Word: fiestas
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...flattery, Oliver La Farge and Douglas Byers, ethnologists of Tulane University (New Orleans), gained the confidence of the Mayan Indians of Jacaltenango, a city of 2,000 inhabitants in the Guatemalan cliffs. They found a civilization strangely mixing mysticism and hard liquor, Christianity and paganism. They attended a native fiesta. They returned to New Orleans last week...
...football fiesta, planned as strictly a Stagg party by the sons of Chicago, was badly upset when one Marek, Ohio back, passed, ran, kicked, held them...
...cruiser Curlew to extend the Prince a welcome in the name of the nation. On landing, he was received by President Jose Serrato, the Cabinet and many other dignitaries. At an Anglo-Uruguayan luncheon, the Prince responded to a toast in Spanish, saying: "Muchas gracias por esta linda fiesta. Vive el Uruguay (Thank you for this good feast. Long live Uruguay...