• Porongo is a village located in Andrés Ibáñez Province in Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia. Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia (INE) 1992 INE Instituto...
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  • Porongos Massacre or Porongos Betrayal was the penultimate confrontation of the Ragamuffin War (1835-1845) and occurred on November 14, 1844. The battle...
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  • The Porongos River is a river in Uruguay. It is situated in Flores Department. The city of Trinidad, Uruguay is close by. On Route 14, circa 8 km from...
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    centuries. People usually prepare one jar of water and a guampa (or mate, or porongo) (Spanish) or cuia (Portuguese) with a bombilla (Spanish) or bomba (Portuguese)...
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    municipalities: Santa Cruz de la Sierra, La Guardia, Warnes, Cotoca, El Torno, Porongo, and Montero. The city was first founded in 1561 by Spanish explorer Ñuflo...
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    vessels made from cattle horns. The gourd is traditionally made out of the porongo or cabaça fruit shell. Gourds are commonly decorated with silver, sporting...
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    the same container, traditionally a hollow gourd (also called a guampa, porongo, or simply mate in Spanish, a cabaça or cuia in Portuguese, or a zucca...
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    is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Porongos. Regarded as one of the best defenders of his generation, he started out...
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    (lit. "yardarm"), "choto/chota" (after "chotar" which means "to suck"), "porongo/poronga" (a "gourd", which is also used to craft "mates"), "banana", "salchicha/chorizo"...
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    Lancers Troop [pt], annihilated in a surprise attack in 1844 known as Porongos Massacre. The uprising is believed to have begun over the difference between...
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