To celebrate the first anniversary of Ballenita magazine's online existence, with the support of the UPSE (Spanish Seminary of the University of Seville) and the Amantes de Sumpa Museum, we are pleased to share with the peninsular community the experience of one of the most proud indigenous peoples of the Ecuadorian Amazon: the Cofan. Through […]
I had the opportunity to meet Luiggiman Farfrompüken TheStrange (Luiggi Paolo Raffo) virtually a couple of months ago (I hope to greet him in person soon, and not just through one of those twenty-first-century gadgets). Just listening to his stage name reveals something of a personality that, little by little, as […]
I'm someone who has lived in this parish for a long time, and I'm going to tell you a story about a woman who lost her son at sea and is still searching for him in the dark. She was a very humble person. It happened one day when a hurricane devastated the parish […]
After a pleasant meeting in the living room of the Tomalá family home, which celebrated its first 100 years this July, between cultural managers and citizens interested in the care, conservation, restoration and enhancement of our province's heritage assets, the Citizen Oversight Committee was formed […]
Once upon a time, there was a very disobedient boy whom his family called "the No Boy," because whenever they told him something, he always did the opposite. If they told him to get up, he stayed in bed; if they told him to get dressed, he stayed in his pajamas. And so on and so forth. He spent hours watching television […]
MAGICAL SUNSET (Pico Loco, Ballenita, Ruta del Sol) Detail of a sculpture by the sea. Only in Ballenita. (Photo: Edu Mitoui) Beach (Pta. Murciélago area). Popular with bodyboarders (Ballenita, Sta. Elena, Ruta del Sol). Photo: Israel García Spectacular work by a Mexican artist on the cliff rock (Glorieta area) WHERE TO STAY AND […]
The archaeological heritage of La Libertad, one of the largest in Ecuador, since it covers almost the entire central area of this very active city on the Santa Elena Peninsula, is at risk of being destroyed for several reasons, including: 1: The lack of mandatory presence of a […]
In South Africa, the World Cup continues to gather pace, and cleaner modes of transportation and other strategies have been incorporated as an environmental measure. But are they enough? It's estimated that the first World Cup to be played on the African continent will leave a carbon footprint eight times larger than that of Germany […]
We continue to receive stories and other writings from our readers. We will continue to publish them as space and time allow. The following was sent to us by Mario Silva Wong, a physician and supporter of the magazine. Dr. Mario Silva Wong: “The service of our career is in our hands, but the gift comes to us from […]
With the participation of more than 40 people, most of them members of the Hermandad Juvenil Solidaria (Solidarity Youth Brotherhood) but also members of the Ballenita community, the clean-up minga took place yesterday from 9 a.m. for more than an hour in the […]
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