Chiclayo is a wonderful city, capital of Lambayeque, Perú. It holds many secrets from ancient civilizations, some which have come to light, some that are still hidden deep down, waiting to be discovered. There are many places in and close to the city that can be visited, such as the Museo de Tumbas Reales, Tucume or the Huaca Rajada. These places hold ancient artifacts and ruins from pre-Incan civilizations (the Moche and the Lambayeque). Here, you can learn a lot about their culture, customs, life... Learning about them improves our culture and knowledge, making us more cult. Besides being rich in culture, the tourist attractions are beautiful and stunning. An example would be the pyramids in Tucume, these, at first sight, seem like small mounts, but then you learn that all of them (around 26) are pyramids, and that our ancestors somehow built them all those years ago without the need of any advanced machinery. This leaves you surprised, stunned at how the time hasn't made them fall to the ground yet, stunned at how many there are. Another example would be the Huaca Rajada with its tombs deep underground, and it's hidden copper and gold. Here, their leaders were buried with all their luxuries, with everything necessary to live their new life. They had food, drinks, their wives, guardians,... There are many more examples for this, but listing them all would take a really long time. All of the places are simply beautiful and worth a visit.
About the flora and fauna, there's not much that we learned about them. We did learn, though, that the Algarrobo was, and still is, a very important plant. From them you can get firewood, algarrobina, and many insects live in them. To finish up, Chiclayo is a beautiful city, with a great cultural value for our country and the world. It's a city that is worth visiting. It has many things that are not only pretty, but also really valueable. You learn a lot jby just being there. You see amazing things, truthfully, once you leave, you will want to come back again.
Eigen speaks mostly about Africa, can you think of some examples in Latin America where corruption may be leading to bad social results?
-Peru. Over the years, we’ve had many problems with corruption that affect the peace of our society, it has always been present and it has always affected our way of life. Other examples are pretty much all of Latin America, since many countries have problems with it.
Why do Northern countries think that bribery is ok in the developing world? What is the impact on the relationship between the producer companies and developing world in this scheme?
- - Because it is something that happens all the time, everywhere in the world. People use bribery to get what they want and they get bribed to by others because they want the money to get what they need/want. The impact it has in this relationship is quite complex
What does Eigan mean when he refers to “Soft Power” and “Civil Society”?
-Soft Power, a power someone or something has but that is not strong or extreme. A power that you have over someone softly, not forcing people to do what you want, just slowly convincing them. Civil society would probably be the piece of society that still has their values and thinks about what is going on and wants to stop it because there is a need to and because it goes against their morals. Civil society: Civils.People that don't work for the governent.
What presidential election will you first be eligible to vote in?
-The one after the next one, 2019.
How important is the issue of corruption to you?
-Very important. This affects the society and the way it works. It makes our society ugly. If we have a corrupt society, then people lose what they shouldn't and people gain what they shouldn't and our society simply turns unfair.
What are you prepared to do about it?
-There’s not really much I can do about it. But I could try not to fall into it and teach the people around me about it, so they can avoid it.
Would you like to do the same next year, or something similar/different?
We did lots of walking and looking around. We went to museums, archaeological sites, a forest, small towns, the city, a restaurant....We learned many things, we discovered new things, we saw new things, new things everywhere.
Yes, it was fun. Yes, it was interesting. Yes, it was educational. Yes, it was anything positive you can think of. The place was nice, and the weather was nice (although it was too sunny). Even if it was a study trip, it was really fun. And because it was a study trip, it was educational. The guides were great and the information was interesting, nothing failed to impress me.
....Everything. I loved the trip. All the places we went to were great in their own ways, even when we had to walk a lot and I was tired. There was no best part, besides sleeping. Everything was nice and new and interesting. It was all beautiful and I feel that I know a lot more about my country now.
Maybe they could let us choose our roommates next time...Also, maybe getting two buses with big enough windows to breath instead of only one with them and the other one with tiny windows that don't let much air in. But, besides that, there is nothing else I would change.
Lots of things. Too much to say here, really. I learned a lot of things about the Mochica culture, about the city of Chiclayo, about Lambayeque, about San Roque and their products, about Peruvian history, about the ancient citizens...Many things.
Yes, yes, next year and all the years to come. Exactly the same thing. The trip was lovely and everything was amazing. Definitely would go again.
1)Latin America has made huge progress in getting women into government, why is violence still such a large problem in your opinion?
2)What steps can be taken to improve the situation for women in Latin America?
3)What are some obstacles to taking these steps? In other words, if there is an obvious solution, why is it not being taken?
Answers:
1. Because of cultural reasons, I think. It has always been in people's belief that women are inferior to male, which is wrong. And so, the members of this society have grown up with those thoughts and ideas in mind, after being told the same thing for many years, it's hard to leave the ideas behind. But this doesn't mean it's impossible, there are many who have left these and come to realize that people are the same, whether they are male or female.
The women that have gotten into the government have gotten there with their own effort and ideas. People vote for then because they believe in this ideas and have left behind the idea that women are inferior.
2. People should not be taught women are inferior, which is not as easy as it sounds to be. For this to be accomplished, the current generation should be taught this, so they can teach it to the following ones.
Next, women should be allowed into the government and in high positions in different jobs. They shouldn't be denied anything because they are female. In this aspect, Latin America has made a huge progress.
Besides this, I don't really think there is much else that could be done, since it's related to the way people feel and think. And so, the only option would be to manipulate people, but that's also wrong.
3. The solution(s) said above are actually really obvious, but they cannot really be taken because the obstacles are the way people think are feel. They have been raised with this beliefs, and so they (duh) believe in them. Because people firmly believe in what they have been taught during all of their time growing up, they don't change of opinion or realize the harsh truth easily.
Vocals: IA - ARIA ON THE PLANETES - (イア) (Vocaloid 3 software)
First of all, I must say this video was really, really, REALLY difficult to interpret. But I couldn't think of anything else. It's japanese music, sorry if it's a bother.
I'd like to point out that the song (video and lyrics, I suppose) is based off the japanese urban legend of Merry-san (if you want to know more about it, I suggest using google, as I'm bad at explaining things). And so, references to it are found everywhere. Everywhere. The song is about some weird interpretation of Merry-san (I think.).
Japanese producers can be confusing. And very DEEP.
So, er, on with my interpretation. First of all, I must say I still can't fully understand the lyrics even after listening tot his song and watching the video many many times. I hope you can make sense of it.
Well, first, the video consists of a boy, black screen, a cellphone with mails adressed to Merry-san, clocks and weird red things. There's also the bookmark that gives the name to the series of songs this is part of. And a cat. And lots of red and black. And a really cute boy, and some blood. I'm getting out of topic.
What is shown in the video goes tied up with the lyrics of the song, most of the time anyway. So this is sort of my video and lyrics interpretation cause otherwise I would write nothing.
So, I think the you that is mentioned in the song is the character of the first one (called "Hide and Seek of Isolation", once again based off an urban legend). I guess I'll just call him that black haired boy. The you could also be the "original" of the boy in the song. (Refer to the song titled "Warning of Imposters", same series of songs)
I put too many unnesessary things.
From what I understand, the boy present throughout the video is, well, Merry-san, in his own way, He probably got possessed after what the first boy did in the first song.
Well, the video is actually pretty literal, going with the lyrics. As I just said. First it shows us a book with blood and a bookmark. These are present in all songs of the series.
It then comes and shows us a tv, now, this may or may not be tied to another urban legend (this urban legend says that at night, a tv channel says the names of poeple that'll die). It's either that, or something about the boy from the first song dying. Maybe, couting he played the one man hide and seek.
It shows us a boy, quite a beautiful boy, this boy looks worried about something. He talks to "you", with you being who knows who (my suspisions are up there), asking things about him. Hard to explain. At the start he mentions a love letter adressed to him. And then agai---WAIT, the second love letter is adressed to "you"... I'll concentrate in the video. I should've chosen a simpler one.
At one point we see red footsteps, I assume this is the persecutor, either Merry-san or, maybe, the "fake" that is going to replace the original boy. Or maybe even the boy himself, since by then end of the song he says something about "being the one who killed". Killed who? The boy from Hide and Seek of Isolation? Only the author knows.
The red moon, the red moon....I wonder what it means. It probably means...the blood that will be shed? The cat is always there, I'm starting to think it's the evil entity guilty of everything.
Evil cat.
Then come the clocks that appear while the song says "spinning around" something like that. I think it represents the passage of time and how everything puzzles our song protagonist.
The killing is probably literal. And the book is always there like I said.
That's it for my semi interpretation, hope I did it well. Hope I did.
If anything in this small opinion paragraph seems ingorant, I apologize. I'm not well informed on the situation. At least I tried.
I can see and I understand that mining is a great source of income for the country, but one can't force it in a place if it's going to damage the people that live there.
Why? Because it's not right. The people that live there are, well, people, they need a nice environment, somwhere they can live in peace and healthy. Yes, income for the country is important. Yes, mining is a great source of income. But, what si more important, money or lives? I say lives, and I think most people think so too.
Unless our society really has degraded that much.
So I think that, if there's no way to make the project not affect the population in such a bad way, then it should be stopped. Nobody can have control over other people's condition of life.
