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As you may have noticed, I've been selling pottery from Nicaragua on eBay. I even started another website called Nicaramcia to organize things a little better. I found it interesting that some of the artists that I buy from have ancestors with pottery on display in the National Musuem. The Bracamonte and Sanchez families in particular do absolutely beautiful work. The history of the town of San Juan de Oriente is pretty fascinating and the pottery produced there is incredible. I guess when you've been doing something for 500 years you get pretty good at it.
While I didn't get to see the ancient footprints at Acahualinca the good news was that they have one on display in the National Museum and you don't have to risk being killed to see it. ;) |
Chicken Pottery |
El Pueblo |
Pottery By Francisco Bracamonte |
Pottery By Carlos Sanchez |
Stone Cathedrals |
Stone Cathedrals |
Straw Angels |
Violin Statue |
Happy Pot |
5000 Year Old Footprint |
The National Musuem |
Admiring The Bones |
| After finishing our tour of the museum we headed outside to the plaza. There are several monuments to fallen Sandinista heroes. The main one, along with an eternal flame, is for the founder of the FSLN Carlos Fonseca Amador. Fonseca was a teacher and a devout Marxist who viewed Cuban society under Fidel Castro as the blueprint for a new Nicaragua. Although he founded the FSLN (Sandinistas), he never lived to see their triumph as he was killed by Somoza's Guardia Nacional in the mountains of Nicaragua in 1976. |
Rueben Dario |
Big Flag |
The Plaza |
Juniett Takes A Break |
The Cathedral Needs Work |
It Was Beautiful In Its Day |
Portico In The Park |
Honey, Are You Done Yet |
Tall Palm Trees |
Gargoyles |
Monument To Carlos Fonseca |
Founder Of The FSLN |
Another Monument |
La Casa De Los Pueblos |
Rueben Dario Statue |
| The most beautiful statue in the park, however, is a monument to the Nicaraguan poet Ruben Dario. There are probably more monuments, statues, fountains, etc. dedicated to Dario in Nicaragua than there are to any other person. Dario had a gift for the Spanish language that few before or after have ever possesed. He is one of the most important literary figures in the history of the world and he gained a level of worldwide acclaim that no other Nicaraguan has ever known. |
Rueben Dario Statue |
Rueben Dario Statue |
Theres A Bumper In The Tree |
Rueben Dario Statue |
Rueben Dario Statue |
Rueben Dario Statue |
Rueben Dario Statue |
The Horseman |
Another Revolution Is Coming |
Rueben Dario Theatre |
Jehovas House |
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