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La Noche Triste ("The Night of Sorrows", literally "The Sad Night"), was an important event during the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, wherein Hernán Cortés, his army of Spanish conquistadors, and their native allies were driven out of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan.
The Night of the Radishes (Spanish: Noche de Rábanos) is an annual event held on December 23 in Oaxaca, Mexico, dedicated to the carving of oversized radishes (Raphanus sativus) to create scenes that compete for prizes in various categories. The event has its origins in the colonial period when radishes were introduced by the Spanish.
The work is flavoured with Spanish rhythms, but the score does not call for a guitar. It requires a piano, three flutes (one doubling piccolo), two oboes and English horn, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones and tuba, timpani, cymbals, triangle, celesta, harp, and strings. The piano has an important solo part ...
The Dark Night of the Soul (Spanish: La noche oscura del alma) is a phase of passive purification in the mystical development of the individual's spirit, according to the 16th-century Spanish mystic and Catholic poet St. John of the Cross. John describes the concept in his treatise Dark Night (Noche Oscura), a
Y llegaron de noche is a Mexican television comedy series created by Rob Greenberg and Bob Fisher that revolves around the production of the 1931 Spanish-language version of Dracula, which was concurrently produced with the English-language version.
The Guelaguetza (/ ˌ ɡ ɛ l ə ˈ ɡ ɛ t s ə /; Spanish: [ɡelaˈɣetsa]), also known as Los lunes del cerro ('Mondays on the Hill'), is an annual indigenous cultural event in Mexico that takes place in the city of Oaxaca, capital of the state of Oaxaca, and nearby villages. The celebration features traditional costumed dancing by gender ...
Peruvian football club Universitario's barra brava invented the Vamos chant. Vamos ('Let's go!'), also known as Esta Tarde ('This Afternoon') or Esta Noche ('Tonight'), [1] is a Spanish-language football chant from Peru attributed to the Trinchera Norte (Northern Trench), the barra brava of Lima sports club Universitario de Deportes.
"La Noche" (translation "the night") is a salsa song written and performed by the Colombian singer Joe Arroyo. [1] Billboard called it a "groundbreaking song" that made Arroyo "a groundbreaking force in Colombian salsa."