An innovative technique for the creation of anthropomorphic figurines throughout the Americas was the use of molds by ceramists belonging to the Chorrera culture of Ecuador. Based on this invention, several indigenous Ecuadorian cultures mass-produced figurines representing high-ranking figures participating in shamanic rituals or […]
Category Archives: PERSONAJES PENINSULARES
By Manuel Palacios* Hungarian researcher Juan Móricz, in his book "The American Origin of European Peoples," explains how the exclusion of the American continent from the historical-cultural movement of peoples is the cornerstone of the distortion of our current knowledge of prehistory. The complex problems of the origin of peoples and culture cannot be resolved, […]
For over 4,000 years, people of the Valdivia culture have been able to navigate the high seas, as they made pilgrimages to a sacred island—Isla de la Plata—located 30 kilometers off the coast. The artistic representation shows canoes carved from a single log, a technique also found in […]
By Hugo Calle Forrest “When I was a little girl, I would quickly do my homework so I could go outside to play with my friends. We would play tag, hopscotch, or tag. They were healthy games, and we had a lot of fun. Nowadays, kids don't play like that anymore. My grandchildren spend hours and hours […]
Dear friends: Today we will address a delicate topic worthy of urgent discussion: The magnificence of love for our land, where our being lives and dwells. We hope to touch the hearts of women who are experiencing physical and mental health challenges due to the enormous pollution that is already affecting us.
BY: Tizziana RussoFrom a hammock I contemplate the nightIn the distance a star shinesAbove the mountain sheds a sighA deep solitude visits me and embraces me,ties me up and bites me.Last night there was hell and also heavenwhere I found a woman who was cryingand as she did her pain turned into rainthat wet my skin.A man was praying to the God […]
CHI KUNG: IRON JACKET Many of the physical changes attributed to CHI KUNG are due to its action on the internal organs and endocrine glands. Qi = energy, gong = practice. Qi gong (Chi Kung) therapy is the art of maintaining our health by working with our own internal bioenergy to achieve […]
Someone told me it's no coincidence... that we've always chosen them. That we find them along the path of life, we recognize each other, and we know that somewhere in the history of the worlds we were part of the same clan. Decades pass, and as I retrace those riverbeds, I'm very aware of the qualities […]
"The Tree Factory" by Miguel Gillaranz is the first ecological novel of the 21st century; a book somewhere between fiction and essay. Its protagonist, Clara, has a grand dream in the form of a project: to plant a million trees. It introduces ecological concepts such as climate change, the environmental footprint, and […]
By Leonardo Parrini A waltz escapes the sound of the old Victrola and merges with the story of Manuel, who with a resolute gesture cranks the ancient RCA Victor phonograph. It is a scorching afternoon in Montecristi, the birthplace of master toquilla straw weavers. Manuel speaks of another Manuel, his namesake Manuel Alfaro, father of […]
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