Word: aztecs
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Alternative “truths” illuminated in Foreign Cultures courses make clear that tolerance is for the most part exclusive to modern-day Western society. Aztec religious philosophy, outlined in gory detail in “Mesoamerican Civilizations,” called for the ritual sacrifice of war prisoners. “Understanding Islam and Contemporary Muslim Societies” must confront uncomfortable realities: suspected adulteresses are stoned to death where Sharia is enforced, women and homosexuals are brutally persecuted throughout the Middle East and Africa, and the president of Nigeria has explained that widespread killings...
Throughout the night, students chatted with club representatives from various cultural, political, public service and performance groups. Students cheered and swayed to renditions of traditional Latin American music. An Aztec dance by a scantily clad male student was the highlight of the evening, eliciting rowdy catcalls...
...hitting errors combined with powerful Aztec hitting to doom the Crimson...
Similar Arts First shows took place all across campus yesterday. Some presented an adaptation of Richard III, set at the fall of the Aztec Empire, at the Loeb Drama center. Other events took place at Adams House’s Pool Theater and Radcliffe Yard’s sunken garden...
Overall, though the production can be construed as overly flashy or a mere attempt at Shakespearean pulp, that flashiness is what brings Richard III a fresh life on the Mainstage. And though it doesn’t take an adaptation set in an Aztec tribe to affirm the universality of Shakespeare’s drama, it does make for a wonderful spectacle...