S's Corner

  Hey Readers!     Where Reggaeton Originated      This episode of " LOUD: The Nueva York Connection"was hosted by Ivy Queen. She hosted one of the leaders of the reggaeton movement El General (a past interview) and La Artevida. This podcast is about the history of reggaeton and how it began with reggae in Jamaica and how Latinos in New York put their own twist on hip-hop and R&B and how it exploded into the genre it is today. I learned that the genre of reggaeton was created by latinos mostly from Puerto Rico, Panama, and the Caribbean. They used different aspect of reggae music and added their own hip-hop spin. I love that a genre of music that was already great blossomed into their own genre that is a large genre in the latin community. Queen said "I remember I first find out about hip-hop through my brother Jacob. He has tapes of Das EFX, Busta Rhymes, even through he didn't understand the music spoke to us"  (Latino 19:34- 19:50). It is really cool to h

  Hello Readers! Popol Vuh intro &  Character  breakdown          The  story Popol Vuh translated by Allen J. Christenson Ph.D was a sanctified story of the Maya. The  Popol Vuh is text about mythology that took place in current day Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras. The story follows an assortment of characters that have major key roles in Maya mythology. One Hunahpu, Seven Hunahpu, Hunahpu and Xbalanque, the Lords of Xibalba, Lady Blood, One Batz and Chouen, and also Seven Macaw. One Hunahpu and Seven Hunahpu and brothers. One Hunahpu is the father of two sets of twins Hunahpu and Xbalanque, and One Batz and Chouen. Both sets of twins are from different women. One Batz and Chouen are the oldest while Hunahpu and Xbalanque are the youngest. Lady Blood is the mother of the youngest set of twins Hunahpu and Xbalanque. Lady Blood's father is a Lord of Xibalba. Seven Macaw though he was special and really self centered. He was wealthy and extremely materialistic. This was se