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Paraguay (Cultures of the World) by Leslie Jermyn, Young Jui Lin, 2010-01 Executive Report on Strategies in Paraguay, 2000 edition (Strategic Planning Series) by The Paraguay Research Group, The Paraguay Research Group, 2000-11-02 Du Tabac au Paraguay: Culture, Consommation et Commerce by Ferdinand Denis, Alfred Demersay, 2008-10-09 PARAGUAY: An entry from Macmillan Reference USA's <i>Countries and Their Cultures</i> by BEVERLY NAGEL, 2001 Paraguayan Culture: Cinema of Paraguay, Festivals in Paraguay, Guaraní Mythology, Languages of Paraguay, Museums in Paraguay Culture traits of Paraguay Indians by William Kirk, 1946 Paraguay has spoken in the present political hour of America,: With her immortal sense of sovereignty by Edgar L Ynsfrán, 1959 Rural Poverty in Paraguay by Thomas Masterson, 2008-04-04 Radio Nacional del Paraguay Culture change in Mennonite settlements (University of Oklahoma Dept. of Anthropology. Anthropology Club. Papers in Anthropology) by Ann Jordan, 1973 Women in contemporary Paraguayan culture: An introduction (ALAC conference paper) by Charles R Carlisle, 1975 A South American Frontier: The Tri-border Region (Arbitrary Borders) by Daniel K. Lewis, 2006-06-30 Stories from Latin America/Historias de Latinoamerica, Second Edition (Stories from...) by Genevieve Barlow, 2010-04-09

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41. Film Culture In Paraguay: Interview With Hugo Gamarra Etcheverry
    index page Senses of Cinema, Film culture in paraguay Interview with HugoGamarra Etcheverry by Noel King. Augusto Roa Bastos and Hugo Gamarra.  
    http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/02/21/echeverry_interview.html
    
    Extractions: Hugo Gamarra Etcheverry by Noel King Augusto Roa Bastos and Hugo Gamarra Noel King currently teaches film in the Department of English, Journalism and European Languages at the University of Tasmania. Vou para casa I'm Going Home (Portugal/France, 2001). During the lunch-interview Hugo spoke about his background, film culture in Paraguay and his cinephile tastes. -NK Noel King novel that persuaded you to try to make a career in film. Hugo Gamarra : My passion for film started with my grandfather (I was raised by my grandfather and grandmother) who was an obsessive filmgoer and who would carry me with him to the movies, when I was very little, where I would eventually fall asleep. He took me to the movies for the first time when I was one year old! Thanks to my grandfather I also learned as a child to enjoy comics and later read my first books: novels by Jules Verne, Paul Feval and Victor Hugo. I use my second last name as my surname in memory of him. Son of Man (Monthly Review Press, 1988). And somehow reading that book gave me the certainty that I could be a filmmaker. The book tells Paraguayan myths through human stories that are mythical, epic and yet related to Paraguayan landscapes and Paraguayan history, specifically the Chaco War of 1932-35

42. What Does Cinema Mean For Paraguay?
    Cinemateca and Archivo Visual del paraguay, is the only organization dedicatedto the preservation and promotion of film culture in paraguay); and finally  
    http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/02/21/paraguay.html
    
    Extractions: mean for Paraguay? by Hugo Gamarra Etcheverry Translated by Imogen Williams Augusto Roa Bastos in The Gate of Dreams Hugo Gamarra Etcheverry, aged 46, is a filmmaker, Director of the Asuncion International Film Festival and President of the Paraguayan Cinémathèque. This article was originally published in the Paraguayan newspaper, Diario Noticias on December 23 1995, as part of a series of articles dedicated to the 100 Years of Cinema celebrations. As the 20th century draws to a close, the first century of motion pictures, it is unthinkable that there could be countries without their own national cinemas. Just as individuals benefit from portraits or images of themselves, societies also need to have their own images projected on the screen in order to reflect on questions of identity, history and destiny; and to affirm the unique characteristics of their language, the way they are, how they express themselves and see the world. Nevertheless, for a country like ours, which is backward on all fronts, the cinema is barely given the attention of a distant spectator. Paraguay was a glaring absence in the retrospectives that marked celebrations of the first century of cinema throughout the world. It is a nation without moving images, an invisible country in an age of civilization distinguished by mass audio-visual imagery, narrative and storytelling. Paraguay and filmmaking , is the only organization dedicated to the preservation and promotion of film culture in Paraguay); and finally, there has never been implemented legislation for the promotion, production, exhibition, distribution, and discussion of film.

43. LatinosStep.com - Cultura*Educacion*Ritmo - Paraguay's Education And Culture
    The culture of paraguay has remained isolated and therefore has retained manyfeatures introduced in the 16th and 17th centuries by the Spanish conquerors  
    http://www.latinosstep.com/cultura/paraguay/education.html
    
    Extractions: of Paraguay A. Education Elementary education in Paraguay is free and nominally compulsory for children from 6 to 12 years of age. While the number of schools is inadequate, 93 percent of the adult population is literate. In 1997, 905,800 pupils were enrolled in primary schools and 327,800 students attended secondary, vocational, and teacher-training schools. About 42,300 students attended institutions of higher education, which included the National University of Asunción (1890) and the Catholic University of Our Lady of Asunción (1960). B. Culture Paraguayan culture is a blend chiefly of Guaranian and Spanish elements, supplemented by more recent Argentine, German, and Italian influences. The culture of Paraguay has remained isolated and therefore has retained many features introduced in the 16th and 17th centuries by the Spanish conquerors, artisans, and Jesuit missionaries. The Ateneo Paraguayo, a leading cultural center, sponsors art exhibits, lectures, and concerts, and Guaraní culture is promoted by the Academy of Guaraní Language and Culture, the Indian Association of Paraguay, and the Guaraní Theater.

44. LASNET Archive 1994: `Toward A Culture For Democracy In Paraguay' Conference
    http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/region/news/arc/lasnet/1994/0087.html

45. Paraguay, A Culture Shock
    In general I enjoyed the 8 years I lived in paraguay. I got to learn a newlanguage and a new culture. I got to do quite a bit of travelling too.  
    http://www.gtcreations.com/splash/travels/py.html
    
    Extractions: Paraguay itself is vastly different from South Africa, where I grew up. I had to get accustomed to buying my vegetables at the market, which was a lot of rickety little tables in the open air market square. At first I lived in a large town called Caaguazú, where my father had started a sawmill and furniture factory. Most of the roads were dirt roads but downtown had some cobble and cement roads. Then after 7 months I got a job teaching English at a British institute in the capital city, Asuncion. Later on I also started teaching aerobics . It was a whole lot more modern than the town I had got used to. Asuncion has some lovely shopping malls and modern supermarkets. Shopping downtown is interesting for they close from 12 to 3 p.m. for siesta, which means they roll down large steel shutters (which makes window-shopping impossible).

46. Bits Of Culture - Paraguay
    Language Map. Bits of culture. PointTo-Talk Booklets. Additional Resources.BITS OF culture - paraguay. Languages. Geography. Cultural Values.  
    http://www.mgh.harvard.edu/interpreters/b_para.asp

47. Society And Culture
    Category Regional South America paraguay Society and Culturehttp//www.travellibrary.com/south_america/churcher/index.html.  
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48. Reference
    Category Regional South America paraguay Society and culture Referencehttp//www.state.gov/www/background_notes/paraguay_0799_bgn.html.  
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49. Hoppa - Culture In Paraguay
    Translate this page culture in paraguay. ABC Color. paraguay, Asunción, News, Newspapers DiarioABC Color Digit@l Ultima Hora. paraguay, News, Newspapers Noticias Diario, El.  
    http://hoppa.com/ln/sa/py/Culture/
    
    Extractions: Logged in as Logout Mail Add Link ... Add Link Links 3 links ABC Color ABC Color Noticias Diario, El Noticias Diario, El Ultima Hora Ultima Hora See also: Culture in South America Everything in Paraguay Everything Culture Media the World Latin America South America Paraguay Roberto Bourgonjen Created on Apr 10 2003 18:57 GMT

50. IWon - Travel Guide - History & Culture
    iWon Travel. 5 iWon 6 Travel 3 South America 3 paraguay History culture, Powered by. HISTORY and culture History culture. History.  
    http://www.iwon.com/travel/travelguide/history/0,20310,South_America-496,00.html
    
    Extractions: History Colonization also meant that Jesuit missionaries were sent to civilize the Indians. This they did with alacrity and skill. The Indians were induced to leave their lands and settle in reducciones , theocratic communes, where they helped build churches, grew deft at masonry, sculpture and painting, and sometimes gained a classical education along the way. After the expulsion of the missionaries in 1767, the settlements quietly withered as the Indians skedaddled or were employed by different masters. After the war, Paraguay's agricultural sector was resuscitated by a new wave of European and Argentine immigrants, but political instability continued. At the turn of the century, cross-border tensions arose after Bolivia occupied disputed parts of the Chaco. The prospect of vast deposits of oil in the region (which proved non-existent) catapulted the two countries into war in 1932. The Bolivian army was pushed out of most of the Chaco and a subsequent treaty awarded Paraguay three-quarters of the territory. Paraguay enjoyed increasing political stability until the 1993 election of Juan Carlos Wasmosy, a free-market zealot and former member of Stroessner's faction, whose presidency inspired a disturbing number of nationwide strikes. Wasmosy himself came under scrutiny for shady business dealings associa ted with Paraguay's massive hydroelectric projects.

51. Searchalot Directory For Society And Culture
    Sponsored Links. Top Regional South America paraguay Society andCulture (29). Guaraní  
    http://www.searchalot.com/Top/Regional/SouthAmerica/Paraguay/SocietyandCulture/
    
    Extractions: Home Search News Email Greetings Weather ... Global All the Internet About AltaVista AOL Search Ask Jeeves BBC Search BBC News Business Dictionary Discovery Health Dogpile CheckDomain CNN Corbis eBay Education World Employment Encyclopedia Encarta Excite Fast Search FindLaw FirstGov Google Google Groups Infomine iWon Librarians Index Looksmart Lycos Metacrawler Microsoft Northern Light Open Directory SearchEdu SearchGov Shareware Teoma Thesaurus Thunderstone WayBackMachine Webshots WiseNut Yahoo! Yahoo! Auctions Yahoo! News Yahooligans Zeal Sponsored Links Top Regional South America Paraguay : Society and Culture Related Web Sites On Paraguay On-Line - Information related to the marketplace, Paraguayan organizations in the U.S., a newsletter, links and other sections.

52. Index Of /culture/copy/copyright/paraguay
    Parent Directory 31Aug-1999 2029 - _vti_cnf/ 31-AugIndex of /culture/copy/copyright/paraguay. Name Last modified Size  
    http://www.unesco.org/culture/copy/copyright/paraguay/

53. Index Of /culture/copy/copyright/paraguay/_vti_cnf
    Parent Directory 31Aug-1999 2206 - fr_paraguayIndex of /culture/copy/copyright/paraguay/_vti_cnf. Name Last modifiedSize  
    http://www.unesco.org/culture/copy/copyright/paraguay/_vti_cnf/

54. Global Sources Travel Guides - Paraguay
    Global Sources Travel Center. Country Guide paraguay. Business culture  
    http://www.globalsources.com/TNTLIST/TRVGUIDE/PARAGUAY/PAR_BC.HTM
    
    Extractions: Paraguayans are punctiliously courteous and genuinely friendly. Respect and personal dignity lie at the core of Paraguayan business and social culture, both of which are based on correct, often strongly hierarchical, but personal relationships. To Paraguayans, work is far from the most important part of life, but they do adhere strictly to the forms that govern this nevertheless important sphere. They will not hesitate, however, to break a business appointment to help out a friend or family member, and foreigners should not be irritated by this type of disruption in plans. MEETINGS AND DECISION MAKING Prior appointments are very important, and should be made two to four weeks in advance. Paraguayans are generally punctual. Authority is rather narrowly concentrated and actual decisions are almost always made at a high level. Cultivate all relationships, however. They may strongly influence the actual decision maker even when your immediate counterpart is not the one making the decision.

55. Hispanic World
    culture links Guatemala's culture links Honduras' culture links México's culturelinks Nicaragua's culture links paraguay's culture links Perú's culture  
    http://research.umbc.edu/~abell/engtour.html

56. Browsing Regional South America Paraguay Society And Culture
    Browse Regional South America paraguay Society and culture Top Regional South America paraguay Society and culture. Categories  
    http://www.uksprite.com/search/search/Regional/South_America/Paraguay/Society_an

57. Brujula.Net Index
    The Absolutely Unofficial Homepage of paraguay Information aboutits culture, economy, history, government and geography. By Rail  
    http://www.brujula.net/cat/dmoz/Regional/South_America/Paraguay/Society_and_Cult

58. Resources_and_links
    hotels.com/tren/site20.htm Peace Corps sitehas information and standards-basedactivities http//www.peacecorps.gov/countries/paraguay/culture.cfm http//www  
    http://www.col-ed.org/echo2002/Indiginous Webguide/resources_and_links.html

59. CULTURE
    to the intermarriage of the Guarani Indian and Spanish civilization, paraguay isa This historical process has also resulted in a mestizo culture which blends  
    http://www.embassy-avenue.jp/paraguay/cultu.htm
    
    Extractions: Due to the intermarriage of the Guarani Indian and Spanish civilization, Paraguay is a bilingual country, with aproximately 90% of its population speaking both languages. This historical process has also resulted in a mestizo culture which blends elements both Spanish and Guarani. CRAFTS: Aho-poi: Pottery is a popular craft known by the Indians, such as, for example the colombian method and finger moulding of humid clay. Today you will find the classical "cantaro" (bucket), vessels, and human figures for decoration. The clay gains natural colors through the aplication of oxides and firing techniques (red, toasted, black). GASTRONOMY: In Paraguay, cuisine has a great home tradition, giving a delicious combination of meats and river fish, with a wide variety of fresh vegetables and fruits, which you can find throughout the year. The most popular dishes are based on corn, meat, milk and cheese. The main dishes are: Chipa Guazu, Bori-Bori, So'o-yosopy, Locro, Mbeyu, Puchero, Guiso, Mandioca and the famous and popular Chipa. The local drink preferred by Paraguayans is a locally produced dark rum, an alcoholic beverage made from sugar cane; and terere, an infusion of yerba mate (ilex paraguayensis) and cold water, sometimes flavored with medicinal herbs. It is served in guampas or mates (gourd) and sipped through a Bombilla which is a kind of metal straw.

60. Teaching Jobs
    GEN / Web Directory / South America / paraguay / Society and culture (18). SubCategoriesin Society and culture. Human Rights (3) Law (1) Organizations (2).  
    http://dirs.globalesl.net/cat/86582/

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