The civil “Flag Day” ceremonies over, the afternoon was quiet, then as the sun just started to drop behind the mountain, some merry music made its way closer to my door. I looked out just in time to see the dancing kings entourage go by.
Apparently, as they do during Navidad and Las Posadas, each church in town takes a turn hosting a special Lenten event. Tonight, the Ex-Convento took their statues of Mary and Jesus out of the church and paraded them through town, to the accompaniment of merry music and dancing kings.
I wonder how the dancers in their heavy costumes and full face masks, and the musicians too, manage to keep this merry pace up for over a mile all the way through town. They wear me out just watching them skip and dance down the street.
After staying in La Paz for Christmas and New Year (which was lovely as my husband came to visit me!), and after having a few tough moments in January, I decided to join some friends and travel to Oruro for Carnaval from 13th to 15th of February. A friend was also going to be dancing in Carnaval and I realised I would never have a chance to see this ever again, so I was IN!
Oruro is a four-ish hour drive away and so we took a bus at dinner time and arrived in Oruro around 10pm. We were staying in an ‘office space’ which was unfurnished but did have a small kitchenette and a shower and toilet. What more do you need?! I slept very well for two nights on the floor.
We had tickets for Saturday and Sunday in a section on the Plaza and I am proud to…
Samford students outside the Daniel House in 1997 and Samford students in London, Fall 2013. Photographs courtesy of Marlene Rikard and Blakely Lloyd.
The Daniel House “changed the culture of this university for both students and faculty.” –Dr. Marlene Rikard
Just over thirty years ago, Samford University purchased a Victorian home in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London. This pivotal real estate transaction, made possible by the Daniel Foundation, provided exponential travel and cultural learning opportunities for generations of students. Located in the heart of London, the house serves as a window to the world. Students can walk out the door and explore the gardens at Kensington Palace, attend Evensong at Westminster Abbey or meander through remains of the Parthenon at the British Museum. During a weekend in London they can take a train to Paris, or a short flight to Morocco, Dublin, or Milan. It’s location allows for an enormous amount of…
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Machines, gadgets and other things that change our way of living, helping us in our work and making it very easy. These inventions that change the very life that we know and became the inspiration of a new inventions. These invention make a mark on human history and it will be a lifetime, here are some of the greatest inventions that molds a new generation:
The electricity is one of the greatest inventions ever made, it started a spark to many new inventions. Electricity is an associated presence or flow of electric charge with the set of physical phenomena. Electricity became mainframe of the modern inventions, electricity has been a mystery since the ancient times till inventions and scientist manages to harness and create electricity in our disposal.
Within the discovery of electricity many have been invented like the Light Bulb. The light bulb or electric bulb produces light with the use of electricity. Not just with lights, electric bulbs have other uses like in oven toaster to heat our food and in our television. Perfected by Thomas Edison in 1879 but started by Joseph Swan in 1860.
Invented by the Wright brothers in 1903 and made the first human flight ever recorded in history. With this invention many airplanes take shape within time gaining more size and flying more heights with different size and appearance, totally one of the best inventions ever made. Travelling became faster and further.
The wheel has been invented in the year 3500 BC for transporting many things, ancient Egypt uses the wheel to make the pyramid and in medieval times for their catapult and carriages. The wheel has been used in many purposes and have been a tool for many other inventions. With the use of the wheel and axle transportation have been more easy and handy.
The paper is an important invention in the human history and the most used inventions. Use for writing and sending messages this small and thin invention comes a long way until to the present. From ancient literature to modern books, invented I china in the year 2nd century AD.
The World Wide Web or WWW is invented 1989 by a British computer inventor and scientist and a former employee of CERN Tim Berners-Lee. This fascinating invention is a great discovery and very helpful to modern days. With this invention people all over the world can communicate with just one stroke of a hand and seconds to say “Hi”.
There are hundreds of inventions all over the world and more will surely comes and changes every single way of our living. One invention can trigger various more outstanding inventions.
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