Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 to October 15 to promote the history, culture, and contributions of Hispanic-Americans.
Several Latin American independence days are celebrated during this time, including Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, Mexico and Chile. However, the celebration originated in September 1968, when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed an executive order for the creation of Hispanic Heritage Week. In 1988, the observance was extended to a month by President Ronald Reagan.
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Learn how to speak about life on a farm in Spanish. Vocabulary used in this episode: animal(s) / el animal (los animales) cat / el gato (los gatos) la gata (las gatas) dog / el perro (los perros) la...
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Circle of Inheritance explores the settlement of St. Augustine.
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Circle of Inheritance looks at early settlement in the Americas.
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Circle of Inheritance takes a look at an excavation showing that the Spanish settlement at Santa Elena was located on the same site as the French settlement at Charles Fort, near Parris Island. In...
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Circle of Inheritance begins to look at the exploration of the Americas.
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Flu PSA: Wash Your Hands; Spanish Subitltes
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Astor Piazzolla, an Argentinian composer, created the music used in Catharsis. The music provided some unique challenges to the choreographer and dancers.
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Miriam Barbosa describes the passion and love it takes to make dance work as a career.
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Marcelo Novo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He graduated as a Profesor de Bellas Artes from Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes “Prilidiano Pueyrredon” and studied painting under Surrealist artist...
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Marcelo Novo and Miriam Barbosa collaborated to create the multimedia dance performance, Catharsis.
