Calabash

“I’m not acquainted with that tree they talk about.’ “Its fruit is sweet!” they say,’ I hear,” she said (“Popul Vuh” 1752). The maiden overlooked what the people were telling her. She only wanted to taste the fruit from the Calabash tree, because the fruit was sweet. Instead of listening to the people, the maiden went to the tree. “And then the bone spit out its saliva, which landed squarely in the hand of the maiden.” (“Popul Vuh” 1752). By going to the tree, the maiden faced

Techniques Employed in Half of a Yellow Sun Literary Technique and Associated Theme | Explanation | Example | Abrogation-Marginalization-Alien’s Perspective | The author uses a character to explore a cultural background to gain credibility to belittling that very same culture. In HOYS, Adichie uses Ugwu to undertake an exploration in to the British rule to be able to point out the flaws in their imperialistic influence on Nigeria. | * Pg. 11 – There are two answers to the things they will

sharp strokes. A second drummer, holding his instrument between his knees, joins in, playing with the same staccato attack. A third black man, seated on the ground, plucks at a string instrument, the body of which is roughly fashioned from a calabash. Another calabash has been made into a drum, and a woman heats at it with two short sticks. One voice, then other voices join in. A dance of seeming contradictions accompanies this musical give-and-take, a moving hieroglyph that appears, on

Prior to European discovery and colonization, Antigua had been inhabited by a group of Amerindian peoples called the Carib. These people had their own distinct culture and way of life which was destroyed when they were forced into slavery by the Europeans. At the beginning of the West African slave trade, Africans from places such as Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, and Dahomy were bought, sometimes stolen and brought to Antigua. From the point of introduction the number of west African slaves in Antigua

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After nearly two decades of selling burritos on Washington’s K Street, John Rider says his sidewalk cart — which once brought in more than $300 an hour — has become unsustainable. Business has fallen 70 percent in recent years at Pedro & Vinny’s, and the burrito that USA Today once called “the best thing going in D.C.’s food-cart scene,” is going away for good at the end of this week. It’s not for lack of trying, Rider, 59, says. He’s spent the past five years attempting to resuscitate sales, first

describe her culture and heritage in a very historical manner. McElroy’s poetry is very different from Hughes and Clifton in the sense that she uses so many references to her ancestors culture back in Africa. “My memory floats down a long narrow hall, A calabash of history. Grandpa stood high in Watusi shadows Where effigies of my ancestors are captured in Beatle tunes, And crowns never touch Bantu heads. My past is a slender dancer reflected briefly Like a leopard in fingers of fire. The future Dahomey

At first consideration, chocolate and the Maya peoples do not appear to be related in any manner, but this could not be farther from the truth. Cacao, the tree from which chocolate is processed, is heavily intertwined in the religious and secular lives of the Maya, in the past as well as the present. Chocolate, as we know it today, too was born from the Maya and their contact with the Europeans, perhaps the only good thing to come from the interactions. Thanks to the Europeans, cacao has impacted

and Hunchouén. The demise of Hun Hunahpú and Vucub Hunahpú and origin of hero twins Hunahpú and Xbalanqué. They are summoned to the underworld of Xibalbá for playing their ball game too noisily. They are killed; Hun Hunahpú's head is placed in a calabash tree. This skull later impregnates Xquic, daughter of a Xibalbé lord, by spitting into her hand. She flees the lords and lives with Xmucané where she gives birth to "Hero Twins" Hunahpú and Xbalanqué. Mistreated by their half-brothers Hunbatz

Indians in Costa Rica recounts the tale of the almighty God, Sibu, accompanied by secondary divinities, Sura the good one and Jaburu the evil one. According to the tale Jaburu killed Sura and buried his body that then gave life to a plant of cacao and calabash. Sibu took notice of the cacao and asked Jaburu for a cup, which in turn he gave back to Jaburu to drink. As Jaburu drank the cup of cacao his belly exploded and seeds came out. Sibu took the seed and brought Sura back to life. This tale explains