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Learn Spanish | Chichen Itzá y Los Maya | Intermediate Conversation
Learn Spanish as Juan and Pamela talk about Chichen Itzá and the Maya in Mexico. This video has important facts about the Maya and vocabulary for talking about this fascinating culture.
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¿Qué diferencia a los aztecas de los mayas?
La mexica o "azteca" y la maya, son dos culturas muy diferentes, aunqe en muchos medios masivos las suelen confundir o mezclar (incluso hasta con la inca, en una cultura genérica a la que se ha dado en llamar "mayincatec"). Los mayas y...
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¿Quetzalcóatl era blanco?
Que si vino de Europa a evangelizar, que si era vikingo... ¿Qué hay de cierto en la idea de que Quetzalcóatl era blanco?
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¿Por qué no hay eclipses cada mes?
Como sabes, un eclipse solar ocurre cuando la Luna está entre la tierra y el sol. Pero, si la Luna dura como 28 días en darle la vualta a la Tierra ¿por qué no hay eclipses cada mes? La palabra "eclipse" proviene del griego "ékleipsis,"...
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Inauguration of Mayan "new fire" festival ahead of start of Mayan new era
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Mexico City, 29 November 2012
1. Wide of Mayan performers at Netzahualcoyotl monument in Chapultepec Park performing dance to mark the end of the current era in the Mayan calendar
2. Mid of dancers in Mayan pre-Hispanic...
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New museum dedicated to nation's memories of conflicts, civil war
A new museum dedicated to the history of Guatemala's various conflicts, most notably its 36-year civil war, has opened in the country's capital.
The "Casa de La Memoria Kaji Tulam" was inaugurated on Thursday in Guatemala City.
The words...
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Inauguration of Mayan "new fire" festival ahead of start of Mayan new era
1. Wide of Mayan performers at Netzahualcoyotl monument in Chapultepec Park performing dance to mark the end of the current era in the Mayan calendar
2. Mid of dancers in Mayan pre-Hispanic costumes
3. Group transporting young man...