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Champotón

25 Thursday Mar 2021

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On March 25, 1517 a battle took place at the Bay of  “The Bad Battle” now called Champoton and a few kilometers south of the current city of Campeche. This was the first battle won by the Maya people defeating the Spanish invaders, where more than 50 Spaniards lost their lives and many others were wounded. 

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El 25 de marzo de 1517 ocurrió la batalla de Champotón, en una bahía al sur de la actual ciudad de Campeche conocida como la bahía de la “Mala Pelea” ya que los españoles tuvieron una rotunda derrota que dejo un  saldo mayor a los 50 muertos además de muchos heridos. Fue la primera pelea en la que los maya vencían a los invasores europeos. 

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Equinox

22 Monday Mar 2021

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Teotihuacán in the central state of “Estado de México”.

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Mexicans love to welcome the spring equinox at ancient sacred places such as Teotihuacan, Chichen Itza & Tajin. The word equinox comes from the Latin words aequus(equal) and nos (night) giving the term equal night (since day and night have the same length during that day). In the northern hemisphere this happens when the Sun crosses the line of the equator with a northerly direction and it only happens twice a year: around March 19-20 and September 21-24. In Chichen Itza there is an interesting phenomenon of a “heavenly dragon” (Quetzalcoatl) descending from the main pyramid.

Chichen Itzá in the southeastern state of Yucatán.

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Los mexicanos acostumbramos visitar algunos sitios considerados sagrados tales como Teotihuacán, Chichen Itzá o el Tajín, para recibir el equinoccio de la primavera. La palabra equinoccio  proviene de la palabra latina aequus (igual) y la palabra nos(noche) dando origen al concepto de noche igual pues durante ese día la noche y el día tienen la misma duración. En el hemisferio norte ocurre cuando el sol cruza el ecuador, con dirección rumbo al norte con respecto al cielo, sucediendo esto sólo dos veces al año: en marzo entre el 19 y 20 y en septiembre, entre el 21 y 24. En Chichen itzá ocurre un interesante fenómeno done se ilumina la figura del Dios Quetzalcóatl simulando su descenso del cielo a la tierra.

In Tajín at the eastern state of Veracruz.

International Women’s Day: Three interesting women in Mexico’s history

08 Monday Mar 2021

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Happy International Women’s Day! Three GREAT women in Mexican History (there are many, many more)!

1. Malintzin (Malinche): Intercultural interpreter between two great civilizations (Europe and Mesoamerica) during the early 1500’s. Mother of the first child of mixed genes (from Spain and Mexico).

2. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: a colonial days writer who connected the Spanish speaking world, through her poetry, in the 1600’s.

3. Leona Vicario: Mother of The 1810 Mexican Independence movement.

4. Carmen Serdán believed in democracy and fought for the ideals of the 1910 Mexican Revolution (Mexican Civil War).

ESPAÑOL
¡Feliz día internacional de la mujer! Tres grandes mujeres en la historia de México:

  1. Malintzin (la Malinche): madre del mestizaje “mexicano” e interprete entre las culturas de dos grandes civilizaciones (la europea y la mesoamericana) al inicio de los 1500’s.
  2. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: poeta de la época colonial que a través de su literatura conectó al mundo de habla hispana.
  3. Leona Vicario: madre de la patria que luchó durante la guerra de independencia de 1810.
  4. Carmen Serdán promovió la democracia así los ideales de la Revolución Mexicana de 1910. 

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