THE DOMINCAN REPUBLIC WAS FULL OF PRESENT SURPRISES AND UNIQUENESS.I WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT THE DR PRODUCES OVER 500 MILLION CIGARS ANNUALLY COMPARED TO CUBA A MERE 100 MILLION!!
A BUDGET PENTHOUSE!! AS WITH MOST MESOAMERICAN COUNTRIES THE FUEL OF REVOLUTION THE GAP BETWEEN THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS IS EXTREME.
SANTO DOMINGO TYRE CHANGE SANS JACK!!
THE UBIQUITOUS MEMORIAL OF MESOAMERICA TO THE ANTICOLONIAL REVOLUTIONARIES.
SAN FRANCISCO MONASTERY SACKED BY SIR FRANCIS DRAKE IN 1586 REBUILT AND DESTOYED BY EARTHQUAKES ON THREE OCCASIONS USED AS AN INSANE ASYLUM UNTIL THE 1930'S.
UNIQUE DR SOUND. THE INSTRUMENT WHICH I RECKON IS BASED ON A TAPIOCA GRATER IS CALLED A GUILDERA.I HAD TO GET ONE TO ADD TO OUR PERCUSSION COLLECTION-YOU'LL LOVE IT LIAM!!
FUNDS FROM ALL THE WORLD BUILT THIS MONSTROUS MEMORIAL TO COLOMBUS FOR THE 500 ANNIVERSARY OF DISCOVERING FIRST LANDFALL IN INDIA!!AKA HISPANIOLA NOW DR AND HAITI. SINCE 1992 IT HAS SUFFERED PREDICTABLE MAJOR DETERIORATION.
COLOMBUS'S TOMB.DISPUTED BY BOTH SPAIN AND ITALY WHO ALSO CLAIM TO HAVE HIS REMAINS!! .IHAVE SEEN THREE OF HIS TOMBS NOW!. PARALLELS WITH FRAGMENTS OF CHRIST'S CROSS THAT I HAVE SEEN .MAKES ME THINK IT WAS THE SIZE OF A REDWOOD TREE (MATURE ONE!!)
CHRIS C'S STATUE IN FRONT OF SANTO DOMINGO CATHEDRAL.THE OLDEST IN THE AMERICA'S. (1514)
DESPITE THE ATROCITIES COMMITTED AGAINST INDIGENOUS PEOPLES BY THE UNION OF IMPERIALISTS AND CHURCH IT WAS OFTEN AMAZINGLY LIBERAL CHRITIAN PRIESTS AND BROTHERS WHO TURNED AGAINST THE RULING CLASSES IN DEFENCE OF THE INDIGENES.A TRADITION THAT WAS THE FOUNDATION OF REVOLUTION ALL OVER MESO AND CENTRAL AMERICA.MANY WERE MURDERED BY THE STATE AND CENTUIES LATER SANCTIFIED BY AN APOLOGETIC CHURCH.
FATHER BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS-CHRONICLER OF SPANISH ATROCITIES AGAINST THE TAINOS (TOBACCO IS A TAINO WORD).ALL 400,000 WERE WIPED OUT BY DISEASE,SLAVERY AND SLAUGHTER.
No comments:
Post a Comment