The Ancient Mayans are renowned among historians and
archaeologists as being an incredibly advanced culture that excelled at
mathematics, astronomy and arts. With their star-based calendar
predicting the end of the world in 2012, many people are giving this
ancient culture a second look. Find out more about Mayan culture!
The Ancient Mayans created a written language similar to Egyptian Hieroglyphics
Chichen Itza in the Yucatan (Mexico) is a famous Mayan ruin
Mayan people today keep the tradition of weaving beautiful bright textiles, like this lady in Guatemala
Where in the World
The Mayans are one of the oldest societies documented, and come from
Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador in Central America and Mexico.
You can still visit the ruins of the ancient people in these places
today, like the Chichen Itza temple in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico.
Although the Mayan civilization eventually blended into other
surrounding people, there are still many descendants of the ancient
Mayans who speak Mayan languages and preserve their own traditions and
arts, such as creating beautiful textiles (woven fabric).
The Ancient Maya
The Ancient Maya lived from 2000 B.C. to as late as the 16th
century A.D., even after competing cultures like the Aztecs and Spanish
Conquistadors took power in that part of the world. Mayan warriors
dressed in outfits with many feathers and tassels, and in modern Mayan
celebrations warrior costumes with bright feathers are made for men
dancing in traditional parades.
Science and Writing
The Ancient Maya were so advanced in some sciences that modern day
people often feel as if they have mystical powers and take their
predictions very seriously (like the prediction that the world may end
due to an astronomical power this year). They are possibly the first
culture to develop the telescope and map the stars and other phenomena
in the night sky using difficult mathematics. Using this information
they developed a nearly accurate calendar. Many of the events of their daily life were organized according to this calendar.
Science wasn’t their only feat though; they also developed a way of
writing similar to the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics with more than
1,000 glyphs! Scribes had a special place in society and were revered
and respected by all.
Religion
The Ancient Maya believed in cycles and nature, and many of their rites
and religious events were held at specific times of the year. They
believed in three planes of existence: The Earth, The Heavens (above)
and the Underworld (below). These planes all had their own gods, not
all of whom were good, especially those dealing with death. Some art
suggests that they believed in human sacrifice, and it was performed by
priests for the good of the whole community.
The Ancient Maya also believed that the night sky was a window to the
gods and cosmos, and consulted three different calendars for religious
events: a solar, a lunar and one based on the planet Venus. In some
parts of Guatemala the lunar calendar is still used for religious traditions. Many rites originally centered around the life cycle of maize crops.
Ruins
The ruins of the Ancient Maya are fascinating for travelers the world
over, and attract large crowds. Many of their structures were rebuilt on
top of one another and show us exactly how they observed the stars and
performed religious rites. Many ruins show that they incorporated
information they knew about the sun and stars, such as the “snake”
shadow that appears on the stairs of the pyramid-like temple at Chichen
Itza in Mexico once a year. Caves were also popular, and often contain
Mayan hieroglyphics that are more intact since they were protected from
weather over the centuries.
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The legend of the Bermuda Triangle is said to have begun when five Navy planes took off from their base in Florida December 5, 1945 on a routine training mission known as Flight 19 – neither the planes nor the crew were ever seen again.
Long before the legend of the Bermuda Triangle became popular, Bermuda had already earned a reputation as an enchanted island. It was nicknamed “The Devil's Islands” by early sea travelers, frightened by the calls of cahow birds and the squeals of wild pigs that could be heard on shore. But perhaps the most damning tales were told by sailors terrified of shipwreck on Bermuda's treacherous stretch of reefs.
The imaginary area referred to as the Bermuda Triangle covers about 500,000 square miles of ocean off the southeastern tip of Florida; an area roughly bounded by Miami, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico. This region didn't get its name until August 1964 when Vincent Gaddis coined the term Bermuda Triangle in a cover story for Argosy magazine about the disappearance of Flight 19.
Unusual features of the area had been noted since Christopher Columbus sailed through the area on his first voyage to the New World, in which he reported a great flame of fire (probably a meteor) crashed into the sea one night and that a strange light appeared in the distance a few weeks later. He also wrote about inconsistent compass readings, which later believed as natural phenomena happens in places where True North (geodetics’ north pointing to the North Pole’s geographic location) and Magnetic North (well-known as Compass North) lined up – the two north are in fact have different scientific implications.
In the past 500 years at least 50 ships and 20 aircraft have reportedly vanished in the Triangle, most without a trace – no wreckage, no bodies, nothing. There have also been so many theories trying to explain the legend, including one suggesting that the lost city of Atlantis may lie at the bottom of the sea and be using its reputed crystal energies to sink ships and planes.
But, despite all the reports by authors around the globe regarding the untraceable missing planes and ships, is there really any mystery to explain?
Not all apparently believe there are mysteries to explain. Lieutenant A. L. Russell, in the U.S. Coast Guard's official response to Bermuda Triangle inquiries, writes “It has been our experience that the combined forces of nature and the unpredictability of mankind outdo science-fiction stories many times each year.” In the Navy's final report, the disappearance of Flight 19 was blamed on pilot error, but after several reviews the verdict was changed to causes or reasons unknown.
“The region is highly traveled and has been a busy crossroads since the early days of European exploration,” said John Reilly, a historian with the U.S. Naval Historical Foundation. “To say quite a few ships and airplanes have gone down there is like saying there are an awful lot of car accidents on the New Jersey Turnpike—surprise, surprise.”
Maritime insurance leader Lloyd’s of London does not recognize the Bermuda Triangle as an especially hazardous place and neither does the U.S. Coast Guard who says “In a review of many aircraft and vessel losses in the area over the years, there has been nothing discovered that would indicate that casualties were the result of anything other than physical causes. No extraordinary factors have ever been identified.”
In his book “The Bermuda Triangle Mystery — Solved”, American author and pilot Larry Kusche says few writers on the topic bothered to do any real investigation — they mostly collected and repeated other, earlier writers who did the same. Criticizing Charles Berlitz’s “Bermuda Triangle: The Bestselling Saga of Unexplained Mystery”, he says the book does not carry over into credible research or scholarship, and that Berlitz's research was so sloppy. “If Berlitz were to report that a boat were red, the chance of it being some other color is almost a certainty.”
Kusche claimed to have examined more than 400 pages of the Navy Board’s official investigation report regarding the disappearance of Navy planes in 1945, and found that the Board wasn't baffled at all by the incident and did not mention alleged radio transmissions cited by Berlitz in his book
About the lined up of True North and Compass North, the US Navy says that’s been an inaccurate claimed. According to him the Bermuda Triangle is not a place on earth at which a magnetic compass points towards true north. Normally a compass will point toward magnetic north. He explains the difference between the two is known as compass variation. The amount of variation changes by as much as 60 degrees at various locations around the World. If this compass variation or error is not compensated for, navigators can find themselves far off course and in deep trouble.
“Although in the past this compass variation did affect the Bermuda Triangle, due to fluctuations in the Earth's magnetic field this has apparently not been the case since the nineteenth century,” he concludes.
Fact or fiction, the Bermuda Triangle has already been accepted as a part of widespread lore that won't disappear anytime soon. There are still many travelers saying the Triangle isn't the only thing that makes The Islands of Bermuda seem magical.
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1.Sungha started to play guitar in the beginning of 2006, after seeing his father playing guitar.
1.Sungha started to play guitar in the beginning of 2006, after seeing his father playing guitar.
2. Sungha’s father is not a professional guitarist, he plays guitar as a hobby.
3. Sungha’s father taught Sungha a few times, but Sungha learned so fast that soon he had to learn to play all by himself.
4. Sungha taught himself to play by watching video clips without any sheet music from the very beginning.
5. Sungha learned piano before guitar. He is taught by his aunt, but he wasn’t really interested.
6. Sungha’s father is Sungha’s manager.
7. Sungha’s father is the owner of ’jwcfree’ account on Youtube. (jwc stands for Jeong Woo Chang)
8. Sungha’s Youtube channel has 500,000,000+ views and 800,000+ subcribers.
9. The first video is uploaded 6 years ago, when Sungha was smaller than his guitar.
10. Sungha takes homeschooling this year because of his busy schedule all over the world.
11. Sungha’s dog is female, a maltese dog.
12. Sungha introduced Coco as his girlfriend on a free chat from Allears.co.
13. Sungha’s tour manager is Dee Kim / Adel.
14. Sungha’s Daum cafe master is Kevin Cheong Kwonhee (청권히).
15. Sungha’s Daum cafe manager is Naiard Hyungseok Seo (형석서).
16. Instruments Sungha played: Guitar, Ukulele, Piano, Guitarlele, 12 stringed Guitar, Harp Ukulele, Electric guitar, and Drum.
17. Sungha likes sea and dolphins.
18. Sungha’s favorite color is blue.
19. Sungha likes clothings. He is quite stylish and fashionable.
20. Sungha likes to play Tetris and Angry Birds.
21. Sungha loves cute things.
22. Sungha loves gadgets.
23. Sungha loves diamonds.
24. Sungha hates nuts.
25. Sungha prioritizes English lessons on his school, because he thought it would really help him when have concerts abroad.
26. Sungha is a fan of Big Bang (VIP) and 2NE1 (Blackjack). He likes G Dragon and Park Bom.
27. Sungha is a YGent fan too.
28. Trace Bundy, a famous guitarist, invited Sungha to have concerts in U.S after Sungha played ‘Canon in D’ .
29. Ulli Boegershausen, a famous guitarist, invited Sungha to
Germany after Sungha played ‘Tango’. He also recorded Sungha’s albums.
30. Sungha collaborated with Narsha on her song “I’m in Love”.
31. Sungha stared on Suicide Forecast movie as a poor boy named Hyuk.
32. Sungha collaborated with Megan Lee few times, one of those is Monster by Big Bang where he got rap parts.
33. Sungha dance to U-Kiss song for his school event.
34. Sungha used the same T-shirt as TOP Big Bang’s.
35. Sungha watched Big Bang’s Alive Concert with his friend in South Korea.
36. Sungha met Se7en in Music and Men’s Fashion Week 2012.
37. Se7en had tweeted Sungha.
38. Sungha met 2NE1 to record their collaboration of ‘Lonely’ and ‘I Love You’.
39. Dara 2NE1 mentioned Sungha as ‘Sunghwa’ on her tweet.
40. Sungha met G Dragon and Taeyang as well.
41. Sungha tweeted G Dragon and got a reply that made him breathless because of happiness.
42. Sungha gets so many fans from VIP and Blackjacks because his cover of ‘Monster’ and ‘I Love You’
43. Sungha appeared on SBS in September 2012 performing ‘That XX’ with G Dragon.
44. Sungha is a shy boy but he can get along with people really soon.
45. Little Sungha didn’t talk much so that people thought he can’t talk.
46. Sungha sometime gets nerveous, especially in his first concerts in front of many people, he gets his hands sweating.
47. Sungha is more famous worldwide than in his motherland, South Korea.
48. Sungha felt, he got some public attention before because he was such a child, and as he growing he got less attention.
49. Sungha said on an interview, “I should grow in my skill, not only growing up in my age”.
50. Sungha had been to Bali, Indonesia, but it wasn’t for a concert nor other musical purpose.
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