In the Americas With David Yetman

  • in première gegaan: Jan 2012
  • Afleveringen: 62
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Tultepec: Mexico’s Skyrocket Central
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Jan 04, 2012
The small city of Tultepec, a suburb of Mexico City, specializes in the production of fireworks, supplying much of the country known for fireworks in its festivals. In March of each year .. show full overview
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In the Shadow of the Volcanoes: Chile’s Melting Pot
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Jan 11, 2012
Southern Chile is a land of forests, rivers, lakes, and volcanoes. It is also home to Native American and immigrant communities. We visit Mapuche Indians and German and Italian immigrant communities and the vast landscapes they inhabit.
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The Rainforest Nisei: Japanese Immigrants in the Amazon
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Jan 18, 2014
In the early 1920s, a small group of Japanese peasants received a land grant deep in the vast forests of the Amazon. Today their descendents have become prosperous farmers, raising .. show full overview
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Two Millennia of Mayas: Guatemala’s Cultural Legacy
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Jan 25, 2014
Archaeologists have only recently begun to restore the important Maya city of Ceibal, situated along the Passion River deep in the Petén forest of Guatemala. We travel to the site with .. show full overview
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Ice, Rock, and Water: The Sierra Nevada
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Feb 01, 2014
California's Sierra Nevada is the largest and highest mountain range in the continental United States and, until recently, a geological puzzle. The source of colossal wealth in the form .. show full overview
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Panama: A City and a Canal
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Feb 07, 2014
Panama City has been a pivotal shipping port for hundreds of years-over water and over land. Today it has become an economic powerhouse, the Hong Kong of the Americas, thanks to its .. show full overview
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Fiesta in the Yucatán: Maya Traditions
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Feb 08, 2014
Each year on January 6, pilgrims travel to the ancient Maya city of Tizimín in the Yucatán peninsula to celebrate Epiphany. The festival of the Day of the Kings combines pre-Columbian and modern themes, all of them gilded with the touch of the Mayas.
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Winter in the Caldera: January in the Yellowstone Hotspot
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Mrt 01, 2014
Yellowstone National Park is U.S. national park, and one of the most visited. In winter, access is limited, and visitors and wildlife are challenged by deep snow and fierce cold. The .. show full overview
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Whistles in the Mist: Whistled Speech in Oaxaca
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Mrt 08, 2014
The Chinantecan people of mountainous northern Oaxaca, Mexico, speak by whistling as well as by talking. We visit their isolated community and see for ourselves how they use whistled speech to supplement-and sometimes replace-spoken speech.

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