Argentine food is pretty awesome. The cuisine is heavily influenced by Europe, but Argentine beef forms the centerpiece. Beef empanadas are a favorite food in Argentina. You can buy them piping hot from street vendors, or even make them at home. If you don’t eat beef, you can substitute just about any other filling, such […]
Cultural Tidbit: Shining Path
You may or may not know about Shining Path before you go to study Spanish in Peru. While the group is not very active today, this organization and its violent past had a major role in shaping Peru’s political terrain. Shining Path became well known and grew in strength during the 1980s. This organization sought […]
Cultural Tidbit: Ballestas Islands
Sometimes called Peru’s little Galapagos, the rocky, barren looking Ballestas Islands are home to a rich variety of marine life. The most famous inhabitants are the sea lions. Colonies of these beasts bask on the sandy shores and put on a show by diving through the waves and coming quite near to the tour boats. […]
Cultural Tidbit: Overview of Argentina
For those wanting to learn Spanish in an immersive environment, Argentina makes a perfect destination. Not only are the Spanish schools excellent, the local culture is vibrant, the people are warm and engaging, and the food and drink are amazing. When you open yourself up to all the experiences you can have as you learn […]
Cultural Tidbit: Ayacucho
In Monday’s article about Coca Leaf, we mentioned the rich archeological sites found near Ayacucho, Peru. The most famous of these sites is Pikimachay Cave, source of the oldest evidence of human habitation in South America. Today, you can hike up a mountainside to visit the cave, but there’s not much left to see. The […]
Cultural Tidbit: Coca Leaf
Outside of Latin America, coca leaf is most often associated with cocaine. However, there are many other uses for the plant. Indigenous people began using coca thousands of years ago. The first instance can be traced back 5,000 years ago to coastal Ecuador. In pre-Columbian times, coca was so valuable that the Incans restricted its […]
Cultural Tidbit: Chumpi and the Waterfall
The lives of indigenous people and their struggles to protect their lands and rights can seem pretty abstract to outsiders. We may support their rights in theory, but what have we done to help? And do we truly understand the consequences of failing to protect these rights? Recently, a group of filmmakers collaborated with the […]
Cultural Tidbit: The Guarani Creation Story
Although the Guarani people are spread across Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Bolivia, they retain a strong cultural identity as an indigenous people. Their language is commonly spoken, especially in Paraguay where it is an official language. The Guarani also maintain their identity through a strong oral tradition of passing down myths and stories from generation […]
Cultural Tidbit: Nazca Lines
Long before the Incas began to build their empire, another culture was undertaking a tremendous building project in the desert of southern Peru. They were the Nazcas, and their project consisted of a vast and mysterious collection of geoglyphs, or drawings, laid out across a section of desert 190 square miles in area. These geoglyphs […]
Cultural Tidbit: Los Huasos Quincheros
If you learn Spanish in Chile, you will quickly find that that music and dance are very important to the country’s people. The sound of the country’s folk music differs from one geographical zone to the next, and tends to change depending on if you are in north, central, or south Chile, or among the […]
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