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South America Bidsta: El Maíz Cabanita: El Lampeo (Helping the Plants Grow)
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Love, Freedom, and Liberal Internationalism Are Possible. Sunday, May 04, 2014. El Maíz Cabanita: El Lampeo (Helping the Plants Grow). Four weeks after planting, the green shoots of the maize plants are already poking through the soil, giving a verdant appearance to the otherwise dry countryside that won't see significant rain until at least December. The next part of the cultivation cycle is the lampeo. Given that it involves continuous bending over and digging with a shovel, the lampeo. Subscribe to: P...
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South America Bidsta: Athletic and Practical Goals I Still Have Despite the Passage of Time
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Love, Freedom, and Liberal Internationalism Are Possible. Sunday, August 10, 2014. Athletic and Practical Goals I Still Have Despite the Passage of Time. More or less in order of estimated plausibility:. Run some more half marathons and/or off-road runs. Run at least one marathon. Be able to tie (and remember) a variety of appropriate knots for different situations. Successfully complete a basic rock and/or ice climbing course. Learn to plough accurately with a yunta. Run a half marathon in 1:30 or less.
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South America Bidsta: May 2013
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Love, Freedom, and Liberal Internationalism Are Possible. Monday, May 06, 2013. The Art of Adobe. Wherever you go in the rural villages of Peru's sierra you will see many or most houses made of adobe mud bricks. They are usually small, squat, with a couple of tiny windows and an unattractive roof of corrugated iron ( calamina. Sometimes held down by small rocks. They are practically a symbol of poverty and what is considered backwardness. The first step in making adobes is to make the mud. This might...
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South America Bidsta: Maiz Cabanita: El Solay/La Siembra (Planting Season) 2
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Love, Freedom, and Liberal Internationalism Are Possible. Saturday, June 01, 2013. Maiz Cabanita: El Solay/La Siembra (Planting Season) 2. The day of the solay. Doesn't start so early, around 7:30-8:00 (perhaps one reason why it was the aspect of the cultivation cycle I participated in most). The workers gather at the house of the person who is doing the planting, and everyone is served a bowl of caldo. Thick soup, as well as a large glass of chicha. The first of many during the day. And take a porongo.
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South America Bidsta: La Primavera Chola
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Love, Freedom, and Liberal Internationalism Are Possible. Sunday, July 21, 2013. A couple of short topical posts coming up. An interesting development in Peru in the last week is the widespread public disgust, and the protest action led by the young, educated middle classes, at the apparent collusion by parties in Parliament to appoint a series of party hacks to important public positions including the People's Defender ( Defensoria del Pueblo),. Constitutional Tribunal and Reserve Bank. Protest action i...
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South America Bidsta: March 2013
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Love, Freedom, and Liberal Internationalism Are Possible. Monday, March 04, 2013. What I Miss: New Zealand vs. Peru. As will be seen, there are specific foods I miss about both places when I'm in the other place. Peruvian cuisine is varied and often delicious, but there are a few things you just can't get. What I miss about New Zealand when I'm in Peru. Are very popular in Peru, but they're just not the same. Its version of Chinese food, and there are some reputable Japanese places in Lima). The coffee&#...
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South America Bidsta: November 2013
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Love, Freedom, and Liberal Internationalism Are Possible. Monday, November 04, 2013. A Brief Litany of Labour Abuses in Peru. I'm not sure the practice of 'discounting' worker's wages for mistakes they make that result in losses is ever legal, anywhere, and it's certainly not right. A worker never receives the full positive benefit of transactions that they undertake successfully - so why should they ever have to bear the cost of unsuccessful ones? Of the official full time minimum wage of S/. 750, w...
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South America Bidsta: December 2012
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Love, Freedom, and Liberal Internationalism Are Possible. Thursday, December 27, 2012. El Maiz Cabanita: Riego y Barbecho (Preparing the Land). Previous posts on maiz cabanita. Once the harvest has been completed, and while the activities of de-leaving, de-graining and using or selling the maize are still occurring, the cultivation moves into its next phase. During June and July, the land will be prepared for the the next planting, which starts in early August. The next step is irrigation. Rain usual...
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South America Bidsta: April 2013
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Love, Freedom, and Liberal Internationalism Are Possible. Sunday, April 07, 2013. Maiz Cabanita: El Solay/La Siembra (Planting Time) 1. The highlight of the agricultural calendar in Cabanaconde is El Solay. The planting season. The expression solay. Is unique to Cabanaconde and I understand it to be some kind of linguistic hybrid (it's neither Spanish nor Quechua). The classical Quechua expression would be sara tarpuy. Starts in early August. Each chacra. A related task during planting time is to gramear.
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South America Bidsta: June 2013
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Love, Freedom, and Liberal Internationalism Are Possible. Saturday, June 01, 2013. Maiz Cabanita: El Solay/La Siembra (Planting Season) 2. The day of the solay. Doesn't start so early, around 7:30-8:00 (perhaps one reason why it was the aspect of the cultivation cycle I participated in most). The workers gather at the house of the person who is doing the planting, and everyone is served a bowl of caldo. Thick soup, as well as a large glass of chicha. The first of many during the day. And take a porongo.
