Meeting Benches World art in all forms

SATURNINO HERRAN 1/3 – His work was part of a movement called “syntheticism”, of which he was the best representative. Though he died at 31 years old, his legacy is solid. The only child of a Mexican father and a French Swiss mother, he was born in Aguascalientes on a July day, in 1887. He showed early talent and at …

Visit the ancient Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, have a guided tour of the ancient site of Teotihuacan, stroll around Monte Albán, the holy city of the ancient Zapotecs then explore the Mayan ruins at Palenque and climb the pyramid at the huge Mayan city of Chichén Itzá. A Mexico adventure tour will show all the amazing scenic sights of this …

Mexico Cultural Dances https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhmr3vqyNv4 Mexican Music Festival / Songs and Dances https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIDSd5Pbk28 Mariachi Los Camperos- Popurri https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9KQbbheFcM Mexican Pop Singer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZDV8L2T7gM

Carlos Fuentes was born in a November day, in 1928. Mexican novelist (short-story writer, playwright, critic, and diplomat), he traveled with his family in North and South America and in Europe. As a young man, he studied law at the University of Mexico in Mexico City and later attended the Institute of Advanced International Studies in Geneva. Rebelling against his …

SI TUS OJOS FUERAN LUCEROS – Anónimo Si tus ojos fueran luceros, y tus labios el mar, qué paisaje tan bonito para poder admirar. IF YOUR EYES WERE BRIGHT STARS – If your eyes were bright stars, and your lips the sea, how nice to admire the landscape. UNA FLOR EN EL CAMINO – Amado Nervo La muerta resucita cuando …

ARTURO MICHELENA 1/3 – He was born on a June day, 1863 in Valencia (Carabobo State), and began to paint at a young age. Michelena was a precocious artist, endowed with an extraordinary talent for drawing and color. In 1874, he made his first self-portrait. Traveled to Paris (where he studied in the famous Académie Julian), with his first great …

Venezuela Latin Dance Joropo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4ohkxnOric Cumbia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAe7V9Csd84 Traditional Venezuelan dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjmaIUnF9L0 Venezuelan popular music in Venezuela / Feeling 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjeVv_Eqspc

The 9 days trek to Auyán? This tour starting in Ciudad Bolívar, will bring you to the indian village Kavac (in the Canaima National Park), from where your trek through the Gran Sabana to the top of the Auyán-tepui starts. The daily trips, compared to Roraima, are 2 to 3 hours longer but you will be rewarded with one of …

Romulo Gallegos (1884) 1969), novelist and Venezuelan politician, made university studies of Surveying and Law at the Central University of their country, but did not finish them. He railroad employee and teacher in private schools, became deputy director of the Normal School and director of the Liceo de Caracas. In his early narrator, Gallegos published Adventurers (a collection of stories). …

Important Venezuelan poet, member of the “Generation 28”, he was born on August 1, 1896 in Cumana. Andrés Eloy Blanco attended primary school and part of the middle, completing their education in Caracas, graduating from the Central University of Doctor in political and social sciences. From a young age he showed great literary talent, which was recognized in various competitions. …

CANDIDO LOPEZ 1/3 – He was an Argentinian painter (photographer and soldier), who worked in the Naïve style. In September 1866 he was wounded at the Battle of Curupaytí, and lost part of his right arm. When he regains health gradually begins to educate his left hand, which does most of his known work. Although right-handed, he taught himself to …