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Trompo Magico Interactive Museum
The museum is filled with helpful Nei’wáma (plural for Nei’wá, meaning friend, companion or guide in the Huichol language) to facilitate the learning experience. They can be identified by their brightly colored vests. Many of the Nei’wá are students from local colleges doing required community service hours. There is a good chance that no one at the information kiosk when you come in will speak English. If you call ahead from your hotel, they can arrange to have an English speaking guide meet you. There is also a bilingual brochure, but they may have to call upstairs to the office to find one, since they don’t always keep them at the information desk. However, you don’t need an English speaking guide or even a brochure to enjoy the activities the Trompo Mágico has to offer.
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The production of tequila is exclusive to Jalisco and its surroundings, where the conditions there are ideal for creating the best Blue Agave. Coupled with the knowledge and experience of its people, Jalisco is the natural birthplace for Tequila. Strong character and robust flavor describe this tequila. It's ideal for bars and restaurants, and its highly recommended to prepare the best cocktails. It comes in two presentations, Silver and Gold. 40% alcohol.
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The Cathedral on Av. Alcalde between Av. Hidalgo and Calle Morelos is a good place to start. It was begun in 1561 and took about 30 years to complete. Dedicated to the Virgin of the Assumption, this Cathedral is easy to spot with its twin spires. The spires were actually destroyed in an earthquake (1818) and replaced in 1854 with the spires you see today.
Also of note are the 10 silver & gold altars which were gifts from King Fernando VII of Spain to thank Guadalajara for its support in the Napoleonic War.
Relics from the past : The Cathedral is home to the "Virgin of Innocence" located in a small chapel on the left as you enter. The story about this relic dates back to a time when large Catholic churches needed some sacred artifact to make it a holy place. Churches in Europe already had more than one John the Baptist head, duplicates of Apostle bones, and enough pieces of the "true" cross to fill a small forest. Lacking an established relic or remains of a dead Saint, they needed something else . . . So, the Roman Catholic Church came up with the bones of a young girl in 1786 . . . The bones were sent to Guadalajara with a story about a young Christian girl who died while protecting her virginity in the 3rd century. Presto, a Martyr with a story that would make all love and adore this new addition to the Roman Church's list of pseudo-saints murdered by the Romans. Whether or not the story of how the girl who died 1300 years before her bones were pronounced holy was ever true is beside the fact. The fact is that if you say it long enough, history turns the story into tradition, and tradition becomes a historical fact which has no room for the truth. So no, there is no proof whatsoever to back up the story . . . but the faithful BELIEVE the bones to be those of a young girl which TRADITION says was killed while protecting her virginity.
viernes, 9 de enero de 2009
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