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15-573: Tobati was founded in June 1539 by Domingo Martínez de Irala . There are various opinions as to the meaning of the town's name. One is from the Spanish definition of the word, referring to the rocky terrain, consisting largely of limestone. Another is that it is the combination of the Guaraní language words "tova", meaning "face" and "tí", meaning "nose", or together - "nose on the face". The third option

30-429: A traitor . Although Juan de Sanabria and his son Diego were appointed governor in 1547 and 1549, they never fulfilled their commissions, and de Irala was confirmed by the king as governor in 1552. He ruled forcefully until his death around 1556. During his rule, he had churches and public buildings erected, towns established, and the native population subjugated and distributed among the colonists in encomiendas . He

45-587: A community service trip consisting of approximately 100 students from the Kingswood Oxford School in West Hartford, Connecticut travel down to Tobatí. The group originated due to the organization of one instructor at the school, Ron Garcia, whose family is from Tobatí and who still has many family members in the town. Team Tobati sends a large group of students and health care professionals each year over spring break to Tobatí, Paraguay on

60-400: A mixture of modern and traditional methods, the vast majority are traditional operations. First, the clay for the products is milled in wooden churns powered by horses or mules walking in circles around the mill. Workers then form the tiles and bricks in hand molds and place them in the sun to dry. In the final step the products are cooked in wood fired kilns for 24 hours or more. Each year,

75-639: A public service trip to work with rural villages in providing access to health care and education. The group also sends smaller contingents of students and medical professionals at various times during the year. Additionally, Team Tobati has funded an artisan village and an educational institute, which are maintained year-round. 25°16′S 57°19′W  /  25.267°S 57.317°W  / -25.267; -57.317 Domingo Mart%C3%ADnez de Irala Domingo Martínez de Irala ( Spanish pronunciation: [doˈmiŋɡo maɾˈtineθ ðejˈɾala] ; c. 1509 Bergara , Gipuzkoa – c. 1556 Asunción , Paraguay )

90-747: A tree the Indian prayed to the Holy Mother for protection in turn for his devotion and promise to create an icon to glorify her. The tribe passed him by unnoticed and he subsequently carved two statues of the Holy Virgin. One resides in the church in Tobati, and the other in the Basilica in neighboring Caacupe . Tobatí is renowned throughout Paraguay for the woodworking, ceramics, and sculptures of its artisans. One artisan in particular, Don Zenón Páez

105-499: Is known as a very able military tactician. Caballero continued to serve his country after the War for Independence as one of the members of the governing Junta of Paraguay until the ascension of the "Perpetual Dictator", Doctor José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia . Tobati was the subject of two very well known and respected sociological studies and books. The first is titled, Tobati: A Paraguayan Town , by Helen and Elman Service. The second

120-733: Is that the name is a combination of the Guaraní words, tova, and morotí - referring to an indigenous legend of a white faced warrior priest who would come to lead the tribes into a glorius era. One of the greatest heroes in Paraguayan history, the "Liberator of Paraguay", Captain Pedro Juan Caballero hailed from Aparypy , Tobati. Captain Caballero was the leader of the Paraguayan War for Independence from Spain , and

135-504: Is titled Tobati : tradicion y cambio en un pueblo paraguayo , by Diego Hay. As with most Paraguayan towns, Tobatí is predominately Roman Catholic . There are small Evangelical , Baptist , and Jehovah's Witnesses communities present in the town as well. The town is divided into Barrios, generally named after Saints, and feast days of the Saints are celebrated in their respective Barrios as neighborhood events. The religious life of

150-466: Is world-renowned. The major industry and income source for Tobatí is the production of building materials. The majority of roofing tile and bricks supplying Paraguay have their origin in the many factories in Tobati. Additionally, much of the Tobateño production is exported to neighboring Argentina and Brazil. While some factories are modernized and run off electric machines and kilns, and some employ

165-744: The Real Sociedad Bascongada de Amigos del País ("Royal Basque Society of Friends of the Country"), it was the place where brothers Juan José and Fausto Elhuyar discovered Tungsten . During the Carlist Wars , it operated as the capital and royal court of the Carlists . It was there where the agreement symbolized in the Vergara Embrace between Rafael Maroto and Baldomero Espartero, Prince of Vergara ended one of

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180-555: The right to elect its own commander under such circumstances; and in August 1538, de Irala was elected by the conquistadors as Captain General of the Río de la Plata . In 1539, he began to move the inhabitants of Buenos Aires to Asunción , and the city was abandoned by 1541. He outlasted Charles V 's appointee, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca , whom he had recalled to Spain for trial as

195-657: The town centers around the feast day of Mary of the Immaculate Conception , the Patron Saint of Tobatí, on December 8. The church in Tobatí contains the holy relic carving of the Virgin Mary of Immaculate Conception, which was carved by an indigenous convert to Christianity hundreds of years ago. This Indian was pursued by his tribe to be put to death for his conversion to Christianity. As he hid behind

210-599: Was a Spanish Basque conquistador . He headed for America in 1535 enrolled in the expedition of Pedro de Mendoza and participated in the founding of Buenos Aires . He explored the Paraná and Paraguay Rivers along with Juan de Ayolas and was commanding the rear-guard when Ayolas' advance party was wiped out by the Payagua Indians. Unique in Spanish America , the colony had been granted by Charles V

225-498: Was succeeded by Gonzalo de Mendoza . Irala had 70 Guaraní concubines, and his surname fills several pages in the Asunción telephone directory. Bergara Bergara ( Basque pronunciation: [berɣaɾa] ; Spanish : Vergara ) is a town and municipality located in the province of Gipuzkoa , in the autonomous community of Basque Country , in the north of Spain . An Enlightened center of education operated by

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