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De las tradiciones en Galicia llaman la atención sus rituales y sus creencias: ofrendas de ataúdes, romerías de espíritus, peregrinos, baño de nueve olas, hierbas y nudos de amor, exorcismos... Muchas destacan por el entorno geográfico, por el arte de sus templos y por sus maravillosas leyendas. Las romerías son fiestas totales que responden a la complejidad de las necesidades, aspiraciones y sentimientos de la gente.

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Until just over 150 years ago, northern Mexico extended thousands of kilometers farther than its current border with the United States. Many different indigenous groups flourished in that region before the Conquistadors arrived. What we know about their lives and customs is the result of archeological discoveries and the chronicles of the first Spanish priests and soldiers that had contact with them.

Profiles Phoebe Ann Moses, the star sharpshooter of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show under the name Annie Oakley, who began shooting to help feed her family after her father's death.