Diriamba
Diriamba on the map of Nicaragua
Diriamba is a municipality in the department of Carazo in the west of the Central American state of Nicaragua, between the Pacific Ocean and Lake Nicaragua.
It is located in the Meseta de los Pueblos
History
Diri means in the language of Chorotega "hill" and Mba "large." In legends of caciques - called Teytes - reports which possessed the land, reported feuds, armed struggles, abduction and hostage-taking.
In the Valle de Apompuá the cradle stood by Diriangén (* 1502 in Diriamba, † December 25, 1527 in Teyte Tenderí today Nindirí, Masaya ) [ wp 1], a prince of the Chorotega, which opposed the Conquest. The mother of Diriangén was Azcaxochil. Diriangén was described by the Spaniards as a strong, burly Indigena with beautiful face, considerable willpower, whose black eyes flashed in combat.
Diriangén could stop them with his army, the advance of the greedy criminals under Gil González Dávila [ wp 2] six years.
Diriangén has agreed to a baptism and laid an ambush with some 4,000 armed indigenous on 17 April 1522. What has led to the fact that the conquistadors temporarily confined to the shores of Lake Cocibolca, as the Llanos de Nandaime offered a safer crossing of the isthmus.
A legend describes a fight of Teyte Diriangén on Boato Hastado, which as Quebrada del Perro is gedeutetet.
The second expedition under Francisco Hernández de Córdoba (1475-1526) followed a route along the Sierras de Managua, on which was of no contact reported with troops of Diriangén.
A legend describes the death of Diriangén on the Volcán Casitas [ wp 3], in the Cordillera de los Maribios.
This was followed by the Spanish colonial exploitation of indigenous, they were (now the wild Nicaraguan North nor in the name of Nueva Segovia) enslaved in the mines of Las Segovia, the West Indies or El Perú for forced labor.
The foundation stone for the Basilica of San Sebastián was laid in 1891 and 1931, she was ordained.
Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier Here was born.
The municipality is home to the professional football club Diriangén Soccer Club. [ Wp 4]
Culture
El Güegüence, the Rat Man is a comic dance, from the culture of Nahuatl. 2006, this oral tradition as Patrimonio Oral e Inmaterial of Humanity, UNESCO World Heritage Site was designated.
At public festivals is the tradition of the Danza del Toro Huaco, which takes up the idea of the world Quetzalcoatl varied.
There is the figure of El Gigante, which has a Basque origin in Gigante y Cabezon.
Other traditional dances are the morbid sprizige El baile del viejo y la vieja and the Bailes de las Inditas.
San Sebastian
The legend like the portrait of San Sebastian to Diriamba came writes the image as the image of Santiago in Jinotope to a will, which they enforce.
Tourism
Diriamba bordered by the Pacific Ocean and has beaches with the gang institutes La Boquita and Casares. It has crafts and nature reserves such as La Maquina with a tropical forest and a waterfall with fauna.
Sports
In Diriamba the football first division club FC Diriangén is located. Its home ground is the Estadio Cacique Diriangén, which also matches the Nicaraguan national football team take place.
Twinning Saarbrücken- Diriamba
The Saarbrücken Diriamba Club eV was founded in 1984, at that time as an association for the promotion of twinning Saarbrücken- Diriamba. Following the first democratic elections in Nicaragua in 1990 founded in Diriamba ADECA, the partner organization of Diriamba Club eV Since then, the club sent ADECA project ideas for financial support; Club members are also actively participate in these projects in Driamba. The association wants the people of Diriamba and environment help to find a self-determined way out of injustice, poverty and dependence. After the club realized rather smaller projects in the early years, he also supports large projects since 2000.
Corredor Biologico Diriangén
Disciples the idea is to protect a Corredor Biologico Diriangén. How about 85,000 tropical trees should be planted are protected from destruction by the elite of expensive wood and 122 km ².