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Issue #26 March / April 2017

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by Erik Zidowecki

March / April 2017 | asd

Show us where you've been! These photos are from Kendal Knetemann and show part of Nicaragua.
A wall painted with folklore in Masaya	Workers at a leather shop
A young lady working on a design on a piece of pottery	The Hammocks of Nicaragua are considered to be the most luxurious of all hammocks
Lago de Masaya, Nicaragua	A Souvenirs. Can you read it?
A local working hard to earn her keep	Directions when visiting the Masaya Volcano National Park, in Spanish and English
Cathedral de Granada, Nicaragua	If you would like to share pictures from your travels here, please contact us at editor@parrottime.com

In Focus
Writer:	Erik Zidowecki
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	Letter From The Editor - Nom de Plume
	News Brief
	Mark Your Calendar
	Language Learning In The Globalization Era: - Translation, Culture And Power Relations
	When Pigs Fly
	Introducing Words R Us
	Languages in Peril - The Good Language of Brazil
	In Focus
	At the Cinema - Un Sac de Billes
	Language Puzzles
	Where Are You?
	Book Look - Aikainen lintu nappaa madon. Sananlaskuja läheltä ja kaukaa
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