Top five weekend retreats near Guadalajara
Whether you’re looking for culture, history, nature, or simply tequila, Jalisco and its neighbor states Guanajuato and Michoacan offer much to explore. Here are five great places to spend the weekend:
Guanajuato
The birthplace of Mexican Independence, Guanajuato is one of the most beautiful cities in the Americas. Every house is painted in Guanajuato is a different color and the streets are more pedestrian friendly than most places in Mexico.
Nestled in the mountains of Guanajuato state, this former mining town once accounted for two-thirds of the world’s silver production. Every year on September 15, the eve of Independence Day, thousands of residents and tourists gather to hear the shout of “Viva Mexico!” a reenactment of Father Miguel Hidalgo’s famous cry in 1810 which kick-started the national independence movement…
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Bus driver killings suspects in custody
Juan Antonio Venegas Cervantes, 27, and Noe Gomez Vazquez, 25, both suspected members of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG), are accused of killing the local bus drivers in revenge for the death of a relative. They also stand accused of 14 other murders committed during the last two years.
Indigenous language goes online
Wixarika is the language spoken by the indigenous Huichol people, or Wixaritari, as they refer to themselves, who inhabit parts of Nayarit, Jalisco, Zacatecas and Durango.
The UdeG has already translated 3,900 words for use in free OpenOffice software and now it is increasing its scope tenfold to create Huichol-friendly versions of the Mozilla Firefox web browser and Wikipedia.
UdeG linguists have been taking part in the translation marathon at the Centro Universitario del Norte campus in northern Jalisco throughout October and November, while others have also been helping in Campeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco and Yucatan. Their efforts will ensure that this ancient language is forever preserved through information technology.
Previous UdeG projects to produce a Wixarika reference grammar and dictionary have been running since the 1980s, led by a team of investigators in the university’s Department of Indigenous Languages, and the first volume was published in 2006.
Some basic Wixarika words and phrases:
One – Zevi
Two – Huta
Three – Haika
Four – Nauka
Five – Auzuvi
Man – Tevi
Woman – Uka
Dog – Chiki
Sun – Tau
Moon – Meceri
What is your name? – Ke peti tewa
What do you do? – Ke peti yuriene
Where do you live? – Ke pepeaka
How are you? – Ke aku
I’m fine – Aix neureu erie
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