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The rufous hornero is the national bird of Argentina.. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Argentina.The avifauna of Argentina has 1044 confirmed species, of which 18 are endemic, nine have been introduced by humans, 69 are rare or vagrants, two are thought to be extinct, and four and possibly a fifth have been extirpated.
Various images of the saints, especially the Virgin Mary, and most importantly the image of the crucified Christ are carried aloft by foot on shoulder-borne pasos (or on wheeled carrozas in the Philippines) as an act of penance; acts of mortification are carried out; traditional Christian hymns and chants are sung (except during the silent ...
Lepidoptera of Argentina — native species of South American Lepidoptera (butterflies & moths) in Argentina. Pages in category "Lepidoptera of Argentina" The following 108 pages are in this category, out of 108 total.
Overnight before the Holy Week processions pass in front of his house, Luis Álvarez works with two dozen family members and friends to create an elaborate, 115-foot-long (35-meter-long) carpet ...
A Confraternity in Procession along Calle Génova, Seville by Alfred Dehodencq (1851). Holy Week in the liturgical year is the week immediately before Easter. The earliest allusion to the custom of marking this week as a whole with special observances is to be found in the Apostolical Constitutions (v. 18, 19), dating from the latter half of the 3rd century and 4th century.
Sun of May on the first Argentine coin, 1813. According to Diego Abad de Santillán, the Sun of May represents Inti, the Incan god of the sun. [1]The specification "of May" is a reference to the May Revolution which took place in the week from 18 to 25 May 1810, which marked the beginning of the independence from the Spanish Empire for the countries that were then part of the Viceroyalty of ...
These pages relate to the flora of Argentina. In the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, "Argentina" is not a distribution unit, being divided into: Flora of Northeast Argentina; Flora of Northwest Argentina; Flora of South Argentina
Penitentes under the night sky of the Atacama Desert Field of penitentes (1.5–2 metres or 5–7 feet high); upper Rio Blanco, Central Andes of Argentina Small penitentes in the summit crater of Mount Rainier Penitentes ice formations at the southern end of the Chajnantor plain in Chile Penitentes near the summit of the Agua Negra Pass on the border between Chile and Argentina