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Dating back to 16th century Mexico, jaripeo was originally a form of bull fighting in which the rider rode the bull to death. [17] The jaripeo later evolved to be seen as a test of courage rather than to just simply ride the bull to death. The modern objective of this event is to attempt to ride the bull until it becomes tame and stops bucking ...
Charrería (pronounced [tʃareˈɾia]), also known as Jaripeo [1] [2] [3] is a sport and discipline arising from equestrian activities and livestock traditions used in the haciendas of the Viceroyalty of New Spain.
The Albanians (Albanian: Shqiptarët) and their country Albania (Shqipëria) have been identified by many ethnonyms.The native endonym is Shqiptar.The name "Albanians" (Latin: Albanenses/Arbanenses) was used in medieval Greek and Latin documents that gradually entered European languages from which other similar derivative names emerged. [1]
The Albanian Wikipedia (Albanian: Wikipedia Shqip) is the Albanian language edition of Wikipedia started on 12 October 2003. As of 25 December 2024, the Wikipedia has 101,089 articles and is the 73rd-largest Wikipedia.
Albanian (endonym: shqip ⓘ, gjuha shqipe [ˈɟuha ˈʃcipɛ], or arbërisht [aɾbəˈɾiʃt]) is an Indo-European language and the only surviving representative of the Albanoid branch, which belongs to the Paleo-Balkan group. [9] It is the native language of the Albanian people.
The southwestern part of the country is rich in petroleum, and natural gas.Natural asphalt is mined near Selenicë. [7]Four main ethnographic regions traditionally compose Southern Albania: Myzeqeja, Toskëria, Labëria, and Chamëria. [8]
Pirani was born in Podgorica in the Principality of Montenegro and came from the city to Shkodër in 1924 [1] around the age of 14 with her parents and 4 sisters. She was engaged at the age of 16 and stayed in Albania during World War II while the rest of her family returned to Montenegro.
Graffiti in the Republic of Macedonia reading "Death for Shiptars" (Macedonian: Смрт за Шиптари, romanized: Smrt za Šiptari). The term Shiptar (Serbo-Croatian Latin and Slovene: Šiptar; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic and Macedonian: Шиптар) used in Serbo-Croatian, Slovene and Macedonian is an ethnic slur, and it is also considered derogatory by Albanians when used by South Slavic ...