Search Results

Topics related to "Nada qué celebrar por los 500 años de Brasil, advertía Paulo Freire.(TT: The"

	Paulo Freire Paulo Freire , 1921-97, Brazilian educator. After his exile from Brazil following the military coup in 1964, Freire taught in Chile and was a consultant to UNESCO. He taught at Harvard and was a consultant to the World Council of Churches before returning to Brazil in 1981. He is best known for his... Read more
	Hy Brasil ... Read more
	Tirso de Molina Tirso de Molina , pseud. of Fray Gabriel Téllez , 1584?-1648, outstanding dramatist of the Spanish Golden Age, b. Madrid. His fame rests on El burlador de Sevilla (1630; tr. The Love Rogue, 1924), the earliest known literary version of the Don Juan legend. Among the 300 or 400 plays by... Read more
	Brazil Brazil , Port. Brasil, officially Federative Republic of Brazil, republic (2005 est. pop. 186,113,000), 3,286,470 sq mi (8,511,965 sq km), E South America. By far the largest of the Latin American countries, Brazil occupies nearly half the continent of South America, stretching from the Guiana... Read more
	Los ... Read more
	Nada Nada A Sanskrit term used in Hindu musical theory to denote subtle aspects of musical sound. There are two kinds of nada: anahata is the mystical essence of sound; ahata is the conscious realization of musical sound by human beings. Anahata is heard by yogis in meditation and is related to... Read more
	Zacatecas Zacatecas Pronunciation:zah-kah-TEE-kahs Origin of state name:Original inhabitants of the region were called zacatecasby their neighbors, which means "the people who live on the edge of the zacate (field)." Capital:Zacatecas. Entered... Read more
	Cora Cora ETHNONYMS: Coras-nayaritas, Nayares, Nayaritas Orientation Identification. The Cora are an ethnic group who live almost exclusively in the state of Nayarit, Mexico. The terms "Nayares," "Nayaritas," and "Coras-nayaritas" are derived from the name of an ancient political-religious... Read more
	Durango Durango Pronunciation:doo-RAHN-goh. Origin of state name:The name is believed to have been given to the region by Spanish settlers from the Basque region of Spain. It means "fertile land, with rivers surrounded by mountains." Capital:Durango. Entered... Read more
	Emiliano di Cavalcanti Cavalcanti, Emiliano di (1897–1976). Brazilian painter, draughtsman, and writer, born in Rio de Janeiro, a pioneer of modern art in his country. He trained for a career in law, but he turned seriously to art after a successful exhibition of his caricatures in São Paulo in 1917. In 1922... Read more