El Niño

El Niño /ɛl ˈnnj/ (Spanish pronunciation: [el ˈniɲo]) is the warm phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (commonly called ENSO) and is associated with a band of warm ocean water that develops in the central and east-central equatorial Pacific (between approximately the International Date Line and 120°W), including off the Pacific coast of South America. El Niño Southern Oscillation refers to the cycle of warm and cold temperatures, as measured by sea surface temperature, SST, of the tropical central and eastern Pacific Ocean. El Niño is accompanied by high air pressure in the western Pacific and low air pressure in the eastern Pacific. The cool phase of ENSO is called "La Niña" with SST in the eastern Pacific below average and air pressures high in the eastern and low in western Pacific. The ENSO cycle, both El Niño and La Niña, causes global changes of both temperatures and rainfall. Mechanisms that cause the oscillation remain under study.

Developing countries dependent upon agriculture and fishing, particularly those bordering the Pacific Ocean, are the most affected. In Spanish, the capitalized term "El Niño" refers to the Child Jesus, so named because the pool of warm water in the Pacific near South America is often at its warmest around Christmas. "La Niña", chosen as the 'opposite' of El Niño, literally translates to "the girl child".

El Niño (opera)

El Niño is an opera-oratorio by the American composer John Adams. It was premiered on December 15, 2000 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris by the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the London Voices, the vocal ensemble Theatre of Voices, (comprising countertenors Daniel Bubeck, Brian Cummings and Steven Rickards, La Maîtrise de Paris, and soloists Dawn Upshaw, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson and Willard White), with Kent Nagano conducting. It has been performed on a number of occasions since, and has been broadcast on BBC Television.

Described as a "nativity oratorio", it retells the Christmas story, with the first half focusing on Mary's thoughts before the birth in the stable in Bethlehem, and the second half covering the aftermath of the birth, Herod's slaughter of the Holy Innocents, and the early life of Jesus.

The text follows the traditional biblical story but also incorporates text from the King James Bible, the Wakefield Mystery Plays, Martin Luther's Christmas Sermon, the Gospel of Luke, and several gnostic gospels from the Apocrypha. Also included are poems by Rosario Castellanos, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Gabriela Mistral, Vicente Huidobro, Rubén Darío, librettist Peter Sellars, and Adams himself. He also quotes Gabriela Mistral's "The Christmas Star" and incorporates a choral setting of "O quam preciosa" by Hildegard von Bingen.

El Niño (disambiguation)

El Niño is a global coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon.

El Niño may also refer to:

  • El Niño (Def Squad album)
  • El Niño (oratorio), by American composer John Adams
  • El Niño (Eldritch album)
  • El Niño (film)
  • El Niño, a race car in the video game Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit
  • El Niño, a nickname of Spanish golfer Sergio García
  • El Niño, a nickname of Spanish footballer Fernando Torres
  • El Niño, a nickname of baseball player Hanley Ramírez
  • El Niño, a nickname of hockey player Nino Niederreiter
  • El Niño, a nickname of mixed martial artist Gilbert Melendez
  • See also

  • Ill Niño, an American heavy metal band
  • La Niña
  • Child Jesus
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    PLAYLIST TIME:

    El Nino

    by: Almamegretta

    Molto fuoco grande passione
    negli occhi del nino
    cresciuto nella polvere
    nel sole
    nel cuore un grande sogno
    come una rivoluzione
    giocare con un mondo
    che somiglia a quel pallone
    nel fango quante gambe
    per un gioco che si fa sempre pi? pesante
    quante aspettative occhi addosso
    per un piccolo
    grande campione
    il suo popolo lo ama
    e lui gli piace di farsi amare
    da loro ha preso tanto bene
    ma ha tirato pure il male
    El nino el nino y la pelota
    El mundo es como una pelota
    Terra madre del sud
    le lacrime mi fanno uomo
    ma il fatto ? che pi? vinco
    e pi? mi sento solo
    la gente mi da coraggio
    mi porta dentro al cuore
    perch? io so come fare
    per farla sognare
    dono della povert?
    una bocca troppo grande
    e non ci mette molto
    l’arbitro del mondo
    a far passare il nino
    da santo a diavolo …
    El nino el nino y la pelota




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