Asturian-American Migration Forum

I don't think I can give an accurate estimate. I do know that this "Pedigree collapse" thing exists, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedigree_collapse meaning you definitely don't have as many ancestors as if they were all unrelated. Asturian population in the 8th - 9th centuries had to be v...

I guess the most obvious recommendation is Tierra Astur, in C / San Francisco, in the very historical center of Aviles. It is perfect if you want to get an idea of traditional Asturian cuisine, from tortos de picadillo to frixuelos. Also, La Chalana in Avenida Conde de Guadalhorce, next to the river...

Muy interesante! Ya me parecía a mí que era imposible que la tradición se conservase únicamente en un solo pueblo. Muchas gracias por el impresionante trabajo que llevas realizando en favor de la cultura asturiana, Ramón. THE PONGA CORRICORRI Thing is, in the mountains of Ponga I documented the memo...

Alfonso Fanjul claims the "ruina montium" technique, which was believed to have been first used in Asturias by the Romans, might instead be in use already during Iron Age. This sophisticated mining method required detouring some stream or river as to wash soil away and concentrate the heav...

Great! I will ship it to you in the coming days.
If you like it, don`t forget recommending it to your Spanish - speaking friends...

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¡Genial! Te lo enviaré en unos días. Si te gusta no dudes en recomendárselo a tus amigos de habla hispana...

Ya he hablado otras veces de mi libro, "La Creación del Mundo y Otros Mitos Asturianos" en este foro. Como sabeis, se trata de un estudio acerca de las raices precristianas del folklore de nuestro pais, comparando la tradicion oral con las leyendas de otros paises europeos y con fuentes an...

The Inquisition changed forever how people would make references to their lanuage, food, legends, history, genealogy, and traditions. Even Columbus was questioned after he had described strange lights in the sky as resembling a Menorah in his log books. I strongly believe that DNA points the way to...

Venga ya!! No me lo trago. Estos estudios de ADN parece que solo existen para dar titulares a los periodicos, cada uno desmiente el anterior. No veo que se haya confirmado, de momento, una teoria coherente sobre las migraciones antiguas de las poblaciones humanas. Hace un par de años decian que los ...

http://www.asturianus.org/docs/Cristobo_de_Milio_Carrin_The_Widower_and_the_Goddess.pdf "The Widower and the Xana" was collected from oral tradition in East Asturias by Aurelio del Llano in early XXth century, then again by Berto Peña a few years ago. This text tracks the ancient origins o...

Gracies, manguélu yá en "favoritos"

The War Nerd : the man claims to live in PaloAlto, Calif. and be some sort of nerd, half - demented out of a job with no future in a society which has lost any opportunity for adventure or emotion. Anyway, I love the War Nerd. He writes about warfare, both ancient and modern, and looks quite well i...

Yeah, "Cien Años de Soledad"! Your tales remind me much of Marquez`s fantasy. The one I enjoyed most was the one about the warrior who stood by the grave, tortured by the oblivion that he himself had chosen. Maybe it is just that I like too much the subject, warriors and ancient history an...

Bob, is any of your tales available at asturian.us files? I love the way you guys broadcast Asturian heritage. I have noticed that outsiders approach our culture in a more respectful and interested way than we ourselves do (I hope you don`t mind if I throw you into the "outsiders" cathegor...

Have you seen one of those "Downfall" parodies in youtube? They are hilarious! Some comedian just changes the original subtitles and the plot changes completely. My two favourites: Real Estate downfall. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNmcf4Y3lGM&feature=player_embedded And the best, su...

This was his speech when Bush asked the Congress to add $124 billion to the Iraq bill: The $124 billion supplemental appropriation is a good bill to oppose. I am pleased that many of my colleagues will join me in voting against this measure. If one is unhappy with our progress in Iraq after four yea...