SICHUAN CHINA

THS IS A LARGE PROVINCE THAT HAS PLENTY OF RAINFALL. ANOTHER ETHNIC GROUPIS THE NATIONALITY.  THE CAPITAL IS CHUNGDU, AN INDUSTRIAL CENTER.  IT IS FAMOUS FOR SATINS, BROCADES, AND FLATWARE.

IT HAS MANY PLAINS AND HILLS, MOUNTAINS. PLATEAUS.  THEY HAD MANY NICE LANDSCAPES.  IT IS HOME TO MANY RARE PLANTS. ANS ANIMAL SPECIES.  THE MOUNTAINS HOSAT 50 KINDS OF ANIMALSA INCLUDING THE GIANT PANDA.

THEY HAVE A BREEDING RESEARCH CENTER.  AS EARLY AS 2 MILLION YEARS AGO.THE ANCIENT SHU CULTURE WASVELOPED.INTO 4 ZONES.  THEY MAKE WELL KNOWN SICHUAN FOOD  WITH SPICY FLAVORS. THEY EAT HOT POT, DUCK, KUNG PAO CHICKEN AND PORK.

PETRA SITE

this is an ancient site in south Jordan.  IT IS FAMOUS FOR ROCK CUT AGRICULTURE AND A WATER CONDUIT SYSTEM. IT IS CALLED A ROSE CITY DUE TO THE COLOR OF THE STONE.  IT WAS BUILT BY THE CITY IN 312 BCE.  IT IS JORDAN'S MOST VISITED CITY.  IT IS NEAR THE LARGE VALLEY OF THE DEAD SEA.

BY 1812 THE SITE WAS DISCOVERED BY A SWISS EXPLORER.  UNESCO DESCRIBED IT AS A PRECIOUS PROPERTY.  SMITHSONIAN SAID IT WAS A PLACE TO SEE!  IT HAD A PERENNIAL STREAM AND OCCASIONALLY HAD FLASH FLOODS BY THE USE OF DAMS AND CISTERNS. THEY STORED WATER SO THERE WAS NO DROUGHT.  THERE WAS A TOMB OF AARON THAT LEADS DOWN A NARROW GORGE CALLED THE SHAFT.  IT IS FORMED FROM A DEEP SPLIT IN SANDSTONE ROCK.  PETRA'S BEST RUIN ISAL KHAZIN. THE FACE OF THE STRUCTURE IS MARKED BY BULLET HOLES FROM BEDOIN TRIBES THAT WANTED THE RICHES.  THEY HAVE A MASSIVE THEATRE THAT VISITORS LIKE TO USE.

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CALIFORNIA INDIAN DANCING

BY THE END OF THE 1800'S THE CALIFORNIA INDIANS WERE PUSHED TO THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION. THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PRESERVE THEIR HERITAGE WAYS BY BY THE TRADITIONAL INDIAN DANCER. THESE ARE SPIRITUAL AND EXPRESS THEIR RELATIONSHIP OF NATIVE PEOPLE WITH THE EARTH AND WITH NATURE. THEY ARE CLOSE TO THEIR CREATOR. MANY TRIBES DANCE TOGETHER AND PASS ON THEIR

TPHEYOUNGER FOLKS. TO CONTINUE STRONG TRIBAL TIES. PATWIN, NOMLAKI, AND POMO AND MAIDU MAKE FLICKER FEATHER HEADBANDS. SOME DANCES ARE FOR HEALING THEIR CHILDREN AND ELDERS. SOME SING TO RECEIVE HEALING.
THE WAPPO I KNOW SAY THEY PERFORM DANCES TO HEAL AND STAY WITH THEIR SPIRITUAL SELF.

THE MALE DANCERS IMPERSONATE BIRDS SO AS TPO BE INTERMEDIARIES BETWEEN HEAVEN AND THEIR TRIBE. THEY WEAR MANY BIRD FEATHERS A COYOTE DANCER MAY INTERRUPT A DANCER AND MAKE THEM LAUGH . THEIR COSTUMES ARE AUTHENTIC AS THEY WERE IN ANCIENT TIMES. CHUMASH HONOR THEIR ANIMAL WORLD - DOLPHIN, BEAR, AND BIRDS. OUR FAMILY HAS WATCHED MANY DANCES AND FOUND THEM IN VERY INTRIGUING. SOME WERE IN HOPI, ZUNI, PAPAGO, AND MEXICO AND VARIOUS PARKS./MUSEUMS.



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POMPEII HISTORY

POMPEII WAS AN ANCIENT CITY NEAR NAPLES IN ITALIAN REGION OF COMPANIA NEAR NAPLES.  POMPEII WAS DESTROYED AND BURIED UNDER 6 M OF ASH DURING MT VESUVIUS IN 79 A.D.

THE TOWN WAS FOUNDED IN 6TH CENTURY.  IT WAS CAPTURED BY ROMANS IN 80 B.C. DURING DESTRUCTION IT HAD 20,000 FOLKS WITH COMPLEX WATER SYSTEM AND AMPHITHEATER.  THE ERUPTION WAS A DISASTER FOR THE TOWN.  THE SITE WAS LOST FOR 1500 YEARS UNTIL DISCOVERY IN 1600.  THE OBJECTS THAT LAY BENEATH THE CITY HAVE BEEN PRESERVED FOR 1000'S OF YEARS BECAUSE OF LACK OF AIR MOISTURE.  THESE ARTIFACTS ALLOWED DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING LIFE OF THE CITY WHEN ROMANS TOOK OVER.  THE PEOPLE  WHO DIED HERE WERE WELL PRESERVED AS THE ASH LAYERS PRESERVED THEM.

FOR 250 YEARS POMPEII HAS BEEN A BIG TOURIST DESTINATION FOR ITALY.  THEY HAVE 25 MILLION VISITORS PER YEAR.  POMPEII IS TRANSLATED IN LATIN AS "5" - PERHAPS 5 HAMLETS.  IT COVERS A BOUT 163 ACRES AND WAS A MAJOR CITY.  

THERE WERE OLDER PARTS OF POMPEII THAT HAD OTHER EXPOSED LAYERS THAT HAD BEEN COVERED DURING OTHER ASH EXPLOSIONS. MANY FOLKS ARE EMPLOYED IN THE TOURISM BUSINESS.  THE RUINS ARE EASILY ACCESSED.  ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE FOUND LAVA BELOW THE CITY WITH BITS OF ANIMAL BONE,  POTTERY SHERDS AND PLANTS.  BY C 14 DATING THE OLDEST LAYERS DATE FROM 8TH CENTURY B.C.  IT WAS USED AS A SAFER PORT BY GREEK PHOENICIANS, GREEK SAILORS.  ACCORDING TO STRABO, ETRUSCANS CAPTURED EXCAVATIONS.  POMPEII WAS FIRST CAPTURED BY THE GREEK COLONY IN 525 B.C.

THEY BUILT SEVERAL TEMPLES FOR JUPITER AND APOLLO THAT WERE DESTROYED BY VOLCANIC ERUPTION.  SOME MOSAIC PORTRAITS HAVE BEEN PRESERVED.  WINE JARS HAVE BEEN FOUND BEARING THE WORLD'S  EARLIEST  BLEND.  DURING THE EARLY PERIOD OF 89 B.C POMPEII WAS ANNEXED TO ROMAN REPUBLIC.  THEY BUILT A LARGE AMPHITHEATRE AND HAD MANY EROTIC DECORS IN THEIR ART AND SCULPTURE.  THE AREA HAS A GOOD FERTILITY OF THE SOIL WITH MUCH ASH.  THE TOWN ASKS FOLKS TO VISIT HERCULANEUM AND ITALIAL AS WELL.

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