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Andrade, Mary J. Day of the Dead A Passion for Life – Día de los Muertos Pasión por la Vida. La Oferta Publishing, 2007. ISBN 978-0-9791624-04; Anguiano, Mariana, et al. Las tradiciones de Día de Muertos en México. Mexico City 1987. Brandes, Stanley (1997). "Sugar, Colonialism, and Death: On the Origins of Mexico's Day of the Dead".
The celebrations have been promoted by International Federation of Translators (FIT) since its establishment in 1953. In 1991, FIT launched the idea of an officially recognized International Translation Day to show solidarity with the worldwide translation community in an effort to promote translation as a profession that has become increasingly essential in the era of globalization.
Día de la Tradición festival in La Carlota, province of Córdoba.. Día de la Tradición (English: Tradition Day) is celebrated in Argentina on November 10, the birthday of Argentine poet José Hernández (1834-1886), who wrote, among others, the narrative poem El gaucho Martín Fierro and its continuation, La vuelta de Martín Fierro, stories in verse form of the experience of a gaucho, his ...
UN Spanish Language Day (Spanish: Día del Idioma Español en las Naciones Unidas) is observed annually on 23 April. [1] The event was established by the UN's Department of Public Information in 2010, [2] seeking "to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity as well as to promote equal use of all six of its official working languages throughout the organization".
On September 27, 1952, after many public ceremonies, a monument was inaugurated in the Plaza de la Constitución with an honor guard from the several military academies of the Americas. The six cadets are honored by an imposing monument made of Carrara marble by architect Enrique Aragón and sculptor Ernesto Tamariz at the entrance to ...
Día de la Bandera ("Flag Day") is a national holiday in Mexico dedicated to the flag of Mexico. Flag Day is celebrated every year on February 24 since its implementation in 1934. It was established by the President of Mexico , General Lázaro Cárdenas , in front of the monument to General Vicente Guerrero ; Guerrero was the first to pledge ...