Guatemalan Literature

But before we enter fully the character, I think it is necessary to make a brief review of the Guatemalan Literature. With the arrival of the Spanish, whose thirst for conquest was interrupted by a millennial cultural process in our country, because aboriginal literature Maya-de-evolved descendants of the religious character of the epic and lyric poetry, cultivating and narrative prose. Among the literary production-Columbian indigenous or literature that is broad-we have the following written – Popol Vuh, which contains the creation of the Maya-Quiche – Memorial of Solola the historical events of the people – Rabinal Achi is a dance of tum or Dance Drama In turn we have a rich variety of manuscripts and codices (unfortunately not in our country) to be: Dresdense Codex, Codex Peresianus that revolves around the chronology and astronomy and data Codice Trocortesiano with ritual ceremonies, agriculture and social and everyday. Then come and writers in Castilian, which have left their mark with countless stories, among which are: Rafael Landivar Montufar Jose Batres, Jose Milla y Vidaurre, Flavio Herrera, Mario Monteforte Toledo, Luis Cardoza y Aragon, Augusto Monterroso, Virgilio Rodriguez Macal … and as Nobel Prize forget our Miguel Angel Asturias Literature with his work "The Lord President." And many more writers who extol the name of our country, some well known and others less so.

MACal RODRIGUEZ VIRGILIO (1916-1964) was born on June 28, 1916. Son of journalist, historian, writer and diplomat notable Don Virgilio Rodriguez Macal Beteta and Dona Elisa Asturias. Being a great Guatemalan novelist, internationally recognized and rewarded for his novels and stories lived, one of the foremost exponents of American literary criollismo, creating a large legacy to the culture.

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Switzerland

Gallen and Appenzell, where dog meat is eaten regularly by some of its inhabitants. In Switzerland it is not forbidden to eat dogs, cats, or other pets. Only it is forbidden to trade with their meat. The fact that the condition suffered by dogs in their process to kill them, and get to those identified with that appetite for meat that delicacy, no matter everything that the animal suffers in that martyrdom is very dramatic. Very well expressed Maringa. NET, when it indicates that many dogs for the nightmare of being considered as food will begin on the trucks where they are transported by road. This trip will often last several days along which will not have access to food. It will only provide water through hoses and only to prevent dehydration and death.

To trip enter them in cages crowded stacked on top of each other up to five heights. Arriving at the markets the carrier begins to throw onto the ground top cages. This produces Member breaks and bruises terrified dogs. Once on the ground tongs are used metal to grab them by the neck. Being already subject, traders can either throw them into larger cages to be weighed and sold immediately or download them in corrals. Once on the ground trembling animals urinate and defecate, and literally fall into containers of water in the center of the pens to quench a thirst for days. But for them the nightmare has not done more to start. Buyers spend at your side to select them.

They are then caught again by the metal tongs. After this they are brutally beaten on the snout with an instrument similar to a baseball bat, before the terrified eyes of his companions of destiny. The goal is to let them unconscious. Tragically for them unconsciousness lasts not often enough and they wake up in a matter of seconds trying to stand up, crawling between blood and colliding with other dogs also fallen.

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A Great Way to Play Baseball

Kansas City, Missouri is the home to a unique organization known as KC Sports Tournaments.  Baseball is the name of the game which KC Sports organizes, and do they do a great job at it. It all began back in 1993 as a fund raiser for the KC Wildcats, a team for eleven year olds. The Clay Platte Invitational was the first tournament. It was composed of only eight teams, but five out of those eight went on to participate in the World Series, all placing within the top six places.

The first Wildcat Invitational took place in 1994, and the ultimate goal was to have from 12-16 teams competing with each other. Unbelievably, that year there was a total of 64 teams, half of which had competed in the previous year’s World Series.  Now that KC Sports is in its 18th year, they are busy organizing tournaments for themselves as well as for USSSA Baseball. They expect to host more than 4,000 teams in the coming year.

KC Sports has a fantastic schedule planned for the upcoming baseball season, not just in Kansas City, but also in Branson and Joplin. Tournaments welcome all children ages 9-14 with a large range of ability and previous experience. No matter how much you child knows or doesn’t know about playing baseball, there is a place for him or her in KC Sports.

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