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Waterfalls huge, sizable and small in the Iguassu Falls Area

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IGUAÇU / IGUAZU, YGUAZU, YGUASU, IGUASSU Check here about the different Iguazu spellings Devil's Throat - Iguassu Falls  Let me first introduce you to the world of waterfalls in the Iguassu Falls Area. Iguassu Falls is by far the largest. MOCONÁ Boat trip at Moconá Falls About 300 km from Iguassu Falls lies Moconá Falls. It is known as the world's largest longitudinal waterfalls in the Americas. As you know every river has two banks. This longitudinal story only means that the water falls just along one bank.  The Moconá Falls lies on a border. Like the Iguassu Falls it lies on the Argentina-Brazil border siuth of Iguassu Falls. The water happens to fall from the Aegentinean side. The Brazilian side happens to be dry for nearly 50% of the days of the year. When iit's not dry, it's underwater. Located at the town of El Soberbio, Argentina  MONDAY Saltos del Monday - Monday Falls Monday here has nothing to do with the day of the week. "Monda" means steal and ...

Exploring San Ignacio Guazu, the heart of the Guarani Jesuit Missions

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The Iguassu Falls' Area Guru is happy to bring to you this first official posting about the Jesuit Misions legacy in South America with a focus at this moment on the 30 Guarani-speaking Mission Villages spread in what now is Paraguay, Brasil, Argentina and Uruguay. This video was shot during my visit to San Ignacio Guazu in an efort to collect nformation on the rurak distrivt of Tañarandy whwre a procession is held every Easter Friday. The Holy Friday this year is just five days away. I will be there.  In the meantime I will share some photographs of San Ignacio Guazu   The Diocesan Museum  Sun Watch           Office of the Cattle Raisers Association   Offical Jesuit Church office  Police Station The Jesuit Cross    The Yvagarape or Way to Heaven - where the processions happens on Easter Friday City Museum dedicated to the Chaco and the Triple Alliance Wars