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Paper was developed in the region during the Mesoamerican period using the bark of a type of fig tree called amate or the fibers of the maguey plant. The Spanish banned its production after the Conquest , because of its use in religious rites, forcing the conversion to European and Asian produced paper.
Amate paper is one of a number of paper crafts of Mexico, along with papel picado and papier-mâché (such as Judas figures, alebrijes or decorative items such as strands of chili peppers called ristras). However, amate paper has been made as a commodity only since the 1960s. Prior to that time, it was made for mostly ritual purposes.
The San Francisco business district bounded by Union, Kearny, Filber, and Montgomery Streets was originally called the 50 Vara District. [citation needed] Ivory vara (yardstick) used by Franciscan missionaries during the California Mission period. A vara (meaning "rod" or "pole", abbreviation: var) is an old Spanish unit of length.
The Diccionario de la lengua española [a] (DLE; [b] English: Dictionary of the Spanish language) is the authoritative dictionary of the Spanish language. [1] It is produced, edited and published by the Royal Spanish Academy , with the participation of the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language .
The cognates in the table below share meanings in English and Spanish, but have different pronunciation. Some words entered Middle English and Early Modern Spanish indirectly and at different times. For example, a Latinate word might enter English by way of Old French, but enter Spanish directly from Latin. Such differences can introduce ...
A variety of chisels that can be used to craft designs into a variety of materials, such as tissue paper. Traditionally, papel picados are crafted entirely by hand. When crafting a papel picado, the first step is to draw out the selected design onto the paper and then cover the paper with transparent plastic; this will protect the original drawing.
The search for missing hiker Susan Lane-Fournier, 61, took a tragic turn after her body was found over the weekend in Welches, Oregon, an unincorporated community at the base of Mount Hood.
An index card in a library card catalog.This type of cataloging has mostly been supplanted by computerization. A hand-written American index card A ruled index card. An index card (or record card in British English and system cards in Australian English) consists of card stock (heavy paper) cut to a standard size, used for recording and storing small amounts of discrete data.