matanzas

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Español · Armenia: Debate sobre promesa de campaña ensombrece 94° aniversario de las matanzas de la Primera Guerra Mundial

Global Voices in English » Armenia: Debate over campaign promise overshadows 94th anniversary of WWI killings 2009
There are now much fewer matanzas; people seem to be forgetting the tradition.

A Conversation with Chris Stewart, author of Driving Over Lemons 2010
Of course, our first matanzas made us feel very much a part of life here and we did enjoy that aspect.

A Conversation with Chris Stewart, author of Driving Over Lemons 2010
Maybe, but the Mexican always felt matanzas "killings" en inglés were always more like the Pacific Northwest tradition of potlaches, where men would compete with each other to see who could throw the biggest feast and treat others the best.

Gustavo Arellano: ¡ASK A MEXICAN!: Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and Matanzas Gustavo Arellano 2011
Your husband is largely right: matanzas, for the rest of us non-New Mexis, usually involve the slaughtering of a pig just before winter to provide the pueblo with hundreds of pounds of lard, meat, blood, and all the other bounty our tasty porcine friends provide us.

Gustavo Arellano: ¡ASK A MEXICAN!: Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and Matanzas Gustavo Arellano 2011
The value of the hides and tallow derived from the annual _matanzas_ may be estimated at 372,000 dollars.

What I Saw in California Edwin Bryant