝術家般閒情逸致、滿懷愛心、沒有壓力,然後你才能給予。如果你不了解快樂,你就無法給予快樂;如果你沒有和平,你就無法給予和平。
—— 清海無上師
離開喜馬拉雅山後不久,在眾人的誠摯懇求下,清海無上師將「觀音法門」傳授給渴求真理的人們,鼓勵求道者往內找尋自己偉大的品質。
社會各階層的人士,經由修行「觀音法門」後,發現他們生活更滿足、平靜,充滿喜悅。隨後,美國、歐洲、亞洲、南美洲以及聯合國,均邀請清海無上師蒞臨演講,並傳授「觀音法門」。
“我們能分享什麼就開始分享,然後就可以感受到內在的微細變化,我們的意識會注入更多的愛力,這就是一個起步。我們來到這裡是為了學習成長,也為了學習使用我們無限的愛力和創造力,讓我們所處的任何環境變得更好!
—— 清海無上師
清海無上師本身是一位善行義舉的典範,同時她也鼓勵大家美化我們所居住的世界。
經由修行觀音法門,清海無上師發展出多樣渾然天成的才華,透過繪畫、音樂、詩作、珠寶和服裝設計等藝術創作,將來自天國的靈思融入生活之中。
1995年,在大眾的懇求下,首度在國際各流行重鎮,展開服裝設計巡迴展,其中包括倫敦、巴黎、米蘭和紐約等地。清海師父用這些藝術創作的收入從事慈善工作,以獨立的資金來源展現她的務實觀--我們都應該靠自己的力量幫助他人。
雖然清海無上師不追求外界的認可,但世界各國的官方和私人組織,為表揚她的無我奉獻,在諸多場合頒發給她各式獎項,包括:「世界和平獎」、「顧氏和平獎」、「世界精神領袖獎」、「世界公民人道獎」以及服務大眾傑出人士和提升人權方面的獎章。
她以愛心消弭世上的仇恨,她為絕望的人帶來希望,
她以寛容化解誤會,她散發出偉人光芒,
她是全人類的慈悲天使。
—— 前夏威夷檀香山市長花士先生
清海無上師是當代致力於幫助他人發現及創造美好未來的人士之一。如同許多歷史上的偉人一樣,無上師也有她自己的夢想:
我有一個夢想
我夢想全世界和平
我夢想世界不再有殺生,小孩們可以過著和諧安樂的生活
我夢想國際間能彼此握手言和、互相保護、互相幫助
我夢想這個幾千百萬億年愛心造就的美麗的星球不會被摧毀
我夢想它將會在和平、美麗與愛中延續下去
Aztec | Wikipedia audio article
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00:08:13 1 Definitions
00:14:50 2 History
00:14:59 2.1 Sources of knowledge
00:19:48 2.2 Central Mexico in the classic and postclassic
00:22:14 2.3 Mexica migration and foundation of Tenochtitlan
00:25:01 2.4 Early Mexica rulers
00:28:34 2.5 Early rulers of the Aztec Empire
00:28:45 2.5.1 Motecuzoma I Ilhuicamina
00:31:51 2.5.2 Axayacatl and Tizoc
00:34:57 2.5.3 Ahuitzotl
00:36:51 2.6 Final Aztec rulers and the Spanish conquest
00:42:11 3 Political and social organization
00:42:22 3.1 Nobles and commoners
00:44:47 3.2 Family and gender
00:46:55 3.3 iAltepetl/i and icalpolli/i
00:50:06 3.4 Triple Alliance and Aztec Empire
00:53:55 4 Economy
00:54:05 4.1 Agriculture and subsistence
00:57:16 4.2 Crafts and trades
00:58:40 4.3 Trade and distribution
01:01:28 4.4 Tribute
01:03:32 5 Urbanism
01:04:28 5.1 Tenochtitlan
01:07:14 5.1.1 The Great Temple
01:09:11 5.2 Other major city-states
01:10:28 6 Religion
01:11:13 6.1 Deities
01:13:53 6.2 Mythology and worldview
01:16:44 6.3 Calendar
01:19:38 6.4 Human sacrifice and cannibalism
01:24:11 7 Art and cultural production
01:25:11 7.1 Writing and iconography
01:28:20 7.2 Music, song and poetry
01:28:27 7.3 Ceramics
01:28:38 7.4 Painted art
01:30:56 7.5 Sculpture
01:31:05 7.6 Featherwork
01:33:38 8 Colonial period, 1521–1821
01:33:47 8.1 Population decline
01:36:56 8.2 Social and political continuity and change
01:37:05 9 Legacy
01:40:08 9.1 The Aztecs and national identity
01:40:17 9.2 Aztec history and international scholarship
01:42:55 9.3 Language and placenames
01:43:09 9.4 Cuisine
01:45:43 9.5 In popular culture
01:45:53 10 See also
01:48:12 11 Notes
01:48:24 12 References
01:52:53 13 Bibliography
01:53:03 14 Primary sources in English
01:54:18 15 External links
02:04:48 Aztec history and international scholarship
02:09:35 Language and placenames
02:10:59 Cuisine
02:12:22 In popular culture
02:15:07 See also
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The Aztecs () were a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec peoples included different ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica from the 14th to the 16th centuries. Aztec culture was organized into city-states (altepetl), some of which joined to form alliances, political confederations, or empires. The Aztec Empire was a confederation of three city-states established in 1427, Tenochtitlan, city-state of the Mexica or Tenochca; Texcoco; and Tlacopan, previously part of the Tepanec empire, whose dominant power was Azcapotzalco. Although the term Aztecs is often narrowly restricted to the Mexica of Tenochtitlan, it is also broadly used to refer to Nahua polities or peoples of central Mexico in the prehispanic era, as well as the Spanish colonial era (1521–1821). The definitions of Aztec and Aztecs have long been the topic of scholarly discussion, ever since German scientist Alexander von Humboldt established its common usage in the early nineteenth century.Most ethnic groups of central Mexico in the post-classic period shared basic cultural traits of Mesoamerica, and so many of the traits that characterize Aztec culture cannot be said to be exclusive to the Aztecs. For the same reason, the notion of Aztec civilization is best understood as a particular horizon of a general Mesoamerican civilization. The culture of central Mexico includes maize cultivation, the social division between nobility (pipiltin) and commoners (macehualtin), a pantheon (featuring Tezcatlipoca, Tlaloc and Quetzalcoatl), and the calendric system of a xiuhpohualli of 365 days intercalated with a tonalpohualli of 260 days. Particular to the Mexica of Tenochtitlan was the patron God Huitzilopochtli, ...
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The Aztecs () were a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec peoples included different ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica from the 14th to the 16th centuries. Aztec culture was organized into city-states (altepetl), some of which joined to form alliances, political confederations, or empires. The Aztec empire was a confederation of three city-states established in 1427, Tenochtitlan, city-state of the Mexica or Tenochca; Texcoco; and Tlacopan, previously part of the Tepanec empire, whose dominant power was Azcapotzalco. Although the term Aztecs is often narrowly restricted to the Mexica of Tenochtitlan, it is also broadly used to refer to Nahua polities or peoples of central Mexico in the prehispanic era, as well as the Spanish colonial era (1521–1821). The definitions of Aztec and Aztecs have long been the topic of scholarly discussion, ever since German scientist Alexander von Humboldt established its common usage in the early nineteenth century.Most ethnic groups of central Mexico in the post-classic period shared basic cultural traits of Mesoamerica, and so many of the traits that characterize Aztec culture cannot be said to be exclusive to the Aztecs. For the same reason, the notion of Aztec civilization is best understood as a particular horizon of a general Mesoamerican civilization. The culture of central Mexico includes maize cultivation, the social division between nobility (pipiltin) and commoners (macehualtin), a pantheon (featuring Tezcatlipoca, Tlaloc and Quetzalcoatl), and the calendric system of a xiuhpohualli of 365 days intercalated with a tonalpohualli of 260 days. Particular to the Mexica of Tenochtitlan was the patron God Huitzilopochtli, twin pyramids, and the ceramic ware known as Aztec I to IV.From the 13th century, the Valley of Mexico was the heart of dense population and the rise of city-states. The Mexica were late-comers to the Valley of Mexico, and founded the city-state of Tenochtitlan on unpromising islets in Lake Texcoco, later becoming the dominant power of the Aztec Triple Alliance or Aztec Empire. It was a tributary empire that expanded its political hegemony far beyond the Valley of Mexico, conquering other city states throughout Mesoamerica in the late post-classic period. It originated in 1427 as an alliance between the city-states Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, and Tlacopan; these allied to defeat the Tepanec state of Azcapotzalco, which had previously dominated the Basin of Mexico. Soon Texcoco and Tlacopan were relegated to junior partnership in the alliance, with Tenochtitlan the dominant power. The empire extended its reach by a combination of trade and military conquest. It was never a true territorial empire controlling a territory by large military garrisons in conquered provinces, but rather dominated its client city-states primarily by installing friendly rulers in conquered territories, by constructing marriage alliances between the ruling dynasties, and by extending an imperial ideology to its client city-states. Client city-states paid tribute to the Aztec emperor, the Huey Tlatoani, in an economic strategy limiting communication and trade between outlying polities, making them dependent on the imperial center for the acquisition of luxury goods. The political clout of the empire reached far south into Mesoamerica conquering polities as far south as Chiapas and Guatemala and spanning Mesoamerica from the Pacific to the Atlantic oceans.
The empire reached its maximal extent in 1519, just prior to the arrival of a small group of Spanish conquistadors led by Hernán Cortés. Cortés allied with city-states opposed to the Mexica, particularly the Nahuatl-speaking Tlaxcalteca as well as other central Mexican polities, including Texcoco, its former ally in the Trip ...