Paraguay Flag

“Only the music can relieve
With its sweet notes my sadness,
And under a full moon will I declare
The love that I feel for you, Asunción.”
~Manuel Ortiz Guerrero

Paraguayan poet

Website Resources

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Anthropologist: Science of the People

OPA Jr. Library Country Profile: Paraguay

https://opajrhighlibrary.weebly.com/paraguay.html

CIA World Factbook

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/pa.html

Music of Paraguay

Utah Online Library

https://onlinelibrary.uen.org/

Did you know?

  • Paraguay has two official languages: Spanish and Guaraní.
  • In Paraguay, the asado (barbecue) is a popular family gathering.
  • In 1900, about half of the country’s land was owned by just 79 people.
  • Paraguayans relax by drinking tereré (cold herbal tea) and mate (hot herbal tea) with friends and family.
Terere

“Paraguay.” CultureGrams Online Edition, ProQuest, 2019, online.culturegrams.com/world/world_country.php?cid=124&cn=Paraguay. Accessed 05 September 2019.

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