El Cid

(sĭd′)

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El Cid - the hero of a Spanish epic poem from the 12th century

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Bacolod City officials led by Mayor Evelio Leonardia (6th from left) and Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran (5th from left) inaugurate the P4.8 million Halandumon tower at corner Gonzaga-Gatuslao Streets here Tuesday.

Bacolod unveils P4.8-M Halandumon tower

Later El Cid spent much time promoting dances and handled such groups as Sons and Lovers, the Barron Knights and the Fortunes.

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Las dotes como jinete de caballos de el Cid, y el espiritu combativo de la caballeria de EE.UU.

EL HEROE FRONTERIZO: COMPARATIVA ENTRE EL CID Y JOHN CARTER

Their topics include knowledge production and community building in narratives in science, narratives of "naturalness" in today's particle physics community, Peter Sloterdijk's narrative-evocative philosophizing, literature and (ethno-)nationalist narratives in the (post-)Yugoslav region, Doris Lessing's "Alfred and Emily" and the ethics of narrated memory, and the character of "El Cid" in Spanish and Latin American texts from the 12th century to the 20th.

Narrated Communities -- Narrated Realities: Narration as Cognitive Processing and Cultural Practice

Spanish bullfighter Manuel Jesus "El Cid" performs a pass to a heifer during a "tentadero" (a small bullfight to check the bravery of calves and heifers which are not killed) during the first International Biennial of bullfighting at Reservatauro Ronda cattle ranch in Ronda, near Malaga on February 17.

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