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Mount Maunganui, or Mauao, known to locals as The Mount, [3] is a 232 metre (760 foot) volcanic dome at the end of a peninsula in the Tauranga suburb of Mount Maunganui in New Zealand, beside the eastern entrance to the city's harbour. Local Māori consider Mauao to be tapu (sacred), and it plays an important role in their mythology.
The Tagalog language/ Filipino language [1] has developed unique vocabulary since the former's inception from its direct Austronesian roots and the latter's inception as the developed and formally adopted common national language or national lingua franca of the Philippines from 1973 to 1987 [2] [3] and as the national and co-official language of the Philippines from 1987 and onward [4 ...
Mar de amor (International title: Curse by The Sea) is a Spanish-language Mexican telenovela produced by Nathalie Lartilleux for Televisa. [2] It is a remake of 1978 Venezuelan telenovela María del Mar. The telenovela aired on Canal de las Estrellas from November 16, 2009 to July 2, 2010.
Mauao (The Mount) is a large lava dome [3] which rises above the town. According to Maori legend, this hill was a pononga [slave] to a mountain called Otanewainuku. [8] The conical headland which gives the town its name is 232 metres (761 ft) in height, and dominates the mostly flat surrounding countryside.
"Alfonsina y el mar" (lit. ' Alfonsina and the sea ' ) is a zamba composed by Argentine pianist Ariel Ramírez and written by Argentine writer Félix Luna . It was first released as part of Mercedes Sosa 's 1969 album Mujeres argentinas .
A Long Petal of the Sea (Spanish: Largo pétalo de mar) is a 2019 novel by Chilean author Isabel Allende. Originally published in Spain by Plaza & Janés, it was first published in the United States by Vintage Espanol. [1] The novel was issued in 2019 in Spanish as Largo pétalo de mar, and was translated into English by Nick Caistor and Amanda ...
Gonzalo Guerrero (also known as Gonzalo Marinero, Gonzalo de Aroca and Gonzalo de Aroza) was a sailor from Palos, Spain who was shipwrecked along the Yucatán Peninsula and was taken as a slave by the local Maya.
Tāwhiao's granddaughter, Te Puea, ensured the continuance of Pai Mārire into modern times, recalling the story of how, just before his death, Tāwhiao told his people, 'I shall return this gift to the base of the mountains, leaving it there to lie. When you are heavily burdened, then fetch it to you.' [4]