Lección 15
Panorama—Paraguay

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Información sobre Paraguay

Paraguay Geography   http://www.photius.com/
 
LANIC-Paraguay   http://lanic.utexas.edu/
 
Guía del mundo-Paraguay   http://www.eurosur.org/
 
Destination Paraguay   http://www.lonelyplanet.com/
 

Artesanía

Artesanía del Paraguay   http://www.uninet.com.py/
 
Ñandutí   http://www.terere.com/
 

Misiones jesuíticas

Reducciones jesuíticas   http://www.asad.net/
 
Jesuit Ruins   http://www.austral.addr.com/
 

Represa de Itaipú

Itaipú Binacional   http://www.itaipu.gov.py/
 
Represa de Itaipú   http://www.fortunecity.es/
 

Literatura

Literatura paraguaya-Diccionario   http://www.anselm.edu/
 
Augusto Roa Bastos   http://www.castilleja.org/
 
Roa Bastos-Premio Cervantes   http://www.terra.es/
 

Música

Fa-Re-Mi   http://www.musicaparaguaya.org.py/
 
El arpa paraguaya   http://www.uni-mainz.de/
 
El arpa paraguaya   http://www.musicaparaguaya.org.py/
 

Algunas palabras clave
Use the links on this page or a search engine to complete the activities. Useful key words are:
misiones jesuíticas Paraguay / Jesuit missions Paraguay
reducciones jesuíticas Paraguay / Jesuit reductions Paraguay
Agustín Barrios
música paraguaya / Paraguayan music
Itaipú
represa Itaipú / Itaipú damn

  1. During what period did the Jesuit Missions in Paraguay flourish? What did the word "reducción" mean at that time? What present-day countries are sites of the mission ruins?
  2. For what instrument did Agustín Barrios principally compose? What are important characteristics of his music?
  3. When was construction on Itaipú damn initiated and when was it completed? How wide is the resevoir at its widest point?

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