The maquech beetle, which some people wear as a living brooch, remains one of the weirdest things I’ve seen in Yucatan. Here’s a description of the tradition.
Tag: big confusing world
2020, you have been something.
Bye Bye, 2020.
An easter egg in Roots of Knowledge
One of the most unexpected and beautiful things you will find in Orem, Utah is a stained glass window at the library of Utah Valley University. I love it when an ancient medium is used in a novel way and this is certainly the case for “Roots of Knowledge: A Window into the History of …
“We find ourselves suddenly threatened by hordes of Yankee emigrants, who have already begun to flock into our country, and whose progress we cannot arrest.”
Pío Pico, last governor of Alta California (now State of California), 1846
Reading air
[Citation not needed] A common phrase “Ba no Kuuki wo Yomu”, “understanding the situation without words” or “sensing someone’s feelings”, is a very important concept for understanding Japanese culture. […] Sensing and practicing “Bano Kuuki wo Yomu” is considered social manners or social intelligence in Japan. Unlike the individualistic and expressive cultures in Western countries, …
Letter to the opera singer I met last night
Dear opera singer, I wish I asked your name after meeting you in the cafe des artistes of Luxembourg yesterday night. Instead, all I’m left with is the feeling that you are a great guy and that being an opera singer is a fabulous “job”. You tried to convince me that it’s a job like …
Gelato Jilatu
I think it was my brother who first introduced me to the concept of Wiki-nationalism. This happens when an article on Wikipedia says very different things in different languages, reflecting the point of view of a given country or culture. I remember laughing while reading the article on Christopher Columbus in English, Spanish and Italian. The English …
Full Codex Magliabechiano PDF
Despite their goriness, I absolutely love the aesthetics of the Aztec Codices. I was going through the pages of the Codex Magliabechiano when I stumbled upon a line that caught my attention: En esta fiesta celebrauan otro demonio. q[ue] se dezia ometuchtli que es el dios de las borracheras. During this festivity [the Aztecs] …