Sunday, July 6, 2008

Week 3 Project 3a

Pre-Columbian
The Pre-Columbian era is the time in history before the appearance of significant European influences on the American continents. It is technically refering to the time before Christopher Columbus' arrival in the Americas. Pre-Columbian is also used when talking about the great indigenous civilizations of the Americas, such as those of Mesoamerica (the Aztec and Maya) and the Andes (Inca, Moche, Chibcha, Cañaris).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Columbian

Topic: Guaraní, see
Visiting an Indian Guarani Village- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV9XUw8N8a0
Wikipedia, Guaraní- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guaran%C3%AD

5. The reason that I chose the Guaraní is because I have never heard of this culture before and I love learning about new cultures.
The first source is a video clip. On this video, you will get a first hand account of what a common day Guaraní village looks like and what the people do. It has a examples of traditional dance and of common household doings.
The second source is a Wikipedia history of the Guaraní people. It explains who they are, their language, where they live, and how their lives were interrupted by missionaries.

6.
Fact 1: The Guaraní people speak a language called Guaraní. This language was only oral. There was no written words. The language is still a national language of Paraguay (the other being Spanish) and is widely spoken by the Paraguay people.

Fact 2: Before coming in contact with Europeans, the Guaraní people called themselves, Abá, meaning "men" or "people". The europeans used the name Guaraní for those that converted and called those who would not convert Cayua or Caingua.

Fact 3: Early villages were communal homes of 10 to 15 families. These groups were chosen by common interest and dialect. It was estimated that there were about 400,000 Guaraní before the Europeans arrived. The Guaraní people practiced a form of animistic pantheism and their mythology is still widespread in rural Paraguay today.

7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guaran%C3%AD
This source is credible, I believe, because it is and encyclopedia website. Yes, anyone can change the info, but that means anyone can correct the information too.

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