Since 1976 the International Left-Handers Day has been celebrated , commemorative date established by the Lefthanders International , with the purpose of reflecting and eradicating all kinds of discrimination towards those people who have this condition, according to which their motor skills are con
The week began with news of international importance:Pope Benedict XVI , the German Joseph Ratzinger , announced his resignation from the highest ecclesiastical position of Catholicism, due to health problems that have afflicted him for some time. According to the official statement, Benedict XVI he
The National Library of Peru, through its Institutional Image and Cultural Extension Office, convenes the Course-Workshop The art of making paper , which will take place on Tuesday 26, Wednesday 27 and Thursday 28 February, with the aim of promoting the importance of recycling paper as a measure to
Applauding, as a sign of approval or joy, is perhaps one of the most common collective reactions to humanity. We have all applauded, almost as an involuntary effect, when we see the performance of some artist, the appearance of a politician with whose ideas we agree, the triumph of an athlete. Ethol
A few years ago, in a Channel 4 report that showed the problems of education in our country, a girl of approximately 14 years of age, a secondary school student from the I. E. Almirante Miguel Grau Seminario, when asked:And who was Miguel Grau? she replied that it was “the name of the owner of her s
Today marks World Bicycle Day and various cities have organized rides and various activities to encourage the use of this vehicle, emphasizing the benefits it has both for health as well as for the protection of the environment. As an exercise and as an anti-pollution, the bicycle has stood the test
In November 2011, during the General Conference of UNESCO, the community of nations declared April 30 as International Jazz Day, that wonderful music that emerged at the beginning of the 20th century among Afro-descendant populations in the southern United States. This event aims to raise awareness
The question seems naive, since there is no need to question the central motivation of this special date, dedicated to thanking the love and dedication that our mothers offer us from birth, unconditionally. However, it is necessary to reflect a little about the origin of this celebration, in times l
In 1993, the prestigious popular science magazine Nature published the results of an investigation carried out by a team of psychologists and neo-rubiologists from the University of California, according to which the exposure of infants to the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart improved their space-ti
The Spaniard José Ortega y Gasset was one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. Of impressive lucidity and acuity, Ortega wrote about practically all human activities. In his collection of essays The man and the people (1957), says about the greeting (we quote from memory):When I a
Today, in distant and fascinating India, Diwali or the Festival of Lights is celebrated, a religious festivity that attracts the attention of the inhabitants and tourists due to the color and joy that overflows in the houses, streets, temples and markets of this mystical Asian nation. The festival i
A few weeks ago we told you about Diwali or the Festival of Lights, which in India is the festival equivalent to our Christmas. Well, its time to talk about Thanksgiving (Thanksgiving in English), which is celebrated today in the US and Canada. Every year, on the fourth Thursday of November, the str
One of the most important personalities in the development of the history of the Spanish empire was, without a doubt, Isabel I of Castile , better known as Isabella the Catholic. The three decades of her reign consolidated the hegemony of the Spanish, thanks to her strong character and her politic
Between November 28 and December 1, the Tehran Conference , important meeting between the allied leaders Winston Churchill (United Kingdom), Franklin D. Rossevelt (USA) and Jozef Stalin (Soviet Union), in which the actions to end the Nazi forces during World War II are established. The choice of a c
It is one of the most important news of the national news. For four years, the governments of Peru and Chile have been awaiting The Hague. “The ruling of The Hague will be respected” they say from both sides of the table. But do we all know what The Hague is? ? where is? Why is there a court that, f
How is it possible to understand that, in the midst of the information age, there are huge numbers of people around the world who give in to suggestion and media stimulation, and are preparing ” for the alleged End of the World announced for tomorrow, Friday, December 21, 2012? From Isaac Newton to
Everyone is talking about “the Dakar” in these first days of the year 2013. “The Dakar” is a race of extreme difficulty that brings together the most impressive motorized machines in the world, capable traversing rough and dangerous terrain. This Rally captures all eyes, both from connoisseurs and l
From the Mythological Stories and Fantasies Facebook page, we have extracted this narrative, based on one of the most fascinating characters in the country known as The Empire of the Rising Sun. The samurai, warriors of a military elite that ruled Japan for centuries, have always been the epitome of
The first died on a day like today, in 1642. The second was born on a day like today, three centuries later, in 1942. While Galileo Galilei , from his native Florence, he shook the ecclesiastical society with his advanced astronomical observations, which he published and later had to contradict to a
It remains shocking that from the people who invented the alphabet and by extension taught half the world to write, the Phoenicians, nothing of their literature has come down to us except for three fragments of papyrus. It is true that some 10,000 stone inscriptions and pottery fragments are preser
Humans have used skins and skins to make clothing and other objects for thousands of years. Animal skins were probably used as a by-product of hunting as early as the Stone Age and were made more durable by smoking or fats. Leather was also of great importance to people in the Middle Ages. Leather a
Chariots were used on the battlefield in China as early as the 5th century BC. They were mainly mobile defensive elements for the protection of the soldiers, while they carried out some activity such as the excavation of tunnels or trenches. From these primitive models it was developed in the 3rd c
Cerro Sechín , Pre-Columbian Temple in what is now the Casma Valley on the north central coast Peru , known for his unusually large stone sculptures. These carvings are in a style unlike anything else in Peru. The Cerro Sechín temple and sculptures are probably quite early, though uncer