Peruvian crucifix with Nativity scene at its base, c.1960 In Peru, Midnight Mass is followed by open houses for the home bound mass goers by the neighborhoods as people set up tables with small foods & treats for those coming back from church. Another way to connect with community! Also,...
According to one of the most comprehensive nutritional studies we have for the Southern and Central Andes, the Encuesta Nacional de Consumo de Alimientos of 1971–1972, annual per capita calorie and protein consumption for households that consumed primarily traditional foods varied from 2045 calories...
Hot influences, including strong sun, cooked foods and being too near a cooking fire interfere with recovering from fevers, burns and wounds. Wind is dangerous for patients suffering from the culture-bound syndrome aquíraja - "bad air," or from ear infections. Sometimes temperature extremes must...
Rays (Myliobatiformes) and Characiformes fishes from the Iquitos assemblage.A1–A3Lateral-file tooth ofMyliobatisorRhinoptera(PIMUZ A/I 5016).B1–C3Potamotrygonaff. †P.rajachloeaeteeth (PIMUZ A/I 5052).D1–E2. †Potamotrygon canaanorumteeth (PIMUZ A/I 4819).F1–F3Potamotrygonidae in...
It includes (1) the availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods, and (2) the ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways" [52]. The FIHM is a questionnaire consisting of 18 multiple-choice questions, which measure the food security situation at the household level...