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.
Monday, November 25, 2013
Friday, November 22, 2013
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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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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Wednesday, November 6, 2013
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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Thursday, October 24, 2013
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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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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Wednesday, October 23, 2013
HOUSE TYPES IN CALIFORNIA
THESE NATIVES INSULATED THEIR REDWOOD POLE HOUSES WITH CONICAL EARTH BANKED FOR AROUND THE THE WALL. THEY BANKED EARTH EXTERIORS AS SWEAT HOUSES OR ASSEMBLY LODGES.
THE MONARCHE AND YOKUTS, POMO AND MODOC, PATWIN MIWOK BUILT EXCAVATED PIT HOUSES FOR WINTER SHELTERS. GROUPS IN WARMER CLIMATES CLIMATES ERECTED CONICAL WIKIUPS OF GRASS AND REEDS.
THE MONARCHS WHO LIVED IN THE 2000' IN ELEVATION ALONG THE SIERRA MADRES MADE PINE POLE TIPIS ABOUT 10' IN DIAMETER.
SOME OF THEM HAD FIRES IN THEIR TIPIS OR ON THE OUTSIDE DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER. THE YOKUTS MADE BRUSH HOUSES OF THATCHED ROOFS OF LEAFY BRANCHES. THEY WERE ABOUT 20' IN DIAMETER. THE POMO BUILT CONICAL EARTH LODGES ABOUT 60' IN DIAMETER CENTERED OVER EXCAVATED PITS 60' IN DIAMETER.
THE HUPA HAD PLANK CEDAR AND REDWOOD HOUSES IN 1920 ALONG THE RIVERS.
THEY HAD CIRCULAR ENTRANCES BARELY THE SIZE OF THE HUMAN BODY. WE HAVE ENTERED SIMILAR ONES RECONSTRUCTED BY YUROK FOLKS IN THE PRAIRIE REDWOODS STATE PARK BY TRINIDAD.
THEIR WERE 34 BANDS OF POMO SPREAD IN FOUR COUNTIES.. THEY HAD HOKAN DIALECTS.
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THE MONARCHE AND YOKUTS, POMO AND MODOC, PATWIN MIWOK BUILT EXCAVATED PIT HOUSES FOR WINTER SHELTERS. GROUPS IN WARMER CLIMATES CLIMATES ERECTED CONICAL WIKIUPS OF GRASS AND REEDS.
THE MONARCHS WHO LIVED IN THE 2000' IN ELEVATION ALONG THE SIERRA MADRES MADE PINE POLE TIPIS ABOUT 10' IN DIAMETER.
SOME OF THEM HAD FIRES IN THEIR TIPIS OR ON THE OUTSIDE DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER. THE YOKUTS MADE BRUSH HOUSES OF THATCHED ROOFS OF LEAFY BRANCHES. THEY WERE ABOUT 20' IN DIAMETER. THE POMO BUILT CONICAL EARTH LODGES ABOUT 60' IN DIAMETER CENTERED OVER EXCAVATED PITS 60' IN DIAMETER.
THE HUPA HAD PLANK CEDAR AND REDWOOD HOUSES IN 1920 ALONG THE RIVERS.
THEY HAD CIRCULAR ENTRANCES BARELY THE SIZE OF THE HUMAN BODY. WE HAVE ENTERED SIMILAR ONES RECONSTRUCTED BY YUROK FOLKS IN THE PRAIRIE REDWOODS STATE PARK BY TRINIDAD.
THEIR WERE 34 BANDS OF POMO SPREAD IN FOUR COUNTIES.. THEY HAD HOKAN DIALECTS.
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POMO HONORING MONTH
FOR MORE THAN 10,000 YEARS SOME OF THE POMO MADE THEIR HOME IN WHAT IS NOW KNOWN AS THE LAGUNA. THEY HUNTED ELK, MOUNTAIN LION, DEER, AND SMALL BIRDS, AND COLLECTED OVER 400 ROOTS, SEEDS AND BERRIES FROM NATIVE PLANTS. SEBASTOPOL IS HONORING MANY ARTISTS AND THEY HAVE VARIOUS PAINTINGS, WEAVINGS, BASKETS, EXHIBITS, AND ONE ACT PLAYS THIS YEAR IN OCTOBER. MANY POMO YOUTH ARE LEARNING HOW TO DANCE.
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013
THE ART OF BASKETRY
THROUGHOUT LIFE MANY TRIBES HERE WOVE INTRICATE BASKETS INCLUDING HATS . IN A POMO LEGEND MARUNDA CREATED THE WORLD FOR PLANTS USED IN BASKETRY. THEY ORIGINALLY HAD A LOT OF RAW MATERIALS AND THE WOMEN MADE BASKETS FOR ALL PURPOSES. KUBURN IS THE TERM FOR RAW MATERIALS. THE MEN MADE WILLOW BASKETS FOR THE INFANTS.
BASKET MAKING WAS SIMILAR IN MANY TRIBES. ALL TRIBES USED TURNING AND OR COILING.THEY WOVE BASKETS SEATED WITH ASPHALT UM OR PINE PITCH. THEY EVEN USED BASKETS FOR CATCHING ANIMALS. SOME EVEN MADE PRIZED GIFT BASKETS.
EVEN THE YOKUT NATIVES MADE DETAILED DECORATED BASKETS MADE FROM REDBUD, SEDGE, WILLOW AND QUAIL FEATHERS. ALL TRIBES CONSIDERED TO BE SPIRITUAL. THEY CONSIDERED THE BASKETS TO BE ALIVE.
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THEY USED GRASS STALKS AND REEDS USED FOR DESIGNING. THE POMO ALSO USED REEDS IN THE NORTH MADE BASKETS FOR COLLECTING ROOTS, SEEDS, AND NUTS. THEY MADE A PADDLE OF REDBUD AND WILLOW AND USED A BASKET TO COLLECT TARWEED, AN IMPORTANT SEED. POMO MADSE LARGE TWINED BURDEN BASKETS ON THEIR BACKS TO COLLECT ACORNS AND SEEDS.
THE WOMEN POUNDED ACORNS IN AN OAK DISH AND THEN THEY LEACHED THEM IN A LARGE BASIN IN THE SAND. SOME WOMEN LEACHED THEM IN SHALLOW OAK MADE FROM TUBS. SOME WOMEN USED LARGE WOVEN BASKETS WITH HEATED STONES TO COOK MUSH. MANY BASKETS WERE BURNT FROM STONES. THEY MADE FEATHERED BASKETS ALSO.
MOST NATIVES WOVE BASKETS FROM VARIOUS REEDS AND MANY FOLKS USED DIFFERENT TYPES OF BASKETS FOR GIFTS, CEREMONIES AND UTENSILS.
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BASKET MAKING WAS SIMILAR IN MANY TRIBES. ALL TRIBES USED TURNING AND OR COILING.THEY WOVE BASKETS SEATED WITH ASPHALT UM OR PINE PITCH. THEY EVEN USED BASKETS FOR CATCHING ANIMALS. SOME EVEN MADE PRIZED GIFT BASKETS.
EVEN THE YOKUT NATIVES MADE DETAILED DECORATED BASKETS MADE FROM REDBUD, SEDGE, WILLOW AND QUAIL FEATHERS. ALL TRIBES CONSIDERED TO BE SPIRITUAL. THEY CONSIDERED THE BASKETS TO BE ALIVE.
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THEY USED GRASS STALKS AND REEDS USED FOR DESIGNING. THE POMO ALSO USED REEDS IN THE NORTH MADE BASKETS FOR COLLECTING ROOTS, SEEDS, AND NUTS. THEY MADE A PADDLE OF REDBUD AND WILLOW AND USED A BASKET TO COLLECT TARWEED, AN IMPORTANT SEED. POMO MADSE LARGE TWINED BURDEN BASKETS ON THEIR BACKS TO COLLECT ACORNS AND SEEDS.
THE WOMEN POUNDED ACORNS IN AN OAK DISH AND THEN THEY LEACHED THEM IN A LARGE BASIN IN THE SAND. SOME WOMEN LEACHED THEM IN SHALLOW OAK MADE FROM TUBS. SOME WOMEN USED LARGE WOVEN BASKETS WITH HEATED STONES TO COOK MUSH. MANY BASKETS WERE BURNT FROM STONES. THEY MADE FEATHERED BASKETS ALSO.
MOST NATIVES WOVE BASKETS FROM VARIOUS REEDS AND MANY FOLKS USED DIFFERENT TYPES OF BASKETS FOR GIFTS, CEREMONIES AND UTENSILS.
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Friday, October 18, 2013
Thursday, October 17, 2013
RENEWING THE WORLD
TRADITIONALLY THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INDIANS -THE HUPA AND HE YUROK THOUGHT OF THEMSELVES WHERE TRAIL AND JOURNEYS LEAD BACK HERE.THEY COULD NOT CONCEIVE OF A PATH THAT DID NOT RETURN TO THEIR VALLEY HOME. MOST NATIVES HERE BELIEVE THEIR BOUNTY WAS BEQUEATHED TO THEM BY IMMORTALS. THESE LAWS WERE GIVEN TO THEM HOW PEOPLE SHOULD RELATE TO ALL CREATURES. ANY MISCONDUCT VIOLATES THE SPIRITS. IT CAN PRODUCE DISHARMONY WITH EARTHQUAKES, FLOODS , AND EPIDEMICS.
THEY HAVE CEREMONIES AS DO THE YUROK. THEY ASK THEIR SPIRITS TO MAINTAIN HARMONY. THEY MAKE SHELLS, WOODPECKER SCALPS, AND BLACK ANDWHITE DEERSKINS ARE BLESSED SPIRITUALLY. IT IS A TIME FOR PERFORMING THE HUPA JUMP DANCE AND WHITE DEER SKIN DANCE.
THE IMMORTALS LEFT INSTRUCTIONS AS TO HOW TO HAVE RENEWAL CEREMONIES SO THE HUPA COULD RESTORE BALANCE IN THEIR RELATIONSHIPS. THEY DISPLAY TREASURED REGALIA, STRINGS OF DENTALIUM SHELLS, WOODPECKER SCALPS, RED AND WHITE DEERSKIN BLADES. THESE ARE RED AND WHITE DEERSKINS AND BLADES. THESE ARE SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS. THIS TIME THEY PERFORM THE WHITE DEERSKIN DANCE, THE DANCE IS COMPLEX AND IT TAKES 10 DAYS TO PURIFY PEOPLE. THEY HAVE MUCH REGALIA. ALONG THE TRINITY RIVER THE DANCERS LINE UP IN FRONT OF OF A FIRE. THE DANCERS PERFORM THE ANCIENT STEPS WITH A SINGER. PART OF THE DANCE IS IN A LARGE DUG OUT REDWOOD CANOE. THEY DANCE 10 JUMPS AND RESTORE HARMONY BETWEEN THE TURNING POINT AND THE EARTH BELOW.
THEY HAVE SPECIAL DANCERS TO HANDLE THE LARGE CEREMONIAL BLADES OF RED AND BLACK OBSIDIAN. THE FOLKS WHO HOLD OBSIDIAN CUT AWAY SICKNESS AND DISEASE FROM MANKIND.
THEY JUMP DANCE PERFORMS 10 DAYS AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE DEERSKIN DANCE. TWO VIRGINS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THEIR1ST PERIOD WEAR HEAD DRESSES AND CARRY BASKETS AND LIFT THEIR BASKETS IN PRAYER.
THEY JUMP10 TIMES TO RESTORE HARMONY BETWEEN LIVING AND EARTH BELOW. THEY CLOSE THE FIRES AND RELIGHT THEM TO RENEW THE EARTH.
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THEY HAVE CEREMONIES AS DO THE YUROK. THEY ASK THEIR SPIRITS TO MAINTAIN HARMONY. THEY MAKE SHELLS, WOODPECKER SCALPS, AND BLACK ANDWHITE DEERSKINS ARE BLESSED SPIRITUALLY. IT IS A TIME FOR PERFORMING THE HUPA JUMP DANCE AND WHITE DEER SKIN DANCE.
THE IMMORTALS LEFT INSTRUCTIONS AS TO HOW TO HAVE RENEWAL CEREMONIES SO THE HUPA COULD RESTORE BALANCE IN THEIR RELATIONSHIPS. THEY DISPLAY TREASURED REGALIA, STRINGS OF DENTALIUM SHELLS, WOODPECKER SCALPS, RED AND WHITE DEERSKIN BLADES. THESE ARE RED AND WHITE DEERSKINS AND BLADES. THESE ARE SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS. THIS TIME THEY PERFORM THE WHITE DEERSKIN DANCE, THE DANCE IS COMPLEX AND IT TAKES 10 DAYS TO PURIFY PEOPLE. THEY HAVE MUCH REGALIA. ALONG THE TRINITY RIVER THE DANCERS LINE UP IN FRONT OF OF A FIRE. THE DANCERS PERFORM THE ANCIENT STEPS WITH A SINGER. PART OF THE DANCE IS IN A LARGE DUG OUT REDWOOD CANOE. THEY DANCE 10 JUMPS AND RESTORE HARMONY BETWEEN THE TURNING POINT AND THE EARTH BELOW.
THEY HAVE SPECIAL DANCERS TO HANDLE THE LARGE CEREMONIAL BLADES OF RED AND BLACK OBSIDIAN. THE FOLKS WHO HOLD OBSIDIAN CUT AWAY SICKNESS AND DISEASE FROM MANKIND.
THEY JUMP DANCE PERFORMS 10 DAYS AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE DEERSKIN DANCE. TWO VIRGINS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THEIR1ST PERIOD WEAR HEAD DRESSES AND CARRY BASKETS AND LIFT THEIR BASKETS IN PRAYER.
THEY JUMP10 TIMES TO RESTORE HARMONY BETWEEN LIVING AND EARTH BELOW. THEY CLOSE THE FIRES AND RELIGHT THEM TO RENEW THE EARTH.
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013
LIFEWAYS OF INDIANS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
ACHUMAWI PIT HOUSES IN THE 1920'S WAS A LARGE MOUND OF EARTH WITH GRASS GROWING OVER IT AS THE LADDER STICKING OUT MIGHT LET OUT THE SMOKE.
A LOG FRAMED IN TIMBER OVER AN EXCAVATED PIT OR SPLIT WOOD OVER AN EXCAVATED PIT OR SPLIT WOOD OVER THE EARTH WAS COMMON TO THE HILLS AND VILLAGES OF POMO, MIWOK, MODOC AND ACHUMAWI. SOME HAD ATTACHED REMEDIES FOR CURING.
REDWOODS WERE USED FOR YUROK, HUPA, KAROK,AND OTHERS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THEIR PLANK HOUSE'S. TRIBAL SWEAT HOUSES WERE LAYED WITH SWEAT HOUSES AND GATHERING PLACES FOR MEN. POMO BUILT EARTH LODGES (SEMI-SUBTERRANEAN TO HOLD ASSEMBLIES THAT WERE 60' IN DIAMETER).
SOME POMO AND YUKI BUILT MADE HOMES ALONG WELL RESOURCES STRINGS. THEY HAD SUBSISTENCE STRATEGIES TO HARVEST THE WILD PLANTS ANDTHE FISH FROM OCEAN AND STREAMS. THE NATIVE AMERICANS WERE MOVING MOVING TO OPTIMIZE RESOURCES. THEY EVEN USED A BOOMERANG. THEY HAD LARGE NETWORKS OF TRADE. THE POMO MADE BOATS OF TULE TO FISH IN CLEARLAKE ON THE OCEAN. THEY BECAME EASILY WATERLOGGED AND THEY HAD TO DRY THEM OUT ON THE SHORE. THE COASTAL NATIVES LEFT REMAINS OF THEIR FEASTS - SHELL MOUNDS AS HIGH AS 30 FEET AND UP TO 1/4 TH MILE ACROSS AND CAN BE SEEN ALONG THE COAST TODAY. THEY ATE SHELLFISH, ABALONE, OYSTERS, CLAMS, AND MUSSELS AND CRABS.
THEY ATE TULE SHOOTS AND OTHER SEEDS. THE POMO BUILT LOG THATCHED BUILDINGS 35' X12' HIGH FOR FEASTS. THEY USED TULE MATS TO FASTEN OVER THE FRAMES OF WIKIUPS.
SOME TRIBES LASHED OUT TULE PLATFORMS TOGETHER TO FORM 50' LONG BARGES. SOME FAMILIES LIVED ON THEM AS EXTENDED FISHING EXPEDITIONS.
SOME PEOPLE IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST MADE DUGOUT CANOES HEWED TOGETHER TO FORM 50' LONG BARGES. SOME FAMILIES LIVED ON THEM FOR EXTENDED FISHING EXPEDITIONS.
SOME PEOPLE IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST MADE DUGOUT CANOES HEWED FROM STRAIGHT GRAINED REDWOOD - A TREE SACRED TO THE VARIOUS TRIBES. SOME HOUSES WERE BUILT OF REDWOOD AS WELL AS USING ELK ANTLER WEDGES. HUPA BUILT HOUSES OF CEDAR. THEY PASSED DOWN LEGENDS ABOUT THEIR HOUSES.
THE YUROK COLLECTED RED OBSIDIAN, WOODPECKER SCALPS AND ALBINO DEERSKINS THAT WERE PART OF A SACRED CEREMONY TO PLEASE SPIRITS TO RENEW WORLDS.
EACH GROUP OF CALIFORNIA INDIANS CONSIDERED THEIR HOME TO BE THE CENTER OF THE WORLD AND THOUGHT OUTSIDERS AS SUSPICIOUS. MANY PEOPLE STAYED WITHIN THE GROUNDS OF THEIR ORIGINAL VILLAGES UNLESS FORCES TO LEAVE. MOST TRIBES TRADED BETWEEN EACH OTHER AND COMPENSATED FOR DEFICIENCIES. SHELL BEADS, FISH, ACORNS, ACCESS TO OBSIDIAN. SOME POMO GROUPS HAD HOSTILITIES. BOUNDARIES OF TRIBES WERE MARKED AND CHILDREN WERE TAUGHT THE BOUNDARIES.
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A LOG FRAMED IN TIMBER OVER AN EXCAVATED PIT OR SPLIT WOOD OVER AN EXCAVATED PIT OR SPLIT WOOD OVER THE EARTH WAS COMMON TO THE HILLS AND VILLAGES OF POMO, MIWOK, MODOC AND ACHUMAWI. SOME HAD ATTACHED REMEDIES FOR CURING.
REDWOODS WERE USED FOR YUROK, HUPA, KAROK,AND OTHERS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THEIR PLANK HOUSE'S. TRIBAL SWEAT HOUSES WERE LAYED WITH SWEAT HOUSES AND GATHERING PLACES FOR MEN. POMO BUILT EARTH LODGES (SEMI-SUBTERRANEAN TO HOLD ASSEMBLIES THAT WERE 60' IN DIAMETER).
SOME POMO AND YUKI BUILT MADE HOMES ALONG WELL RESOURCES STRINGS. THEY HAD SUBSISTENCE STRATEGIES TO HARVEST THE WILD PLANTS ANDTHE FISH FROM OCEAN AND STREAMS. THE NATIVE AMERICANS WERE MOVING MOVING TO OPTIMIZE RESOURCES. THEY EVEN USED A BOOMERANG. THEY HAD LARGE NETWORKS OF TRADE. THE POMO MADE BOATS OF TULE TO FISH IN CLEARLAKE ON THE OCEAN. THEY BECAME EASILY WATERLOGGED AND THEY HAD TO DRY THEM OUT ON THE SHORE. THE COASTAL NATIVES LEFT REMAINS OF THEIR FEASTS - SHELL MOUNDS AS HIGH AS 30 FEET AND UP TO 1/4 TH MILE ACROSS AND CAN BE SEEN ALONG THE COAST TODAY. THEY ATE SHELLFISH, ABALONE, OYSTERS, CLAMS, AND MUSSELS AND CRABS.
THEY ATE TULE SHOOTS AND OTHER SEEDS. THE POMO BUILT LOG THATCHED BUILDINGS 35' X12' HIGH FOR FEASTS. THEY USED TULE MATS TO FASTEN OVER THE FRAMES OF WIKIUPS.
SOME TRIBES LASHED OUT TULE PLATFORMS TOGETHER TO FORM 50' LONG BARGES. SOME FAMILIES LIVED ON THEM AS EXTENDED FISHING EXPEDITIONS.
SOME PEOPLE IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST MADE DUGOUT CANOES HEWED TOGETHER TO FORM 50' LONG BARGES. SOME FAMILIES LIVED ON THEM FOR EXTENDED FISHING EXPEDITIONS.
SOME PEOPLE IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST MADE DUGOUT CANOES HEWED FROM STRAIGHT GRAINED REDWOOD - A TREE SACRED TO THE VARIOUS TRIBES. SOME HOUSES WERE BUILT OF REDWOOD AS WELL AS USING ELK ANTLER WEDGES. HUPA BUILT HOUSES OF CEDAR. THEY PASSED DOWN LEGENDS ABOUT THEIR HOUSES.
THE YUROK COLLECTED RED OBSIDIAN, WOODPECKER SCALPS AND ALBINO DEERSKINS THAT WERE PART OF A SACRED CEREMONY TO PLEASE SPIRITS TO RENEW WORLDS.
EACH GROUP OF CALIFORNIA INDIANS CONSIDERED THEIR HOME TO BE THE CENTER OF THE WORLD AND THOUGHT OUTSIDERS AS SUSPICIOUS. MANY PEOPLE STAYED WITHIN THE GROUNDS OF THEIR ORIGINAL VILLAGES UNLESS FORCES TO LEAVE. MOST TRIBES TRADED BETWEEN EACH OTHER AND COMPENSATED FOR DEFICIENCIES. SHELL BEADS, FISH, ACORNS, ACCESS TO OBSIDIAN. SOME POMO GROUPS HAD HOSTILITIES. BOUNDARIES OF TRIBES WERE MARKED AND CHILDREN WERE TAUGHT THE BOUNDARIES.
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MODOC AND OTHER TRIBES IN CALIFORNIA
THE MODOC LIVE NEAR A SACRED REGION BY MOUNT SHASTA WITH A SPRING THAT HARBORED THE TEARS OF LIFE. THEY TOLD CHILDREN OF THIS MOUNTAIN AND A SPRING WHERE DEER WOULD CRY WHEN HUNTERS CAME. THEIR LEGENDS ARE PASSED DOWN. THE CHIEF OF THE SKY GREW TIRED OF HIS HOME IN THE ABOVE WORLD THAT THE AIR WAS ALWAYS BRITTLE WITH WITH AN ICY COLD. THE ICE SKY CHIEF CARVED A HOLE IN THE SKY WITH A STONE AND PUSHED ALL THE SNOW AND ICE DOWN BELOW AND HE MADE A GREAT MOUND THAT FROM THE EARTH TO THE SKY. IT IS MT. SHASTA!
THE EUROPEANS CAME DOWN TO EXPLORE THIS REGION AND AGREED THAT IT WAS BLESSED. THE VARIOUS SETTINGS OF THE YUKI, AND OTHER NATIVES OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA BELIEVED THEIR CREATOR PROVIDED EVERYTHING AS A GIFT. THEN THE CREATOR PROVIDED EVERYTHING - PLANTS, TREES, AND ALL OF NATURE. THE YUROK FISHERMEN PRAYED FOR SALMON FROM THE PACIFIC TO LAY THEIR EGGS UPSTREAM. CLEAR LAKE HAD ABUNDANT WATER FOWL. THESE WERE VERY IMPORTANT TO NEARBY TRIBES.
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THE EUROPEANS CAME DOWN TO EXPLORE THIS REGION AND AGREED THAT IT WAS BLESSED. THE VARIOUS SETTINGS OF THE YUKI, AND OTHER NATIVES OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA BELIEVED THEIR CREATOR PROVIDED EVERYTHING AS A GIFT. THEN THE CREATOR PROVIDED EVERYTHING - PLANTS, TREES, AND ALL OF NATURE. THE YUROK FISHERMEN PRAYED FOR SALMON FROM THE PACIFIC TO LAY THEIR EGGS UPSTREAM. CLEAR LAKE HAD ABUNDANT WATER FOWL. THESE WERE VERY IMPORTANT TO NEARBY TRIBES.
V. ALEXANDRIA
ART TRAILS WEEKEND
THIS WEEKEND I VISITED MANY ARTISTS WHO HAD VERY NICE HOUSES AND HAD PAINTINGS, WEAVINGS, PENCIL DRAWINGS, WOOD, IRON SCULPTURES. MANY OF THE HOUSES ARE OF A BRIGHT COLORS INSIDE. THEY HAD ART ON THEIR WALLS.
SOME OF THE FOLKS HAD GREAT FOOD AS WELL. THEY EXPLAINED HOW THEY DID ART WORKS WITH PENS AND OILS. SOME OF THE ARTISTS HAD LITTLE TIME TO TALK AS THEY WERE GETTING MORE PEOPLE. OTHERS HAD NO PEOPLE THERE! MANY WERE SELLING THEIR ARTWORK! THAT'S A GOOD SIGN OF OUR ECONOMY.
MANY ARTIST I HAD MET FROM LAST YEAR AT THIS OPEN HOUSE EVENT THAT IS SO POPULAR
SOME OF THE FOLKS HAD GREAT FOOD AS WELL. THEY EXPLAINED HOW THEY DID ART WORKS WITH PENS AND OILS. SOME OF THE ARTISTS HAD LITTLE TIME TO TALK AS THEY WERE GETTING MORE PEOPLE. OTHERS HAD NO PEOPLE THERE! MANY WERE SELLING THEIR ARTWORK! THAT'S A GOOD SIGN OF OUR ECONOMY.
MANY ARTIST I HAD MET FROM LAST YEAR AT THIS OPEN HOUSE EVENT THAT IS SO POPULAR
CHURCH OF RELIGIOUS SCIENCE
THIS WEEKEND THE CHURCH SAID TO DO SOMETHING CREATIVE. THEY HAD A YOUNG POET WHO WANTED TO BE VERY EXPRESSIVE. OUR TOPIC WAS HOW TO BE VERY EXPRESSIVE. THEY GAVE US WAYS TO CREATE BY MEANS OF THOUGHT THROUGH ME. EVERYTHING I DO IS A PRODUCT OF CHOICE AND PREFERENCE AND CREATIVE POWER. THE POET GAVE A WORKSHOP OF HOW TO USE CREATIVE WAYS TO VIEW OURSELVES AND STRUGGLES.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
INDIANS OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
THEY KNEW HOW TO MANAGE LAND THAT WAS PLENTIFUL FOR BASKET COLLECTING, GROWING FOODS AND MAKING AND TENDING CERTAIN PLANTS THAT WOULD BE EASY TO USE FOR COLLECTING AT SEASONAL PERIODS, POMO, WAPPO, PATWIN, COAST MIWOK AND YUKI KNEW AT LEAST 450 PLANTS THAT WERE NATIVE AND EASY TO USE AS FOOD, MEDICINE OR CLOTHING. THEY KNEW HOW TO USE FIRE TO HELP WITH REDUCING OLD GROWTH. THEY WORKED THE LAND INTENTLY AND THEY KNEW WHICH SEEDS TO KEEP AND COLLECT FOR SEEDING THEIR VILLAGES.
KATHLEEN SMITH OF POMO/ MIWOK ANCESTRY SAID SHE LIVES IN SPIRITUAL BALANCE WITHOUT NEEDING TO GO ELSEWHERE. HER REGARD FOR NATURE REQUIRES KEEN SENSE OF NATURE. HER MOM TAUGHT HER EVERYTHING FROM NATURE -PLANTS AND ANIMALS ARE OUR RELATIVES,
AS SHERRI FERRI, CURATOR OF THE UKIAH MUSEUM (GRACE HUDSON)STATED THE ART OF MAKING POMO BASKETS IS A COMPLEX TOPIC TODAY. MORE YOUNG FOLKS ARE GETTING INVOLVED. THEY ARE PLANTING BASKET MATERIALS NEAR THEIR HOUSES/RANCHERIAS TO HAVE THEM READILY AVAILABLE. SHE HAS BEEN A CONSULTANT FOR EXHIBITS, BUT ADMITS IT IS QUITE A DIFFICULT TASK. THE MUSEUM IS DEVELOPING AN OUTDOOR SPACE FOR FOLKS LEARNING BASKET MAKING. THE ANGLOS SAW THEM WORK THE LAND TO IMPROVE IT BY BURNING,SOWING AND WEEDING, TILLING AND HARVESTING.
THESE NATIVE AMERICANS ENJOYED A VAST AND VARIED DIET.
IN THIS AREA IF THE ACORNS WERE NOT PLENTIFUL THEY HAD BEAR, FISH, OR 500 OTHER ANIMALS OR PLANTS TO RELEY ON THAT ENCHANTED VISITORS. THESE LANDS THOUGHT THEY LIVED IN A LAND OF FERTILITY. IN THE EARLY 1880'S THERE WAS MUCH ABUNDANCE.
AS MISSIONSECLINED THE SPANISH FRIARS CONFINED 1000 INDIANS TO CONVERT TO CHRISTIANITY.. SOME WERE ABUSED AND OTHERS WERE TAKEN TO THE MISSIONS TO JOIN OTER INDIANS. THEY ATE BRODEA OR ROUND BULBS AND WERE CALLED DIGGERS BY THE SPANISH. THEY RETURNED TO THEIR GATHERING SPOTS AND AERATED SOILS WITH THEIR STICKS.
EVN THOUGH SPANISH CAME HERE THEY USED LOCATIONSTHAT THE ANGLOS THOUGHT WERE OVERUSED. SOME OF THEIR TRADITIONS WERE LOST. MABEL MCKAY, A 20TH CENTURY POMO HEALER, AND BASKET MAKER SAID SOME BULBS WERE MADE TO BE TAKEN WITH CARE. WHEN PEOPLE DO USE PLANTS, THEY GET SCARCE. IF PLANTS AREN'T GATHERED OR TALKED TO. THEY MAY DIE. SAME WITH WILDLIFE.
VIRGINIA ALEXANDRIA
KATHLEEN SMITH OF POMO/ MIWOK ANCESTRY SAID SHE LIVES IN SPIRITUAL BALANCE WITHOUT NEEDING TO GO ELSEWHERE. HER REGARD FOR NATURE REQUIRES KEEN SENSE OF NATURE. HER MOM TAUGHT HER EVERYTHING FROM NATURE -PLANTS AND ANIMALS ARE OUR RELATIVES,
AS SHERRI FERRI, CURATOR OF THE UKIAH MUSEUM (GRACE HUDSON)STATED THE ART OF MAKING POMO BASKETS IS A COMPLEX TOPIC TODAY. MORE YOUNG FOLKS ARE GETTING INVOLVED. THEY ARE PLANTING BASKET MATERIALS NEAR THEIR HOUSES/RANCHERIAS TO HAVE THEM READILY AVAILABLE. SHE HAS BEEN A CONSULTANT FOR EXHIBITS, BUT ADMITS IT IS QUITE A DIFFICULT TASK. THE MUSEUM IS DEVELOPING AN OUTDOOR SPACE FOR FOLKS LEARNING BASKET MAKING. THE ANGLOS SAW THEM WORK THE LAND TO IMPROVE IT BY BURNING,SOWING AND WEEDING, TILLING AND HARVESTING.
THESE NATIVE AMERICANS ENJOYED A VAST AND VARIED DIET.
IN THIS AREA IF THE ACORNS WERE NOT PLENTIFUL THEY HAD BEAR, FISH, OR 500 OTHER ANIMALS OR PLANTS TO RELEY ON THAT ENCHANTED VISITORS. THESE LANDS THOUGHT THEY LIVED IN A LAND OF FERTILITY. IN THE EARLY 1880'S THERE WAS MUCH ABUNDANCE.
AS MISSIONSECLINED THE SPANISH FRIARS CONFINED 1000 INDIANS TO CONVERT TO CHRISTIANITY.. SOME WERE ABUSED AND OTHERS WERE TAKEN TO THE MISSIONS TO JOIN OTER INDIANS. THEY ATE BRODEA OR ROUND BULBS AND WERE CALLED DIGGERS BY THE SPANISH. THEY RETURNED TO THEIR GATHERING SPOTS AND AERATED SOILS WITH THEIR STICKS.
EVN THOUGH SPANISH CAME HERE THEY USED LOCATIONSTHAT THE ANGLOS THOUGHT WERE OVERUSED. SOME OF THEIR TRADITIONS WERE LOST. MABEL MCKAY, A 20TH CENTURY POMO HEALER, AND BASKET MAKER SAID SOME BULBS WERE MADE TO BE TAKEN WITH CARE. WHEN PEOPLE DO USE PLANTS, THEY GET SCARCE. IF PLANTS AREN'T GATHERED OR TALKED TO. THEY MAY DIE. SAME WITH WILDLIFE.
VIRGINIA ALEXANDRIA
Monday, October 7, 2013
JOY IS THE MEANS TO THE END
JOY IS INDEPENDENT OF CIRCUMSTANCES, PEOPLE, OR ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF YOURSELF. THAT IS ITS PARADOXICAL NATURE. WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR CONNECTION WITH A STEADY STREAM OF JOY THAT IS WITHIN YOUR ESSENCE, JOY IS A CONSTANT UNDERCURRENT . REGARD JOY AS A SWEET HOME WITHIN YOUR INNERMOST BEING AND A PLACE WHERE YOU AND THE DIVINE CONNECT
ERNEST HOLMES
ERNEST HOLMES
INDIANS IN CALIFORNIA MISSIONS
IN THE MISSIONS THE INDIANS WERE TREATED POORLY WITH CHILDLIKE BEHAVIOR. THEY HAD WHIPPING AND ALMOST AS SLAVES IN THE 1700'S. THERE WERE 21 MISSIONS FROM SAN DIEGO TO SAN FRAN. THEY WERE GIVEN FOOD AND SHELTER. SOME SPANISH ROUNDED UP WHOLE VILLAGES TO BRING TO MISSIONS. THEY THEN WERE GIVEN MUCH TYPES OF DISEASES THEY WERE NOT USED TO MEASLES, SMALLPOX, DIPTHERIA, ETC. SOME MISSIONS SAW 1/2 OF THEIR POPULATION DIE FROM DISEASE. SOME INDIANS BEGAN DRINKING AND WERE THROWN IN JAIL. BY 1834 THE MISSION SYSTEM BECAME A LOCAL CHURCH. MANY FOLKS MOVED OUT TO THE CITIES FOR EMPLOYMENT. OTHERS LIKED SOIL, MADE BRICKS, SHEARED SHEEP AND BUILT HOUSES, AND MADE HIDES FOR CATTLE. THE INDIANS IN THE INTERIOR CONTINUED THEIR WAY OF LIFE . ON THE COAST THEY JOINED RELATED GROUPS FOR NEW COUNTIES. IN 1760 THERE WERE @ 310,00 INDIANS AND BY 1900 IT CUT TO 20,000!
BY 1850 THE U.S. GOVERNMENT PROPOSED RESERVATIONS. TO HELP THE INDIANS HAVE THEIR OWN LAND. IT REALLY DIDN'T WORK. THE WHITE RUN SCHOOL DESTROYED THEIR LANGUAGE AND LIFEWAYS. MANY KIDS WENT TO BOARDING SCHOOLS AND MISSED THEIR FAMILIES. IN THE 1800'S THEY HAD BEEN OUSTED FROM SOME LANDS. INDIANS IN SAN DIEGO ATTACKED THE MISSION IN PROTEST IN 1775.
DURING THE GOLD RUSH THE RANCHERIA USED INDIANS TO MINE GOLD. THEY THOUGHT FOLKS WERE A THREAT TO IN THEIR VIEW. MOST RESERVATIONS WERE PLACED ON POOR LANDS AND THE WHITES DID NOT WANT THESE AREAS. MOST OF THEM FAILED AS WELL AND THEY DID NOT WANT TO USE BETTER LANDS. IN CALIFORNIA ABOUT 1/4TH OF INDIAN LAND WAS LOST. IN 1920 SOME INDIANS WERE SUED THE GOVERNMENT WHICH WOULD HAVE GIVEN THEM MORE LAND. TODAY THEY ARE MAKING CHANGES TO THEIR SITUATION - INCREASING VOCATIONAL TRAINING, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND IMPROVED SERVICES. THEIR SPIRIT HAS SURVIVED MUCH.
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BY 1850 THE U.S. GOVERNMENT PROPOSED RESERVATIONS. TO HELP THE INDIANS HAVE THEIR OWN LAND. IT REALLY DIDN'T WORK. THE WHITE RUN SCHOOL DESTROYED THEIR LANGUAGE AND LIFEWAYS. MANY KIDS WENT TO BOARDING SCHOOLS AND MISSED THEIR FAMILIES. IN THE 1800'S THEY HAD BEEN OUSTED FROM SOME LANDS. INDIANS IN SAN DIEGO ATTACKED THE MISSION IN PROTEST IN 1775.
DURING THE GOLD RUSH THE RANCHERIA USED INDIANS TO MINE GOLD. THEY THOUGHT FOLKS WERE A THREAT TO IN THEIR VIEW. MOST RESERVATIONS WERE PLACED ON POOR LANDS AND THE WHITES DID NOT WANT THESE AREAS. MOST OF THEM FAILED AS WELL AND THEY DID NOT WANT TO USE BETTER LANDS. IN CALIFORNIA ABOUT 1/4TH OF INDIAN LAND WAS LOST. IN 1920 SOME INDIANS WERE SUED THE GOVERNMENT WHICH WOULD HAVE GIVEN THEM MORE LAND. TODAY THEY ARE MAKING CHANGES TO THEIR SITUATION - INCREASING VOCATIONAL TRAINING, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND IMPROVED SERVICES. THEIR SPIRIT HAS SURVIVED MUCH.
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THE WHITE DEER DANCE
THE KAROK MEN WEAR SHELL NECKLACES AND HAD HEADDRESSES THAT SYMBOLIZE DEER ANTLERS. THEY WEAR WHITE DEERSKINS THAT GAVE IT ITS NAME. PRIESTS AND SHAMANS WERE OTHER RELIGIOUS LEADERS OF THE MEMBERS COUNCIL THEY HAD MUSIC AND DANCING IN A SPECIAL BUILDING, SWEAT HOUSES OR A COMMUNITY DANCE HOUSE. HERE THEY TRANSMITTED STORIES, SONGS AND DANCES. THE KAROK MEN USUALLY HAD THESE ACTIVITIES.
THEY HAD A WORLD RENEWAL CEREMONY THAT TOOK 1000'S OF PEOPLE FROM MANY TRIBES INTO CAME FROM 50 MILES AWAY FROM MANY MILES AWAY. THEY GAMBLED, SWEATED, AND COMPETED IN ATHLETIC EVENTS, TOLD STORIES, AND ENTERTAINED EACH OTHER. THESE FOLKS BELIEVED THAT REGULAR REGULAR CEREMONIES NEEDED TO KEEP THESE FORCES IN CHECK - SUCH AS LIGHTENING AND EARTHQUAKES, FIRES, OR ACCIDENTS. THE CEREMONIES KEPT AND PROTECTED HEALTH OF FOLKS. THEY REPLENISHED GAME AND ACORNS. THE CEREMONY COULD LAST TWO WEEKS. SHAMANS RECITED WORDS OF SPIRITS WHO CREATED THE UNIVERSE.
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CEREMONY WAS TO SHOW OFF ELABORATE COSTUMES AND WEALTH AND PROCESSIONS.THEY HAD A JUMPING DANCE WITH COLORFUL HEADBANDS OF WOODPECKER SCALPS. THE POMO KUKSU WAS A COLLECTION OF HIGHLY SECRET SOCIETIES PRIVATE CLUBS. THESE FOLKS ORGANIZED THE CEREMONIES AND INSTRUCTION OF CHILDREN. THIS RELIGION WAS A BELIEF THAT A SPIRIT HAD BEEN SENT BY THE CREATOR TO TEACH PEOPLE. THE MAIDU HQD A CREATOR STORY . THEY HAD THEIR BOY GROW UP IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE MEN INITIATE THE BOYS AND WOMEN INITIATE THE GIRLS. HE OBSERVES SACRED DANCES. IF YOU WORSHIP ME IN NIGHT AND DAYLIGHT , YOUR TREES WILL BE FULL OF NUTS. AND THE RIVERS WILL BE FULL OF SALMON.
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THEIR THIRD RELIGIOUS SYSTEM EVOLVED AROUND THE USE OF DATURA, JIMSONWEED. THE USED IT AS A PAINKILLER AND ONLY A SMALL ROOT WAS STEEPED IN WATER. THE BREW WAS DRUNK. GIRLS AND WOMEN SMOKED ALSO. IT WAS USED ONLY FOR 1 TO 2 TIMES A YEAR. IT WAS FATAL IF THEY USED TOO MUCH! THEIR INITIATION RIGHT WAS A SOCIAL CONDITION TO REINFORCE THE STATUS OF SHAMANS AND INVISIBLE POWERS.
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THEY HAD A WORLD RENEWAL CEREMONY THAT TOOK 1000'S OF PEOPLE FROM MANY TRIBES INTO CAME FROM 50 MILES AWAY FROM MANY MILES AWAY. THEY GAMBLED, SWEATED, AND COMPETED IN ATHLETIC EVENTS, TOLD STORIES, AND ENTERTAINED EACH OTHER. THESE FOLKS BELIEVED THAT REGULAR REGULAR CEREMONIES NEEDED TO KEEP THESE FORCES IN CHECK - SUCH AS LIGHTENING AND EARTHQUAKES, FIRES, OR ACCIDENTS. THE CEREMONIES KEPT AND PROTECTED HEALTH OF FOLKS. THEY REPLENISHED GAME AND ACORNS. THE CEREMONY COULD LAST TWO WEEKS. SHAMANS RECITED WORDS OF SPIRITS WHO CREATED THE UNIVERSE.
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CEREMONY WAS TO SHOW OFF ELABORATE COSTUMES AND WEALTH AND PROCESSIONS.THEY HAD A JUMPING DANCE WITH COLORFUL HEADBANDS OF WOODPECKER SCALPS. THE POMO KUKSU WAS A COLLECTION OF HIGHLY SECRET SOCIETIES PRIVATE CLUBS. THESE FOLKS ORGANIZED THE CEREMONIES AND INSTRUCTION OF CHILDREN. THIS RELIGION WAS A BELIEF THAT A SPIRIT HAD BEEN SENT BY THE CREATOR TO TEACH PEOPLE. THE MAIDU HQD A CREATOR STORY . THEY HAD THEIR BOY GROW UP IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE MEN INITIATE THE BOYS AND WOMEN INITIATE THE GIRLS. HE OBSERVES SACRED DANCES. IF YOU WORSHIP ME IN NIGHT AND DAYLIGHT , YOUR TREES WILL BE FULL OF NUTS. AND THE RIVERS WILL BE FULL OF SALMON.
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THEIR THIRD RELIGIOUS SYSTEM EVOLVED AROUND THE USE OF DATURA, JIMSONWEED. THE USED IT AS A PAINKILLER AND ONLY A SMALL ROOT WAS STEEPED IN WATER. THE BREW WAS DRUNK. GIRLS AND WOMEN SMOKED ALSO. IT WAS USED ONLY FOR 1 TO 2 TIMES A YEAR. IT WAS FATAL IF THEY USED TOO MUCH! THEIR INITIATION RIGHT WAS A SOCIAL CONDITION TO REINFORCE THE STATUS OF SHAMANS AND INVISIBLE POWERS.
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Thursday, October 3, 2013
MY WORK AS AN UNDERGRADUATE
AS AN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT IN DAYTON. OHIO I WORKED SEVERAL P/T JOBS. ONE WAS AS A PART TIME MUSEUM ARCHAEOLOGIST AND THEN AS A RECREATION LEADER I HELPED CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS KEEP BUSY AFTER SCHOOL. THEY DID SOME OF MY ARTISTIC CREATION. THE YOUNG ADULTS SIS A GOOD JOB KEEPING ACTIVE AT A POOL TABLE AND PLAYING BASKETBALL. SOME NIGHTS THEY DANCED.
MY PART TIME WAS A NIGHT TIME LIBRARIAN AT WSU. THIS WAS A KIND OF A FUN JOB AS WE GOT TO GO BEHIND THE SCENES AND LEARNED ABOUT MICRO FISH WHERE THE RECORDS WERE STORED AND WHERE THE RECORDS WERE STORED AND WHERE VARIOUS TYPES OF BOOKS WERE FILED.
I ALSO WORKED AS A NIGHT TIME COUNSELOR IN A FACILITY FOR TEENS. IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING PLACE. I HELPED TEENS MAKE CHOICES ABOUT HOW TO LIVE A HAPPY AND PROGRESSIVE LIFE.
MY PART TIME WAS A NIGHT TIME LIBRARIAN AT WSU. THIS WAS A KIND OF A FUN JOB AS WE GOT TO GO BEHIND THE SCENES AND LEARNED ABOUT MICRO FISH WHERE THE RECORDS WERE STORED AND WHERE THE RECORDS WERE STORED AND WHERE VARIOUS TYPES OF BOOKS WERE FILED.
I ALSO WORKED AS A NIGHT TIME COUNSELOR IN A FACILITY FOR TEENS. IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING PLACE. I HELPED TEENS MAKE CHOICES ABOUT HOW TO LIVE A HAPPY AND PROGRESSIVE LIFE.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INDIANS
THEY THRIVED IN BARREN WASTELAND. THEY HUNTED DEER AND ELK AND DID A LOT OF TRADING. TRADING MISSIONS WERE USUALLY UNDERTAKEN BY HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS OR THEY MADE REGULARLY SCHEDULED TRIPS. THEY MIGHT TRADE ACORNS FOR DRIED FISH OR A SCARCE COMMODITY. THE KAMI INDIANS LIVED WEST OF THE COLORADO RIVER. THEY TRADED MESQUITE FOR ACORNS FOR DRIED FISH OR A SCARCE COMMODITY. THE KAMI INDIANS LIVED WEST OF THE COLORADO RIVER. THEY TRADED MESQUITE FOR ACORNS.
THE ATSEGEWI AND ACHOMAWI GOT SALT FROM THE YANA. THEY WERE ALLOWED TO FISH AND GATHER ACORNS AND HAD HARVESTING RIGHTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS.
WAR WASN'T A FREQUENT OCCURRENCE AND THEY WERE DEFENSIVE OF THEIR OAK GROVES, HUNTING AND FISHING LANDS. SOMETIMES THEY JUST HAD A FORMAL CONFRONTATION INSTEAD OF WAR.
KLAMATH INDIANS DID HAVE ATTACKS AND TOOK OTHER INDIANS FOR SLAVES. THEY HAD A CLASS OF WARRIORS. MARRIAGE BETWEEN THESE GROUPS WAS COMMON.
THE POMO GOT TOGETHER TO HAVE RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS SUCH AS WORLD RENEWAL CULTS INCLUDING MANY VILLAGES. THEY BUILT MANY TRAIL SYSTEMS FOR SEASONAL EXCHANGE.
THROUGHOUT TRADE THEY COULD USE MONEY SHELLS FOR EXCHANGE. THE SHELLS WERE BROKEN ROUNDED AND POLISHED AND DRILLED INTO BEADS AND STRUNG ON LEATHER THONGS.
SOME VILLAGES GOT TOGETHER TO FISH OR HUNT . WOMEN TAUGHT THE GIRLS AND MEN TAUGHT THE BOYS.
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THE ATSEGEWI AND ACHOMAWI GOT SALT FROM THE YANA. THEY WERE ALLOWED TO FISH AND GATHER ACORNS AND HAD HARVESTING RIGHTS IN NEIGHBORHOODS.
WAR WASN'T A FREQUENT OCCURRENCE AND THEY WERE DEFENSIVE OF THEIR OAK GROVES, HUNTING AND FISHING LANDS. SOMETIMES THEY JUST HAD A FORMAL CONFRONTATION INSTEAD OF WAR.
KLAMATH INDIANS DID HAVE ATTACKS AND TOOK OTHER INDIANS FOR SLAVES. THEY HAD A CLASS OF WARRIORS. MARRIAGE BETWEEN THESE GROUPS WAS COMMON.
THE POMO GOT TOGETHER TO HAVE RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS SUCH AS WORLD RENEWAL CULTS INCLUDING MANY VILLAGES. THEY BUILT MANY TRAIL SYSTEMS FOR SEASONAL EXCHANGE.
THROUGHOUT TRADE THEY COULD USE MONEY SHELLS FOR EXCHANGE. THE SHELLS WERE BROKEN ROUNDED AND POLISHED AND DRILLED INTO BEADS AND STRUNG ON LEATHER THONGS.
SOME VILLAGES GOT TOGETHER TO FISH OR HUNT . WOMEN TAUGHT THE GIRLS AND MEN TAUGHT THE BOYS.
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TRIBES
THE HUPA, YUROK, SHASTA AND TOLAWA WERE FAIRLY DIVERSE YET ISOLATED. THEY HAD PLENTY OF SALMON. THEY HUNTED WITH WOODEN BOWS.. THE MODOC LIVED ON BARREN LEVELS OF CASCADES. DID NOT HAVE MANY ACORNS OR SALMON THEY CAPTURED DEER AND SMALL GAME ANIMALS BY DIGGING PITS.
3/5TH OF ALL CALIFORNIA LIVED IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. HERE THEY GATHERED HUGE ACORNS., HUNTED, FISHED, AND GATHERED PLANTS. MANZANITA BERRIES WERE GATHERED FOR IMPORTANT FOODS. THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INDIANS TENDED THEIR AREAS BY PLANTING SEEDS GATHERED FROM THE WILD. THIS INCLUDED TOBACCO SPECIES THAT THEY HAD SMOKED IN SMALL QUANTITIES, SHAMANS SMOKED IT AS A PAINKILLER.
PLANTS WERE IMPORTANT FOR WEAVING BASKETS. THESE INCLUDED HEMP, MILKWEED, AGAVE, YUCCA, AND IRIS, REDBUD, DEER GRASS AND CATTAIL AND TULE.. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INDIANS USED USED PLANT DYES AND POISON OAK FOR TATTOOS. THEY HAD CEREMONIES. THESE FOLKS LIVED AS WASTE NOT WANT NOT. THEY DID NOT OVER FISH AND THEY GATHERED WHAT THEY NEEDED. THEY WERE GOOD LAND MANAGERS.
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3/5TH OF ALL CALIFORNIA LIVED IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. HERE THEY GATHERED HUGE ACORNS., HUNTED, FISHED, AND GATHERED PLANTS. MANZANITA BERRIES WERE GATHERED FOR IMPORTANT FOODS. THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INDIANS TENDED THEIR AREAS BY PLANTING SEEDS GATHERED FROM THE WILD. THIS INCLUDED TOBACCO SPECIES THAT THEY HAD SMOKED IN SMALL QUANTITIES, SHAMANS SMOKED IT AS A PAINKILLER.
PLANTS WERE IMPORTANT FOR WEAVING BASKETS. THESE INCLUDED HEMP, MILKWEED, AGAVE, YUCCA, AND IRIS, REDBUD, DEER GRASS AND CATTAIL AND TULE.. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INDIANS USED USED PLANT DYES AND POISON OAK FOR TATTOOS. THEY HAD CEREMONIES. THESE FOLKS LIVED AS WASTE NOT WANT NOT. THEY DID NOT OVER FISH AND THEY GATHERED WHAT THEY NEEDED. THEY WERE GOOD LAND MANAGERS.
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WEEKEND EXHIBIT
I ATTENDED THE WEEKEND ART, JAZZ AND MUSIC FESTIVAL IN HEALDSBURG. THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE THERE AND THEY PEOPLE THERE AND THEY WERE MILLING AROUNDAND HAD SOME PEOPLE LISTENING TO MUSIC. IT WAS A HOT DAY THERE AND THEY HAD MANY FOLKS IN ART TRAILS. I MET SEVERAL FOLKS WHO I KNEW THERE. ONE CHINESE LADY SAID THEY CAN ONLY HAVE ONE BABY IN ORDER TO REDUCE POPULATION. I DIDN'T SEE TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN MOMS WHO I KNEW. IT WAS AN INTERESTING DAY.
SCIENCE OF MIND
THEY HAD CHANTING WITH A PARTICULAR PRAYER WAS "ON MAUI PADRE UM". THIS IS THE MOST WELL KNOWN CHANT IN THE WORLD. CHANTING CALMS THE WORLD. CHANTING CALMS THE MIND AND EASES NEGATIVE ENERGY. IT ADHERES TO INCREASES AWARENESS WITH GOD. WE ARE INFINITE HARMONY. REMEMBER WE ARE BEING LEAD FROM PURITY TO SACREDNESS.
AT NIGHT I WENT TO A SERVICE THAT WAS ABOUT SINGING TO CALM THE MIND. WE SANG OH WHAT A JOYFUL DY THAT BRINGS THE LIGHT HERE. WE ALSO SANG I AM WHO I AM. IT IS A GREAT SONG TO SING AS YOU MAY SING TO THE BACK OF . " I AM REMEMBERING WHO I AM." THESE CHANTS DECIDED TO BE WHAT WE ARE PRAYING ABOUT.
WE HAD A PRAYER FOR ALL WHO HAD PAST ON OR WERE IN NEED.
AT NIGHT I WENT TO A SERVICE THAT WAS ABOUT SINGING TO CALM THE MIND. WE SANG OH WHAT A JOYFUL DY THAT BRINGS THE LIGHT HERE. WE ALSO SANG I AM WHO I AM. IT IS A GREAT SONG TO SING AS YOU MAY SING TO THE BACK OF . " I AM REMEMBERING WHO I AM." THESE CHANTS DECIDED TO BE WHAT WE ARE PRAYING ABOUT.
WE HAD A PRAYER FOR ALL WHO HAD PAST ON OR WERE IN NEED.
Monday, September 30, 2013
THE WORLDS BEST GREEN PLACES
THIS BUDDHIST KINGDOM OF BHUTAN HAS BANNED PLASTIC BAGS AND THEY ARE GOING ORGANIC. THEY HAVE PROTECTED 1/2 OF THEIR FORESTS. THEY ARE TRANSFORMING THEIR PLANET. THIS COUNTRY IS LOCATED IN SOUTHERN ASIA BY HIMALAYAS.
IT WAS ONCE A PATCHWORK OF MINOR WARRING KINGDOMS IN 17TH CENTURY WHEN THE LLAMA AND A MILITARY RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN TIBET UNIFIED THE AREA. LATER BUTAN WAS A STRONG COUNTRY IN EARLY 20TH CENTURY WHEN THEY CONTACTED BRITISH EMPIRE WITH INDIA. BY 2006 BRITAIN WAS 1 OF THE HAPPIEST COUNTRIES IN ASIA. THEIR STATE RELIGION IS BUDDISM AND IT IS ESTIMATED TO BE NEARLY 3/4TH OF A MILLION FOLKS. BY 1990 THEY EXPELLED OR FORCED TO LEAVE 1/5 TH OF THE POPULATION TO PRESERVE TIBETAN CULTURE. THEIR IDENTITY CLAIMED THOSE WHO WERE EXPELLED OR FORCED TO LEAVE `1/5TH OF THE POPULATION TO PRESERVE TIBETAN CULTURE. THEIR IDENTITY CLAIMED THOSE WHO WERE EXPELLED AND WERE ILLEGAL RESIDENTS. AFTER MANY YEARS OF REFUGEE CAMPS MANY FOLKS LIVED IN SEVEN CAMPS.
THEY HAVE MANY DIVERSE ANIMALS AND EXOTIC PLANT LIFE. THEY ARE PRESERVING THESE ASPECTS AS CULTURALLY AND ECONOMICALLY BECOMING INDEPENDENT. ONLY IN THE THE 20TH CENTURRY DID THEY ALLOW FOREIGNERS HERE. THEY BELIEVE IN A GURU AND BUDDHISM AFFECTS ALL OF THEIR SOCIETY. THEY HAVE A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION TO GUARD THEIR TRADITION.
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IT WAS ONCE A PATCHWORK OF MINOR WARRING KINGDOMS IN 17TH CENTURY WHEN THE LLAMA AND A MILITARY RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN TIBET UNIFIED THE AREA. LATER BUTAN WAS A STRONG COUNTRY IN EARLY 20TH CENTURY WHEN THEY CONTACTED BRITISH EMPIRE WITH INDIA. BY 2006 BRITAIN WAS 1 OF THE HAPPIEST COUNTRIES IN ASIA. THEIR STATE RELIGION IS BUDDISM AND IT IS ESTIMATED TO BE NEARLY 3/4TH OF A MILLION FOLKS. BY 1990 THEY EXPELLED OR FORCED TO LEAVE 1/5 TH OF THE POPULATION TO PRESERVE TIBETAN CULTURE. THEIR IDENTITY CLAIMED THOSE WHO WERE EXPELLED OR FORCED TO LEAVE `1/5TH OF THE POPULATION TO PRESERVE TIBETAN CULTURE. THEIR IDENTITY CLAIMED THOSE WHO WERE EXPELLED AND WERE ILLEGAL RESIDENTS. AFTER MANY YEARS OF REFUGEE CAMPS MANY FOLKS LIVED IN SEVEN CAMPS.
THEY HAVE MANY DIVERSE ANIMALS AND EXOTIC PLANT LIFE. THEY ARE PRESERVING THESE ASPECTS AS CULTURALLY AND ECONOMICALLY BECOMING INDEPENDENT. ONLY IN THE THE 20TH CENTURRY DID THEY ALLOW FOREIGNERS HERE. THEY BELIEVE IN A GURU AND BUDDHISM AFFECTS ALL OF THEIR SOCIETY. THEY HAVE A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION TO GUARD THEIR TRADITION.
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NAPALI COAST, KAUAII
HERE MY FAMILY HAS TRAVELLED SEVERAL TIMES. AT ONE POINT YOU USE A STEEL ROPE TO CROSS A RIVER. THEN AT TIMES THE TRAIL HAD A LARGE FROGS. IT WAS A BIT OF WET TRAIL AND WE DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE WATERFALLS. I THINK WE HIKED TO THE POINT WHERE WE GOT VERY WET THEN TURNED AROUND.
WAIMEA CANYON IS LIKE A SMALL VERSION OF THE GRAND CANYON. I THINK WE TOOK A HIKE TO THE AREA AND A GLIMPSE OF LAYERS OF ROCK AND WATERFALLS,
POIPU BEACH IS A POPULAR BEACH WHERE FOLKS SWIM AND SEE DOLPHINS BY SNORKELING. THEY HAVE MANY BEAUTIFUL COLORED FISH HERE AT THIS GENTLE BEACH. WE STAYED AT A B & B HERE.
KAUAII IS FULL OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND HAS FEW LARGE RESORTS. WE ESPECIALLY LIKE THE QUAINTNESS OF THIS ISLAND.
WAIMEA CANYON IS LIKE A SMALL VERSION OF THE GRAND CANYON. I THINK WE TOOK A HIKE TO THE AREA AND A GLIMPSE OF LAYERS OF ROCK AND WATERFALLS,
POIPU BEACH IS A POPULAR BEACH WHERE FOLKS SWIM AND SEE DOLPHINS BY SNORKELING. THEY HAVE MANY BEAUTIFUL COLORED FISH HERE AT THIS GENTLE BEACH. WE STAYED AT A B & B HERE.
KAUAII IS FULL OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND HAS FEW LARGE RESORTS. WE ESPECIALLY LIKE THE QUAINTNESS OF THIS ISLAND.
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RIVER IN WASHINGTON RESORT. THIS WAS THE LARGEST DAM REMOVAL PROJECT EVER. THE MUDDY WATERS HAVE BEGUN TO BRING KING SALMON. HERE AGAIN. THEY WILL ALLOW FRESHWATER HERE BY 2018. IN A TWIST THEY ARE EMPTYING A RESERVOIR WHERE THEY FOUND A SACRED SITE OF THE KALLUM TRIBE IN WASHINGTON.
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Thursday, September 26, 2013
KAMAKOW PRESERVE IN MOLOKAI
THIS IS A RARE HAWAIIAN PLANT CONSERVANCY. THIS 2700 ACRE PRESERVE IS FREE FROM DEVELOPMENT. OVER 200 PLANTS CAN BE FOUND NOWHERE IN THE WORLD. THEY HAVE A MONTHLY TOUR OF THE NARROW KAMAKOW BOARDWALK IN THE FOREST. ANOTHER UNUSUAL PRESERVE HERE IS NOOMONI PRESERVE IN NORTHWEST MACKAI. IT IS RUN BY THE NATURE CONSERVANCY.
MOLOKAI HAS ANCIENT FISHPONDS AND WERE BUILT 800 YEARS AGO. THEY PRACTICED AQUACULTURE THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF THESE PONDS. THEY HAVE LAVA WALLS THAT WERE THAT LEFT ARE IN SEAWATER. THE FISH PONDS WERE OPEN BY THE BRACKISH WATER. THE FISH PONDS WERE OPEN BY BRACKISH WATER THAT HAD RICH NUTRIENTS. THEY HAVE DIFFERENT FISH PONDS RECONSTRUCTED AT THE KOLUKU NATIONAL PARK AND BIG ISLAND.
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MOLOKAI HAS ANCIENT FISHPONDS AND WERE BUILT 800 YEARS AGO. THEY PRACTICED AQUACULTURE THROUGH DEVELOPMENT OF THESE PONDS. THEY HAVE LAVA WALLS THAT WERE THAT LEFT ARE IN SEAWATER. THE FISH PONDS WERE OPEN BY THE BRACKISH WATER. THE FISH PONDS WERE OPEN BY BRACKISH WATER THAT HAD RICH NUTRIENTS. THEY HAVE DIFFERENT FISH PONDS RECONSTRUCTED AT THE KOLUKU NATIONAL PARK AND BIG ISLAND.
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KAUAII
HERE OUR FAMILY TOOK A RIDE TO A CATAMARAN AND WE HAD A GOOD TIME TIME SNORKELING DURING A TRIP. WE DECIDED TO GET A CONDO WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO COOK AND HAVE SOME FUN AT NIGHT SWIMS. WE STAYED AT SEVERAL B & B'S ONE YEAR SO WE COULD SEE THE ENTIRE ISLAND. IT IS ONE OF HAWAII'S MOST REMOTE ISLANDS. WE ACTUALLY CAMPED AT A BEACH HERE AS WELL. ONCE OUR SON WAS ABOUT 6 WE TOOK HIM TO KAUAII. WE HIKED ALONG THE BEACHES AND WENT TO POIPU BEACH. HERE FOLKS SWIM AND SEE DOLPHINS UNDER WATER. THEY HAVE SNORKELING HERE TOO. THE MULTICOLORED FISH ARE BEAUTIFUL.
AT NAPALI COAST IT IS A WHERE WE HAD TO USE A STEEL ROPE TO CROSS A RIVER. THEN AT TIMES THE TRAIL HAD LARGE FROGS. IT WAS A WET TRAIL AND WE DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE WATERFALLS. I THINK WE HIKED TO THE POINT WHERE GOT VERY WET THEN TURNED AROUND.
WAIMEA CANYON IS LIKE A SMALL VERSION OF THE GRAND CANYON. I THINK MY HUSBAND AND I TOOK A HIKE AROUND THE AREA TO SEE A GLIMPSE OF LAYERS OF ROCK AND WATERFALLS.
AT NAPALI COAST IT IS A WHERE WE HAD TO USE A STEEL ROPE TO CROSS A RIVER. THEN AT TIMES THE TRAIL HAD LARGE FROGS. IT WAS A WET TRAIL AND WE DIDN'T MAKE IT TO THE WATERFALLS. I THINK WE HIKED TO THE POINT WHERE GOT VERY WET THEN TURNED AROUND.
WAIMEA CANYON IS LIKE A SMALL VERSION OF THE GRAND CANYON. I THINK MY HUSBAND AND I TOOK A HIKE AROUND THE AREA TO SEE A GLIMPSE OF LAYERS OF ROCK AND WATERFALLS.
MAUI FAMILY TRIPS
MY FAMILY VISITED THE HANA ROAD THAT IS 52 MILES FROM KAHLUA. HERE WE RENTED A B AND B. IT IS A WINDING LONG ROAD TO HANA ROAD WHICH TAKES 2 1/2 HOURS TO DRIVE WITH OVER 60 BRIDGES. THEY HAVE A NUMBER OF TOURISTS AND IT IS A BEAUTIFUL CURVING ROAD WITH MANY WATERFALLS AND ROADSIDE VENDORS. IT IS IN A TROPICAL JUNGLE. THIS ROAD IS ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.SINCE 2001. IT HAS MANY MOSQUITOES AND SOME PLACES HAD REPELLENT! WE WENT TO THE SEVEN SACRED POOLS AREA AND IT WAS A COLD OCEAN THERE WITHIN THE WITHIN HALEAKALA NATIONAL PARK. THERE IS NO CELL PHONE TRAFFIC HERE.MY MOM ENJOYED THIS PLACE AND WE HAD A B ABD B WHERE WE COULD COOK SOME MEALS AND AND MAKE LUNCHES FOR GOING OUT ON THE TRAIL. OUR ONE RENTAL BED HAD GECKOS, VERY TIMID LITTLE LIZARD LIKE SALAMANDERS THAT HAVE CUPS TO CLIMB THE WALLS.WE TOOK MANY PHOTOS ALSO HERE. THE HISTORIC FOLKS CAUGHT FISH WITH A SPEAR.
ON THIS SAME TRIP WE SPENT TIME IN IN LAHAINA WHERE WE RENTED A B AND B. AT THIS HOME WE HAD AN OVERLOOKING VIEW OF THE BEACH. WE SAW LARGE HUMPBACKED WHALES AROUND. THEY WERE THE SIZE OF YACHTS. THIS TOWN HAS CH SUGAR, LAHAINA BEACHES. IT HAS MANY HOUSES AND WATCHED THEM MAKE THEIR CRAFTS. THEY HAVE MANY TOURING SHIPS. PREVIOUSLY IT WAS THE CAPITAL CITY. LOOKED AT SOME OF THE MUSEUMS. IN HISTORIC TIMES THERE WERE MANY WHALE SHIPS. TODAY IT IS BANNED. WE WERE THERE IN FEBRUARY WHEN THERE WERE SO MANY HUMPBACKED WHALES FLIPPING OUT OF THE WATER. AT OLD LAHAINA YOU CAN WATCH SOME NEW AND OLD HULA DANCES.
ON THIS SAME TRIP WE SPENT TIME IN IN LAHAINA WHERE WE RENTED A B AND B. AT THIS HOME WE HAD AN OVERLOOKING VIEW OF THE BEACH. WE SAW LARGE HUMPBACKED WHALES AROUND. THEY WERE THE SIZE OF YACHTS. THIS TOWN HAS CH SUGAR, LAHAINA BEACHES. IT HAS MANY HOUSES AND WATCHED THEM MAKE THEIR CRAFTS. THEY HAVE MANY TOURING SHIPS. PREVIOUSLY IT WAS THE CAPITAL CITY. LOOKED AT SOME OF THE MUSEUMS. IN HISTORIC TIMES THERE WERE MANY WHALE SHIPS. TODAY IT IS BANNED. WE WERE THERE IN FEBRUARY WHEN THERE WERE SO MANY HUMPBACKED WHALES FLIPPING OUT OF THE WATER. AT OLD LAHAINA YOU CAN WATCH SOME NEW AND OLD HULA DANCES.
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
CHINA'S STONE TEMPLE
THERE IS A BUDDHA CARVED INSIDE YUNGANG GROTTOS THAT DATES 1500 YEARS OLD. IT IS WELL PROTECTED AS IT IS INSIDE A LARGE SANDSTONE ROCK ENCLOSURE. THE BUDDHA IS 82' TALL AND THERE ARE 51,000 OTHER BUDDHAS HERE!! PEOPLE TRAVEL TO THIS WORLD HERITAGE SITE IN DATONG CHINA. DATONG WAS ONCE THEIR CAPITAL. NOW IT HAS A COAL MANUFACTURING HERE. THEIR GOVERNMENT IS REBUILDING THE MING ERA CITY WALLS BY STRIPPING DOWN THE EARTHEN FOUNDATION.
THERE IS A 1000 YEAR OLD BUDDHIST TEMPLE CLOSE BY THAT IS 1000 YEARS OLD THEY HAVE MADE CLAY STATURES IN THIS TEMPLE WITH GOLD PAINT, THIS CITY TAKES PRIDE IN THE PAST.
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THERE IS A 1000 YEAR OLD BUDDHIST TEMPLE CLOSE BY THAT IS 1000 YEARS OLD THEY HAVE MADE CLAY STATURES IN THIS TEMPLE WITH GOLD PAINT, THIS CITY TAKES PRIDE IN THE PAST.
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LAKOTA THOUGHTS
THE LAKOTA BELIEVE THAT MT. RUSHMORE IS THERE SACRED MOUNTAIN. IT OVERLOOKS THE TREATY THAT U.S. BROKE REGARDING THEIR OWNERSHIP. IN 1929 THE LATER CREATED ANOTHER SACRED MONUMENT IN THE VICINITY CALLED CRAZY HORSE. IT IS IN CUSTER COUNTY AND WAS COMMISSIONED BY A ELDER. IT IS A PRIVATE NON PROFIT MEMORIAL. IT IS ON THE OGLALA CONSIDER SACRED. THIS CARVING IS STILL IN PROGRESS BY ANGLO SCULPTORS. HE DIED AT 82 BUT 7 OF HIS CHILDREN HELP WITH THE PROJECT. MY FAMILY HAS VISITED THIS UNIQUE MONUMENT. THEY HAVE MANY SCULPTURES OF HEADS AND MUCH ARTWORK HERE. THE MONUMENT IS OF CRAZY HORSE, A WARRIOR, RIDING ON A HORSE AND LOOKING FAIRLY SERIOUS. NOW THEY HAVE A MUSEUM HERE,
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CANCUN TRAVELS
MY HUSBAND AND I TRAVELLED TO CANCUN WITH MY MOM. I WAS WITH MY MOM AND MY BROTHER'S FAMILY. I WAS WORKING IN THE FOREST SERVICE WHEN WE MADE THIS TRIP. CANCUN IS A LOT LIKE OTHER PLACES IN MEXICO WHERE PEOPLE ENJOY THE OCEAN. CANCUN MEANS NEST OF SNAKES. THIS ISLAND WAS FIRST KNOWN TO THE MAYA WHO DEVELOPED MANY ANCIENT SITES WE VISITED NEARBY.
AFTER CONQUEST THE POPULATION DIED OFF FROM DISEASE AND PIRACY, AND FAMINE LEAVING SMALL SETTLEMENTS IN COZUMEL.
BY 1970'S ISLAN CANCUN HAD ONLY THREE AND A COCONUT PLANTATION AND ONLY 117 PEOPLE ON ISLA DE MYERES. BY 1974 THEY DEVELOPED IT AS A TOURIST PROJECT. NOW IT IS A FISHING VILLAGE AND HAS MANY RESORTS. THEY HAVE MANY DRUG CARTELS AND SMUGGLING ROUTES ACCORDING TO U.S. DRUG ENFORCEMENTS.
WE TOURED MANY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES SUCH AS CHICHEN ITZA. HERE WE STAYED IN THE QUARTERS WHERE THE ORIGINAL ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAD LIVED. WE FLEW TO MERIDA WHICH HAS A WALLED CITY WITH A MAJOR PORT OF CAHA. THE RUINS ARE 12 METERS HIGH ON THE EAST COAST OF YUCATAN BY THE SEA. COBA SHOWS TRACES OF TEOTIHUACAN. TULUM IS A BEAUTIFUL SITE THERE THAT IS EXCELLENT FROM THE CARIBBEAN SEA. IT HAS A WALLED CITY ON THE CLIFFS. I REMEMBER SEEING SOME OLD PICTOGRAPHS. TULUM WAS 1 OF THE LAST SITES INHABITED BY THE MAYAS. IT WAS ONCE OCCUPIED BY SPANISH WHO BROUGHT DISEASES HERE.
IT WAS ONE OF THE LAST CITIES BUILT BY THE MAYANS. SPANISH DISEASES APPEARED TO HAVE CAUSED ITS DEMISE. TULUM HAD BEEN A CITY FOR TRADING OBSIDIAN.
MOSTOF US WALKED ABOUT 1 MILE TO COBA INTO THE ANCIENT CITY OF PYRAMIDS. IT HAD SOME VERY TALL STELLA. THE STELLA ARE LARGE CARVED ROCKS WITH VARIOUS FIGURES OF IMPORTANCE AND SOME SCENES OF ACTIVITIES DURING PREHISTORIC TIMES. THEY HAD ANIMALS THAT THEY KILLED AND SOME THAT THEY REVERED ON STELLA.
THERE WERE SEVERAL PYRAMIDS THAT WE CLIMBED. COBA HAD BALL GAMES AND IT WAS AN IMPORTANT SITE.
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AFTER CONQUEST THE POPULATION DIED OFF FROM DISEASE AND PIRACY, AND FAMINE LEAVING SMALL SETTLEMENTS IN COZUMEL.
BY 1970'S ISLAN CANCUN HAD ONLY THREE AND A COCONUT PLANTATION AND ONLY 117 PEOPLE ON ISLA DE MYERES. BY 1974 THEY DEVELOPED IT AS A TOURIST PROJECT. NOW IT IS A FISHING VILLAGE AND HAS MANY RESORTS. THEY HAVE MANY DRUG CARTELS AND SMUGGLING ROUTES ACCORDING TO U.S. DRUG ENFORCEMENTS.
WE TOURED MANY ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES SUCH AS CHICHEN ITZA. HERE WE STAYED IN THE QUARTERS WHERE THE ORIGINAL ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAD LIVED. WE FLEW TO MERIDA WHICH HAS A WALLED CITY WITH A MAJOR PORT OF CAHA. THE RUINS ARE 12 METERS HIGH ON THE EAST COAST OF YUCATAN BY THE SEA. COBA SHOWS TRACES OF TEOTIHUACAN. TULUM IS A BEAUTIFUL SITE THERE THAT IS EXCELLENT FROM THE CARIBBEAN SEA. IT HAS A WALLED CITY ON THE CLIFFS. I REMEMBER SEEING SOME OLD PICTOGRAPHS. TULUM WAS 1 OF THE LAST SITES INHABITED BY THE MAYAS. IT WAS ONCE OCCUPIED BY SPANISH WHO BROUGHT DISEASES HERE.
IT WAS ONE OF THE LAST CITIES BUILT BY THE MAYANS. SPANISH DISEASES APPEARED TO HAVE CAUSED ITS DEMISE. TULUM HAD BEEN A CITY FOR TRADING OBSIDIAN.
MOSTOF US WALKED ABOUT 1 MILE TO COBA INTO THE ANCIENT CITY OF PYRAMIDS. IT HAD SOME VERY TALL STELLA. THE STELLA ARE LARGE CARVED ROCKS WITH VARIOUS FIGURES OF IMPORTANCE AND SOME SCENES OF ACTIVITIES DURING PREHISTORIC TIMES. THEY HAD ANIMALS THAT THEY KILLED AND SOME THAT THEY REVERED ON STELLA.
THERE WERE SEVERAL PYRAMIDS THAT WE CLIMBED. COBA HAD BALL GAMES AND IT WAS AN IMPORTANT SITE.
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CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING CHANTING
LAST SUNDAY I WENT TO CHURCH AND THE TOPIC WAS ABOUT CHANTING. WE WENT TO A MEDITATION TYPE SETTING WHICH WAS GIVEN BY REVEREND JOYCE. IT WAS ABOUT A CHANT CALLED OM MANI PADRE UM. THIS CHANT IS ONE OF THE MOST WELL KNOWN BUDDIST CHANTS IN THE WORLD. THIS IS AN EAST INDIAN CHANT THAT CALMS THE MIND AND EASES NEGATIVE STATEMENTS. IT ADHERES TO INCREASE AWARENESS WITH GOD. MY ONE COACH GAVE AN AFFIRMATION THAT WITHIN ME IS PEACE, WITHIN ME IS FULLNESS, AND WITHIN ME IS EVERLASTING JOY. THE CHANTING LEADS FROM HARMONY TO INFINITE PEACE AND AWARENESS WITH GOD.
THE MUSIC WAS A GREAT RELIEF FOR ME.
THE MUSIC WAS A GREAT RELIEF FOR ME.
TRAIL OF ELEPHANT TEARS
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE POACHING ELEPHANT TUSKS, IT IS ILLEGAL. HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL RALLY TO PROTECT THEIR HERDS. SHARK FINS ARE ALSO BEING COLLECTED ILLEGALLY. THE VATICAN MADE A STATEMENT THAT OUR WORLD NEEDS TO CHANGE. WE SHOULD STOP THE SLAUGHTER OF THESE WILD ANIMALS.
CHINA IS TAKING THESE STEPS YET THEY ARE THE WORLD'S LARGEST MARKET FOR IVORY.
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CHINA IS TAKING THESE STEPS YET THEY ARE THE WORLD'S LARGEST MARKET FOR IVORY.
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DEVILS TOWER
WHEN WE WORKED AS ARCHAEOLOGISTS IN SOUTH DAKOTA WE SAW DEVIL'S TOWER THAT WAS FORMED 50 MILLION YEARS AGO. IT WAS A SACRED SITE FOR THE NATIVE PEOPLE AND IT WAS CALLED MATO TIPILA. THE LAKOTA NATIVES TIE FLAGS ON A TREE IN SIGHT ON A TREE IN SIGHT OF OF WYOMING TOWER.SOME NON NATIVES LIKE TO CLIMB IT BUT NOT LAKOTA. IT IS AN IGNEOUS TOWER 5000 ' ABOVE THE PRAIRIE. THIS MONOLITH IS A HUGE PILLAR THAT ONE CANNOT MISS IN VISITING THIS AREA. OTHER NATIVES ARE CHEYENNE AND SIOUX. THE KIOWA ALSO OBJECT TO CLIMBING THIS ROCK.
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GLACIER POINT,YOSEMITE
MY FAMILY HAS HIKED AROUND GLACIER POINT AT 7200 FEET ABOVE CURRY VILLAGE. IT OFFERS A SUPERB VIEW OF HALF DOME, VERNAL FALLS, AND NEVADA FALLS AND CLOUD'S REST.
THERE ARE ROUNDED BOULDERS AND ANGULAR FRAGMENTS NEAR HALF POINT QUARTZ WITH GRANITE. HALF DOME IS OF MOSTLY QUARTZ AND GRANITE. IT IS A TALL PROMONTORY OVERLOOKING MUCH OF YOSEMITE VALLEY AND IS ACCESSIBLE BY BUS. IT IS CROWDED IN SUMMER. IT IS CLOSED IT IS CROWDED IN SUMMER. IT IS CLOSED IN WINTER DUE TO SNOW. WE TOOK A BUS UP TO THIS PARK AREA FROM THE BASE OF THE VALLEY FROM THE BASE OF THE VALLEY PAST VERNAL AND YOSEMITE FALLS. ONE TRIP HERE WE JOINED WITH MY HUSBAND'S FAMILYAND WE ENCOUNTERED A SUMMER THUNDERSTORM. IT WAS A 8 MILE HIKE AND WE SPLIT UP. BUT FINALLY MET EACH OTHER AT THE BASE.
THERE ARE ROUNDED BOULDERS AND ANGULAR FRAGMENTS NEAR HALF POINT QUARTZ WITH GRANITE. HALF DOME IS OF MOSTLY QUARTZ AND GRANITE. IT IS A TALL PROMONTORY OVERLOOKING MUCH OF YOSEMITE VALLEY AND IS ACCESSIBLE BY BUS. IT IS CROWDED IN SUMMER. IT IS CLOSED IT IS CROWDED IN SUMMER. IT IS CLOSED IN WINTER DUE TO SNOW. WE TOOK A BUS UP TO THIS PARK AREA FROM THE BASE OF THE VALLEY FROM THE BASE OF THE VALLEY PAST VERNAL AND YOSEMITE FALLS. ONE TRIP HERE WE JOINED WITH MY HUSBAND'S FAMILYAND WE ENCOUNTERED A SUMMER THUNDERSTORM. IT WAS A 8 MILE HIKE AND WE SPLIT UP. BUT FINALLY MET EACH OTHER AT THE BASE.
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
FAUKLAND ISLAND
THESE ISLANDS ARE AN ARCHIPELAGO LOCATED IN SOUTH ALEUTIAN BY THE PATAGONIA SHELF. THIS ARCHIPELAGO HAS AN AREA OF 4700 SQUARE MILES WITH 780 ISLANDS . ENGLAND GOVERNMENT THEM. FRENCH , SPANISH, BRITAIN AND ARGENTINA SETTLED HERE IN THE 1900'S.
THE ISLANDS HAVE MANY BIRDS , BUT MANY NO LONGER BREAD DURING TOURISM. THE FAULKLANDS FISH AND HAVE A BIG PART IN OIL EXPLORATION. THE LATTER IS CONTROVERSIAL.
FUEGIANS FROM PATAGONIA VISITED FAUKLAND IN PREHISTORIC TIMES. NO ONE REALLY KNOWS WHO WAS HERE IN THESE TIMES. JOHN STRONG WAS THE 1ST VOYAGER. SPAIN CAPTURED A PORT I 1770'S TO 1811. THERE WERE CONTINUOUS ATTEMPTS TO DEPART.AND THEY RETURNED TO THE ISLANDS . TODAY TODAY THEIR ARE STILL DISPARITIES. THEY HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH SOUTH AMERICA. FLORA AND FAUNA. LAND BIRDS MAKE UP MOST OF THE FAULKLANDS. AVIFAUNA FOLLOWED BY SEABIRDS. THEY HAVE ELEPHANT SEALS AND MARINE VASCULAR SPECIES. THEY RAISE SHEEP FOR PASTURE. REINDEER, RABBITS, FOXES, AND PIGS, HORSES AND CATS. HUMAN IMPACT IS UNCLEAR. THEY MAKE HIGH QUALITY WOOL. A SMALL NUMBER OF ARGENTINES RESIDE IN THE ISLANDS BY THE CULTURE OF CULTURE OF SOUTH AMERICA. THEY HAVE A COLONY OF PENGUINS AT SAUNDERS ISLAND. PEOPLE LIKE TO VISIT THESE ISLANDS.
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THE ISLANDS HAVE MANY BIRDS , BUT MANY NO LONGER BREAD DURING TOURISM. THE FAULKLANDS FISH AND HAVE A BIG PART IN OIL EXPLORATION. THE LATTER IS CONTROVERSIAL.
FUEGIANS FROM PATAGONIA VISITED FAUKLAND IN PREHISTORIC TIMES. NO ONE REALLY KNOWS WHO WAS HERE IN THESE TIMES. JOHN STRONG WAS THE 1ST VOYAGER. SPAIN CAPTURED A PORT I 1770'S TO 1811. THERE WERE CONTINUOUS ATTEMPTS TO DEPART.AND THEY RETURNED TO THE ISLANDS . TODAY TODAY THEIR ARE STILL DISPARITIES. THEY HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH SOUTH AMERICA. FLORA AND FAUNA. LAND BIRDS MAKE UP MOST OF THE FAULKLANDS. AVIFAUNA FOLLOWED BY SEABIRDS. THEY HAVE ELEPHANT SEALS AND MARINE VASCULAR SPECIES. THEY RAISE SHEEP FOR PASTURE. REINDEER, RABBITS, FOXES, AND PIGS, HORSES AND CATS. HUMAN IMPACT IS UNCLEAR. THEY MAKE HIGH QUALITY WOOL. A SMALL NUMBER OF ARGENTINES RESIDE IN THE ISLANDS BY THE CULTURE OF CULTURE OF SOUTH AMERICA. THEY HAVE A COLONY OF PENGUINS AT SAUNDERS ISLAND. PEOPLE LIKE TO VISIT THESE ISLANDS.
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GUATEMALA CULTURE
GUATEMALA LANDS OF FORESTS THAT MEANS LAND OF FORESTS MAYAN DIALECTS SPOKE3N BY PEOPLE IN 1523. THE ANCIENT PEOPLE SPEAK A DIALECT AND THEY PREFER IN 1523. THE ANCIENT PEOPLE SPEAK A DIALECT AND THEY PREFERRED THEMSELVES BY THEIR NAME.
PERSONS OF MIXED OR NON INDIGENOUS RACE MAY BE CALLED LADINO. THEY COMPRISE A GOOD NUMBER OF GUATEMALAN CLANS. MAYAN CUISINE IS CORN, CHILIS, AND BEANS THEY ALSO EAT ENCHILADAS., NOT LIKE THOSE IN ENCHILADAS. NOT LIKE THOSE IN MEXICO. THEY EAT FOODS ON CERTAIN DAYS OF THE WEEK. THEY MAKE CORN ON CERTAIN MASS IS A NON SWEET CORN. THE ANCIENT MAYA LASTED FOR ABOUT A HUNDRED YEARS BEFORE COLLAPSING.THEIR NATIONAL INSTRUMENT IS THE MARIMBA PLAYED EVERYWHERE . THE GARFINA PEOPLE OF CARIBBEAN DESCENTS ARE SPREAD ON THE NORTHEAST COAST. THE GARIFINA OF CARIBBEAN DECENT ARE SPREAD ON THE NORTHEAST COAST.. THEY PLAY FOLK MUSIC.
THEY HAVE A CENTURY OLD TRADITION OF ART AND MUSIC IS REVIVED. MAYANS WEAVE YAM BASED TEXTILES THAT ARE WOVEN INTO MANY TYPES OF CLORTHES. ROMAN CATHOLICS ARE COMBINED INTO THE INDIGENOUS RELIGION. THE MAJORITY ARE OF PENTECOSTALISM. BY 1960 THEY HAD A CIVIL WAR THAT PITTED THE WEALTHIER LADINOS AGAINST MAYANS OF 36 YEARS OF WAR AND THEY HAVE BEEN HEALING SINCE THAT TIME. THEIR HOMES ARE MADE OF SUN DRIED BRICKS AND CORRUGATED TILES. THEY MAY STRETCH OUT ALONG A PATH AS THEY MAKE BRICKS. SPANISH CONQUERORS CAME INTO THE HIGHLANDS DESPITE THE JOURNEY FROM THE COAST. THEY MADE LARGE PLANTATIONS OF BANANAS, COFFEE, CARDAMON, AND EXPORTS.
MANY INDIANS ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND THOSE IN THE REMOTE AREAS SPEAK INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE. THEY EAT MUCH LIKE MEXICANS. UNTIL RECENTLY THEY USED TO HAVE SIESTAS. THE WOMAN HAVE DELICATE EMBROIDERY AND ARE TRADED SINCE PRECOLONIAL TIMES. THEY MAKE SILVER, JEWELRY AND HAND BLOWN GLASS. THEY GROW DIFFERENT CROPS. MEN KNIT WOOL BAGS AND SWEATERS AND DO HANDICRAFTS. RURAL FOLKS OFTEN ENGAGE IN AGRICULTURE THEY CONCENTRATE IN DOMESTIC WORK. SOME MARRIAGES ARE ARRANGED. THE WOMEN CARRY THEIR BABIES AND OLDER CHILDREN CARE FOR THEIR BAQBIES.
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PERSONS OF MIXED OR NON INDIGENOUS RACE MAY BE CALLED LADINO. THEY COMPRISE A GOOD NUMBER OF GUATEMALAN CLANS. MAYAN CUISINE IS CORN, CHILIS, AND BEANS THEY ALSO EAT ENCHILADAS., NOT LIKE THOSE IN ENCHILADAS. NOT LIKE THOSE IN MEXICO. THEY EAT FOODS ON CERTAIN DAYS OF THE WEEK. THEY MAKE CORN ON CERTAIN MASS IS A NON SWEET CORN. THE ANCIENT MAYA LASTED FOR ABOUT A HUNDRED YEARS BEFORE COLLAPSING.THEIR NATIONAL INSTRUMENT IS THE MARIMBA PLAYED EVERYWHERE . THE GARFINA PEOPLE OF CARIBBEAN DESCENTS ARE SPREAD ON THE NORTHEAST COAST. THE GARIFINA OF CARIBBEAN DECENT ARE SPREAD ON THE NORTHEAST COAST.. THEY PLAY FOLK MUSIC.
THEY HAVE A CENTURY OLD TRADITION OF ART AND MUSIC IS REVIVED. MAYANS WEAVE YAM BASED TEXTILES THAT ARE WOVEN INTO MANY TYPES OF CLORTHES. ROMAN CATHOLICS ARE COMBINED INTO THE INDIGENOUS RELIGION. THE MAJORITY ARE OF PENTECOSTALISM. BY 1960 THEY HAD A CIVIL WAR THAT PITTED THE WEALTHIER LADINOS AGAINST MAYANS OF 36 YEARS OF WAR AND THEY HAVE BEEN HEALING SINCE THAT TIME. THEIR HOMES ARE MADE OF SUN DRIED BRICKS AND CORRUGATED TILES. THEY MAY STRETCH OUT ALONG A PATH AS THEY MAKE BRICKS. SPANISH CONQUERORS CAME INTO THE HIGHLANDS DESPITE THE JOURNEY FROM THE COAST. THEY MADE LARGE PLANTATIONS OF BANANAS, COFFEE, CARDAMON, AND EXPORTS.
MANY INDIANS ESPECIALLY WOMEN AND THOSE IN THE REMOTE AREAS SPEAK INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE. THEY EAT MUCH LIKE MEXICANS. UNTIL RECENTLY THEY USED TO HAVE SIESTAS. THE WOMAN HAVE DELICATE EMBROIDERY AND ARE TRADED SINCE PRECOLONIAL TIMES. THEY MAKE SILVER, JEWELRY AND HAND BLOWN GLASS. THEY GROW DIFFERENT CROPS. MEN KNIT WOOL BAGS AND SWEATERS AND DO HANDICRAFTS. RURAL FOLKS OFTEN ENGAGE IN AGRICULTURE THEY CONCENTRATE IN DOMESTIC WORK. SOME MARRIAGES ARE ARRANGED. THE WOMEN CARRY THEIR BABIES AND OLDER CHILDREN CARE FOR THEIR BAQBIES.
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Friday, September 13, 2013
HOW TO NIP A COLD
LIFT UP YOUR CHEST UP HIGH AND SPREAD YOUR FINGER HIGH IN USING YOUR FINGER HIGH AND BRING IN YOUR PRAYER POSITION. INHALE THROUGH NOSE WITH ARMS OUT AND DEEPLY EXHALE. DO ANOTHER DEEP INHALATION. RELEASE YOUR BREATH. DO ONE OR MORE TRADITIONAL LIFTS. HANG THERE AND BEND KNEES. WHEN TAKING A SHOWER USE THE TOWEL TO RUB.
DO 3 THUMPS ROUTINELY. TAP ON YOUR RIGHT AND LEFT SCAPULA AREAS. TAP ON YOUR CHEST BONE, THEN RUB UNDER YOUR BREASTS.
GET A SPINAL FLUSH OR PRESS A TENNIS BALL A LONG YOUR SPINE. USE A SMALL SPOON UNDER YOUR FEET TO BEGIN TO GROUND.
DONNA EDEN
DO 3 THUMPS ROUTINELY. TAP ON YOUR RIGHT AND LEFT SCAPULA AREAS. TAP ON YOUR CHEST BONE, THEN RUB UNDER YOUR BREASTS.
GET A SPINAL FLUSH OR PRESS A TENNIS BALL A LONG YOUR SPINE. USE A SMALL SPOON UNDER YOUR FEET TO BEGIN TO GROUND.
DONNA EDEN
Thursday, September 12, 2013
HONDURAS CULTURE
EXPRESSION IN HONDURAS OWES ITS ORIGINS PRIMARILY TO BEING PART OF LATIN AMERICA AND TO THE MULTI ETHNIC VALUE OF THE COUNTRY. THERE ARE 90% MESTIZOS AND 10% NATIVE AMERICANS 1 % ANGLOS, 2% BLACK'S. THESE POPULATIONS INFLUENCE ALL THEIR CUSTOMS AND RITUALS. THEY PRACTICE HOLY WEEK, THEY HAVE SPECIAL CULTURAL EVENTS THAT HAVE SPECIAL KINDS OF DANCES AND MUSIC. THEY CALL PUNTA. THEY HAVE CARNIVALS AND MANY EXHIBITS EXHIBITIONS, FERIA JUNAM OF SAN PEDRO IS WITH MUSIC CONCERTS DURING A WEEK. THEY USE COLORED SAWDUST. ON A STREET TO HAVE A TRAIL WHERE JESU WILL WALK THROUGH TO LESS PAINFUL FOR CHRIST. THEY VISIT BEACHES RIVERS AND POOLS WHEN IT IS SO HOT. DURING CHRISTMAS THEY COOK SPECIAL DISHES TO MARK THE OCCASION. SOME ARE TAMALES AND ALL HAVE FIREWORKS AND FIRECRACKERS. MESTIZOS ARE 93% OF THEIR POPULATION. THEY HAD MANY NATIVE TRIBES. THE GARFINAS DESCEND FROM AFRICAN SLQAVES OF THE CARIBBEAN FAMILY ARE AFRICAN SLAVES OF THE CARIBBEAN.
SALVADOR MONCADA AND OTHER FAMOUS FOLKS FROM HONDURAS ARE IN FOOTBALL. THEY EAT MANY TYPES OF DISHES, BEANS AND ROASTED MEAT AND SCRAMBLED EGGS THEY MAKE FRIED FISH AND BAKED PLAINTAIN. THEY HAVE SOUP WITH BEANS, SEAFOOD AND OTHER VEGIS. THEY MAKE CORN TOMALES AND PASSION FRUITS
MOST HONDURAN ARE CHRISTIANS AND CELEBRATE A CATHOLIC MASS. IN 1502 PUNTA COXINAS FOUND THE HONDURANS CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT CHURCHES. THE CHURCHES MAKE USE OF THE TV, RADIO, AND NEWSPAPER AND UNIVERSITIES.
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SALVADOR MONCADA AND OTHER FAMOUS FOLKS FROM HONDURAS ARE IN FOOTBALL. THEY EAT MANY TYPES OF DISHES, BEANS AND ROASTED MEAT AND SCRAMBLED EGGS THEY MAKE FRIED FISH AND BAKED PLAINTAIN. THEY HAVE SOUP WITH BEANS, SEAFOOD AND OTHER VEGIS. THEY MAKE CORN TOMALES AND PASSION FRUITS
MOST HONDURAN ARE CHRISTIANS AND CELEBRATE A CATHOLIC MASS. IN 1502 PUNTA COXINAS FOUND THE HONDURANS CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT CHURCHES. THE CHURCHES MAKE USE OF THE TV, RADIO, AND NEWSPAPER AND UNIVERSITIES.
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MY SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
WHEN I WAS WORKING IN SEVERAL BUSINESSES I WANTED TO GET MORE EXPERIENCE IN PUBLIC SPEAKING. SO IN ONE BUSINESS I MET WITH VARIOUS FOLKS TO SELL MY ARTISTIC FOUNTAINS. I FOUND THAT I ENJOYED SELLING MORE THAN DOING THE ART WORK AS I AM A PEOPLE PERSON NOW.
I CALLED FOR INTEREST AND WENT TO VARIOUS GIFTS SHOPS TO SHOW PHOTOS OF MY CATALOGUE OF FOUNTAINS.
I ALSO LANDED A PART TIME JOB SELLING HEALTH FOODS IN MARKETS. I ENJOYED THIS WORK AS I WAS A PAID CONSULTANT TO SEVERAL COMPANIES. AND SPENT MANY HOURS TALKING TO FOLKS ABOUT GOOD HEALTH AND HEALTHY FOODS AND HOW THEY COULD INCREASE THEIR HEALTH AND LONGEVITY. I GOT IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK FROM FOLKS WHO ENJOYED THESE FOOD SAMPLES. I MET MANY MANAGERS OF THE GROCERY STORES WHO SEEMED TO LIKE ME THERE.
ANOTHER BUSINESS I HAD WAS SPEAKING WEEKLY WITH A BUSINESS NETWORKING GROUP WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO EXPOSE OUR TYPE OF WORK BY SPEAKING TO MEMBERS AND GIVING THEM SOME SAMPLES. MY WORK WAS AS A LIFE COACH AND IT TOOK ME 3 YEARS TO COMPLETE A COACHING COURSE BY PHONE IN ORDER TO GAIN A COACHING DIPLOMA AFTER 3 YEARS. I ADVERTISED MY BY CALLING PHONE IN ORDER TO GAIN A COACHING DIPLOMA AFTER 3 YEARS. I ADVERTISED MY COACHING BY CALLING COMPANY PERSONNEL FOLKS; LEADING TALKS AT LIBRARIES AND FINDING PLACES AS THE BUSINESS MEETING PLACE TO SPEAK TO GROUPS. OTHER GROUPS I SPOKE TO WERE ROTARY CLUBS, LION'S CLUBS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS. THEY GAVE ME GOOD SELF ESTEEM TO MAKE INTERACTIVE PRESENTATIONS .
ANOTHER TYPE OF BUSINESS WAS SPEAKING TO GROUPS ABOUT THE NATIVE AMERICANS OF THIS AREA. I BECAME USED TO GIVING OUTDOOR LECTURES TO ELDERHOSTEL GROUPS AT AT A HEALDSBURG RANCH. I THEN DESIGNED SOME SLIDE SHOWS THAT WERE SIMILAR TO MY NATIVE AMERICAN TALKS. THEY INCLUDED PHOTOS OF VARIOUS TRIBES AND PLANTS THAT I INTRODUCED TO GROUPS. I GOT PAID BY LIBRARIES AND RETIREMENT HOMES, AND SOME NATIVE PLANT CLUBS TO SHOW MY SLIDE LECTURES. PEOPLE GREATLY APPRECIATED THEM.
I CALLED FOR INTEREST AND WENT TO VARIOUS GIFTS SHOPS TO SHOW PHOTOS OF MY CATALOGUE OF FOUNTAINS.
I ALSO LANDED A PART TIME JOB SELLING HEALTH FOODS IN MARKETS. I ENJOYED THIS WORK AS I WAS A PAID CONSULTANT TO SEVERAL COMPANIES. AND SPENT MANY HOURS TALKING TO FOLKS ABOUT GOOD HEALTH AND HEALTHY FOODS AND HOW THEY COULD INCREASE THEIR HEALTH AND LONGEVITY. I GOT IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK FROM FOLKS WHO ENJOYED THESE FOOD SAMPLES. I MET MANY MANAGERS OF THE GROCERY STORES WHO SEEMED TO LIKE ME THERE.
ANOTHER BUSINESS I HAD WAS SPEAKING WEEKLY WITH A BUSINESS NETWORKING GROUP WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO EXPOSE OUR TYPE OF WORK BY SPEAKING TO MEMBERS AND GIVING THEM SOME SAMPLES. MY WORK WAS AS A LIFE COACH AND IT TOOK ME 3 YEARS TO COMPLETE A COACHING COURSE BY PHONE IN ORDER TO GAIN A COACHING DIPLOMA AFTER 3 YEARS. I ADVERTISED MY BY CALLING PHONE IN ORDER TO GAIN A COACHING DIPLOMA AFTER 3 YEARS. I ADVERTISED MY COACHING BY CALLING COMPANY PERSONNEL FOLKS; LEADING TALKS AT LIBRARIES AND FINDING PLACES AS THE BUSINESS MEETING PLACE TO SPEAK TO GROUPS. OTHER GROUPS I SPOKE TO WERE ROTARY CLUBS, LION'S CLUBS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS. THEY GAVE ME GOOD SELF ESTEEM TO MAKE INTERACTIVE PRESENTATIONS .
ANOTHER TYPE OF BUSINESS WAS SPEAKING TO GROUPS ABOUT THE NATIVE AMERICANS OF THIS AREA. I BECAME USED TO GIVING OUTDOOR LECTURES TO ELDERHOSTEL GROUPS AT AT A HEALDSBURG RANCH. I THEN DESIGNED SOME SLIDE SHOWS THAT WERE SIMILAR TO MY NATIVE AMERICAN TALKS. THEY INCLUDED PHOTOS OF VARIOUS TRIBES AND PLANTS THAT I INTRODUCED TO GROUPS. I GOT PAID BY LIBRARIES AND RETIREMENT HOMES, AND SOME NATIVE PLANT CLUBS TO SHOW MY SLIDE LECTURES. PEOPLE GREATLY APPRECIATED THEM.
EL SALVADAOR
EL SALVADOR IS THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED COUNTRY IN CENTRAL AMERICA. THEIR EUROPEAN INFLUENCES IN ARCHITECTURE OF THE COLONIAL CHURCHES, MUSEUMS, AND THEATRES ARE THROUGHOUT MOST OF EL SALVADOR.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT COSTUMES USED MOSTLY IN RELIGIOUS AND OTHER FESTIVALS. IN SOME OTHER TOWNS. THEY USE A SCAPULAR , A HEADSCARF AND THEY WEAR SANDALS WITH A COTTON SUIT OR JEANS.
THEY MAKE PUSAS WITH CERTITUDE, ATOLE, TOMALES, AND MAIZES, PASTRIES, MEAT AND FISH, CHEESE AND BUTTER, MANGOES AND COCONUT. THEY SPEAK CENTRAL MERIXAN SPANISH WITH PIPAL LANGUAGE. THERE IS NO OBLIGATION TO LEARN IT AND THE LANGUAGE IS MORE COMMONLY SPOKEN BY OLD PEOPLE. AMONGST THE LANGUAGE THAT EXIST COMMONLY SUCH ASJALCO AND PIPAL. ENGLISH IS SECOND. THEY STAR IN SOCCER AND FOOTBALL WITH VOLLEYBALL.
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HAS BEEN THE MOST PROMINENT INSTITUTION IN EL SALVADOR. SINCE COLONIAL TIMES. 75% HAD BECOME ROMAN CATHOLIC. THEY HAD MANY DIFFERENT CHURCHES HERE. 20% HAD UNKNOWN RELIGIONS, AND 40 % WERE EVANGELICANS.
EL SALVADOR HAS PUPRIL AND SPANISH INFLUENCES. THEY USE RELIGIOUS SONGS TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS AND OTHER HOLIDAYS. WITH FEAST DAYS OF SAINTS. SATIRICAL AND RURAL THEMES ARE COMMON. CUBAN, COLUMBIAN AND MEXICAN MUSIC HAS INFILTRATED THE COUNTRY WITH SALSA AND CUMBIA. SOME MUSIC USES MARIMBA, FLUTES, DRUMS, SCRAPERS, AND GOURDS, GUITARS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS. THEY ARE WELL KNOWN FOR FOLK DANCES.
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THERE ARE DIFFERENT COSTUMES USED MOSTLY IN RELIGIOUS AND OTHER FESTIVALS. IN SOME OTHER TOWNS. THEY USE A SCAPULAR , A HEADSCARF AND THEY WEAR SANDALS WITH A COTTON SUIT OR JEANS.
THEY MAKE PUSAS WITH CERTITUDE, ATOLE, TOMALES, AND MAIZES, PASTRIES, MEAT AND FISH, CHEESE AND BUTTER, MANGOES AND COCONUT. THEY SPEAK CENTRAL MERIXAN SPANISH WITH PIPAL LANGUAGE. THERE IS NO OBLIGATION TO LEARN IT AND THE LANGUAGE IS MORE COMMONLY SPOKEN BY OLD PEOPLE. AMONGST THE LANGUAGE THAT EXIST COMMONLY SUCH ASJALCO AND PIPAL. ENGLISH IS SECOND. THEY STAR IN SOCCER AND FOOTBALL WITH VOLLEYBALL.
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HAS BEEN THE MOST PROMINENT INSTITUTION IN EL SALVADOR. SINCE COLONIAL TIMES. 75% HAD BECOME ROMAN CATHOLIC. THEY HAD MANY DIFFERENT CHURCHES HERE. 20% HAD UNKNOWN RELIGIONS, AND 40 % WERE EVANGELICANS.
EL SALVADOR HAS PUPRIL AND SPANISH INFLUENCES. THEY USE RELIGIOUS SONGS TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS AND OTHER HOLIDAYS. WITH FEAST DAYS OF SAINTS. SATIRICAL AND RURAL THEMES ARE COMMON. CUBAN, COLUMBIAN AND MEXICAN MUSIC HAS INFILTRATED THE COUNTRY WITH SALSA AND CUMBIA. SOME MUSIC USES MARIMBA, FLUTES, DRUMS, SCRAPERS, AND GOURDS, GUITARS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS. THEY ARE WELL KNOWN FOR FOLK DANCES.
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Wednesday, September 11, 2013
CULTURE OF AZERBAJAN
AZERBAJAN HAS BEENINFLUENCED BY ISLAM AND EUROPEAN CULTURES ISLMIC AND EUROPEAN CULTURES. IRAN AND TURKEY HERITAGE ASN WELL ASRUSSIAN ARE DUE TO ITS FORMER STAUS AS A A SOVIET REPUBLIC. WESTERN INFLUENCEES ARE STRONG TODAY.
THIS COUNTRYT WAS FORMERLY NAMED ARAN. IT HAS DIVERSE ETHNICITIES END AT LEAST 8 MILLION PEOPLE. THESE FOLKS INHERITED VARIOUS TYPES OF ANCIENT PEOPLE AND CULTURAL ROOTS.
CUACASUIAN AZERBAUNS ARE BELIEVED TO BE EARLIEST IN HABITNTS OF THISD LAND ABOVE THE ARAS RIVER. BY 550 BC. THE SCYTHIAN IRANIANS BY 550 B C . THE SCYTHIAN IRANIANS ASSIMILATED HERE. SOME FOLKS HAS ASSIMILATED HERE. SOME FOLKS HAQD SCURMISHES AND SOME FOLKS WERE DEFEATED BY MUSLIMS. THERE WERE AZERBAIJAN HERE FOR CENTURIES UNDER SASSANID RULE. ARABS ABD KURDISH DYNASTIES WERE HERE AS WELL.
SOME FOLKS PRACTICED SUFI, A MYSTICAL DIMENSION OF ISLAM. SUFI IS REVEALED BY GABRIEL. THEY PURIFY THEIR INNER SELF AND BEAUTIFY THEMSELVES. THEY HAVE IRANIAN RELIGION. THAT ALL IS ZOROASTRRANIUS AND STRESSES THAT ALL IS GOOD AND NO EVIL IS FROM GOD. IT IS AN ANCIENT RELIGION. IN THE 1800'S THEY WERE DEFEATED BY RUSSIAN RULE. BY 1917 THE RUSSIAQN EMPIRE COLLAPSED AND WAS A GANJA IN MAY. BY THIS TIME THE QWOMEN GIVEN EQUAL POLITICAL RIGHTS WITH MEN.
THEY HAD MANY ANCIENT ARCHITECTURAL AND MANY TYPES OF WALLED CITIES. AND THEY SURVIVE IN MODERN COUNTRY OF AZERBAYAN.
THEY HAVE MEDIEVAL AND ARCHITECTURAL TREASURES REFLECTING TURKIC ROOTS IN PALACES. THEY BUILT MANY BRIDGES AND MONUMENTS. IRANIAN CULTURE INFLUENCED THESE FOLKS BY THEIR POETS AND BOOKS OF VARIOUS STORIES. TURKIC RULE TOOK POWER UNTIL 1500'S. THE SOVIETS TOOK CONTROL IN WW II. AFTER IRAN REGAINED CONTROL. BY 1900'S THEY HAD OUTDOOR MARKETS.
THE EARLIEST MAJOR TURKIC INCURSION BY THE 11TH CENTURY INFLUENCED THESE FOLKS. SO THAT MOST PEOPLE SPOKE TURKISH. IRANIANS ARRIVED IN THE 8TH CENTURY B.C. AT ONE TIME THESE FOLKS LANDS WERE KINGDOM. TODAY THEY HAVE LANGUAGE OF DARI, AZARI, PAHLAVI. AND OTHERS.
THE ABORIGINAL CHRISTIANS HAVE BEEN ASSIMILATED BY ANCIENT IRANIANS. IRNIAN PEAKING POPULATIONS FROMAZERBAJANARE GENETICALLY CLOSER TO THIS REPUBLIC. HISTPORICALLY THE TURKIC SPEAKERS ARE RELIGIOUS.
MANY AZERBS LIVE IN IRAN. 11 - 20 MILLION WITH 8 MILLION IN AZERB. THE MAJORITY ARE LITERATE. THEY HAVE BEEN DEEPLY IMPACTED BY WAR. THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION CAME IN 1979. THEY INTERMARRY AMONG UPPER AND LOWER CLASSES. THEY TRADE WITH IRAN. MANY FOLKS ARE BILINGUAL. SOME OF THEIR ARTISTS ARE SINGERS AND DANCERS. MANY DANCE FOLK DANCES. THEIR SINGING BARDS ARE CALLED ASHIQS AND THEY ARE FROM OLD DAYS. IRAN FORCED OPPOSITION TOWARD MUSIC!
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THIS COUNTRYT WAS FORMERLY NAMED ARAN. IT HAS DIVERSE ETHNICITIES END AT LEAST 8 MILLION PEOPLE. THESE FOLKS INHERITED VARIOUS TYPES OF ANCIENT PEOPLE AND CULTURAL ROOTS.
CUACASUIAN AZERBAUNS ARE BELIEVED TO BE EARLIEST IN HABITNTS OF THISD LAND ABOVE THE ARAS RIVER. BY 550 BC. THE SCYTHIAN IRANIANS BY 550 B C . THE SCYTHIAN IRANIANS ASSIMILATED HERE. SOME FOLKS HAS ASSIMILATED HERE. SOME FOLKS HAQD SCURMISHES AND SOME FOLKS WERE DEFEATED BY MUSLIMS. THERE WERE AZERBAIJAN HERE FOR CENTURIES UNDER SASSANID RULE. ARABS ABD KURDISH DYNASTIES WERE HERE AS WELL.
SOME FOLKS PRACTICED SUFI, A MYSTICAL DIMENSION OF ISLAM. SUFI IS REVEALED BY GABRIEL. THEY PURIFY THEIR INNER SELF AND BEAUTIFY THEMSELVES. THEY HAVE IRANIAN RELIGION. THAT ALL IS ZOROASTRRANIUS AND STRESSES THAT ALL IS GOOD AND NO EVIL IS FROM GOD. IT IS AN ANCIENT RELIGION. IN THE 1800'S THEY WERE DEFEATED BY RUSSIAN RULE. BY 1917 THE RUSSIAQN EMPIRE COLLAPSED AND WAS A GANJA IN MAY. BY THIS TIME THE QWOMEN GIVEN EQUAL POLITICAL RIGHTS WITH MEN.
THEY HAD MANY ANCIENT ARCHITECTURAL AND MANY TYPES OF WALLED CITIES. AND THEY SURVIVE IN MODERN COUNTRY OF AZERBAYAN.
THEY HAVE MEDIEVAL AND ARCHITECTURAL TREASURES REFLECTING TURKIC ROOTS IN PALACES. THEY BUILT MANY BRIDGES AND MONUMENTS. IRANIAN CULTURE INFLUENCED THESE FOLKS BY THEIR POETS AND BOOKS OF VARIOUS STORIES. TURKIC RULE TOOK POWER UNTIL 1500'S. THE SOVIETS TOOK CONTROL IN WW II. AFTER IRAN REGAINED CONTROL. BY 1900'S THEY HAD OUTDOOR MARKETS.
THE EARLIEST MAJOR TURKIC INCURSION BY THE 11TH CENTURY INFLUENCED THESE FOLKS. SO THAT MOST PEOPLE SPOKE TURKISH. IRANIANS ARRIVED IN THE 8TH CENTURY B.C. AT ONE TIME THESE FOLKS LANDS WERE KINGDOM. TODAY THEY HAVE LANGUAGE OF DARI, AZARI, PAHLAVI. AND OTHERS.
THE ABORIGINAL CHRISTIANS HAVE BEEN ASSIMILATED BY ANCIENT IRANIANS. IRNIAN PEAKING POPULATIONS FROMAZERBAJANARE GENETICALLY CLOSER TO THIS REPUBLIC. HISTPORICALLY THE TURKIC SPEAKERS ARE RELIGIOUS.
MANY AZERBS LIVE IN IRAN. 11 - 20 MILLION WITH 8 MILLION IN AZERB. THE MAJORITY ARE LITERATE. THEY HAVE BEEN DEEPLY IMPACTED BY WAR. THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION CAME IN 1979. THEY INTERMARRY AMONG UPPER AND LOWER CLASSES. THEY TRADE WITH IRAN. MANY FOLKS ARE BILINGUAL. SOME OF THEIR ARTISTS ARE SINGERS AND DANCERS. MANY DANCE FOLK DANCES. THEIR SINGING BARDS ARE CALLED ASHIQS AND THEY ARE FROM OLD DAYS. IRAN FORCED OPPOSITION TOWARD MUSIC!
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Monday, September 9, 2013
SINGING TO FEEL GOOD
AT MY CHURCH I ATTENDED A SESSION THAT SAID TO HAVE GOOD FEELINGS WHEN WE SING. THE INTENTION WAS TO SING A SONG THAT MAKES YOU FEEL THAT YOU ARE IN GOOD SPIRITS. THAT MORNING WE DID SOME INDIAN CHANTING. I MET A YOUNG GUY WHO DRUMMED AND HE SAID HE HAD LIVED CHEAPLY IN INDIA FOR 5 YEARS. IT WAS INEXPENSIVE AND PEOPLE ARE FRIENDLY. WE DID NOT TRANSLATE AND PEOPLE ARE FRIENDLY . WE DID NOT TRANSLATE THE INDIAN SONGS BUT THEY WERE VERY REPETITIVE. THE NIGHT SESSION WAS ABOUT HOW TO HAVE A GOOD FEELING SINGING IN YOUR CAR! THAT WOULD GOOD AS MANY COMMERCIALS ARE ON THE RADIO. OR YOU COULD SINGALONG WITH A CD IF YOU HAVE IT.
UKRAINE ATTRACTION
UKRAINE ATTRACTIONS ARE VIVID AND RICH IN CULTURE... THEY HAVE MUCH TO OFFER TOURISTS AND MANY LOVELY INSIGHTS AND TRADITIONAL SOUNDS WITH FLAVOR AND UNIQUE SMELLS. THEY HAVE A WIDE NUMBER OF ATTRACTIONS SUCH AS THE WAY SOPHIA CATHEDRAL AND MONASTERY. BUILT DURING THE 11TH CENTURY. THEY HAVE MANY MUSLIMS OF HISTORY AND ARTS AND CRAFTS.
ODESSA IS WELL KNOWN FOR POTEMKIN STAIRWAY WITH 192 STEPS. IT HAS AN OPERA HOUSE. THEY HAVE MANY FORTRESSES AROUND THEIR PARKS. AND TOWNS. THEY HAVE A MONASTERY RELIGION CENTER WITH UNDERGROUND CAVE'S. KYLE PERCHESCHEK IS A UNIQUE UNESCO MONUMENT CALLED ST SOPHIA.
AN ADVENTUROUS TRIP TO HOVERIG MT IS ON THE HIGH MOUNTAIN IN UKAINE. THEY HAVE TAILS TO THE PRUIT RIVER WATERFALLS.
OLESCOIS THE MOST POPULAR CASTLE IN ONE REGION IN OLESKOO. SOME CASTLES HAVE DEFENSIVE BUILDINGS OF CUT ROCK. SOME OF THEIR CHURCHES ARE DATED TO THE 14TH CENTURY AND SOME DATE TO THE 17TH CENTURY.
THEY HAVE HISTORIC SETTLEMENTS DATING TO THE 8TH AND 11TH CENTURIES - OLD MONASTERIES ARE LOCATED IN THE CAVES, SOME ARE ON HILLS.
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ODESSA IS WELL KNOWN FOR POTEMKIN STAIRWAY WITH 192 STEPS. IT HAS AN OPERA HOUSE. THEY HAVE MANY FORTRESSES AROUND THEIR PARKS. AND TOWNS. THEY HAVE A MONASTERY RELIGION CENTER WITH UNDERGROUND CAVE'S. KYLE PERCHESCHEK IS A UNIQUE UNESCO MONUMENT CALLED ST SOPHIA.
AN ADVENTUROUS TRIP TO HOVERIG MT IS ON THE HIGH MOUNTAIN IN UKAINE. THEY HAVE TAILS TO THE PRUIT RIVER WATERFALLS.
OLESCOIS THE MOST POPULAR CASTLE IN ONE REGION IN OLESKOO. SOME CASTLES HAVE DEFENSIVE BUILDINGS OF CUT ROCK. SOME OF THEIR CHURCHES ARE DATED TO THE 14TH CENTURY AND SOME DATE TO THE 17TH CENTURY.
THEY HAVE HISTORIC SETTLEMENTS DATING TO THE 8TH AND 11TH CENTURIES - OLD MONASTERIES ARE LOCATED IN THE CAVES, SOME ARE ON HILLS.
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Friday, September 6, 2013
BEAR VALLEY, POINT REYES
I HIKED ONE DAY AT BEAR VALLEY WHEN I WAS WANTING TO HIKE IN THE MORNING. I HEADED OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY AND FINALLY FOUND MYSELF IN POINT REYES. IT WAS PRETTY CROWDED BUT NOT ON THE TRAIL.I FOUND OUT IT WAS ONLY 4 MILES TO THE OCEAN ROCK AND 4 MI8LES BACK. I TOOK IT EASY AND I MET SOME NICE PEOPLE. IT WAS IN A FORESTED AREA WITH SOME NICE TREES AND THE BEAR CREEK WAS RUNNING. MANY PEOPLE DID NOT HAVE ADEQUATE SHOES TO HIKE THE ENTIRE WAY. THEY WERE ONLY GOING TO ENJOY THE REDWOODS. WE HAD SEEN ELK THERE MANAY TIMES BEFORE. THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE THEREWHO WERE RIDING THEIR BIKES AND ENJOYING THE SCENERY AT A FAST SPEED.
THIS IS IN COAST MIWOK TERRITORY AND IT MANY ROOTS AND NATIVE PLANTS THAT WERE USED FOR HEALING. MANY FOLKS WERE SPENDING A DAY OR SO OVERNIGHT! IT HAS A PLEASANT TRAIL WITH A SPECIAL BLUFF AT THE OCEAN TO VIEW THE SEA.
THIS IS IN COAST MIWOK TERRITORY AND IT MANY ROOTS AND NATIVE PLANTS THAT WERE USED FOR HEALING. MANY FOLKS WERE SPENDING A DAY OR SO OVERNIGHT! IT HAS A PLEASANT TRAIL WITH A SPECIAL BLUFF AT THE OCEAN TO VIEW THE SEA.
BULGARIA CULTURE
A NUMBER OF ANCIENT CULTURES WERE THE BULGARS. THEY HAVE A RICH HERITAGE OF FOLK MUSIC IN THE WORLD. THESE ARTIFACTS INCLUDE TOMBS AND TREASURES. THE ARTIFACTS INCLUDE TRACES OF THEIR MUSIC AND ARCHITECTURE. THEY PERFORM MANY RITUALS THAT ARE KEPT ALIVE IN MODERN BULGARIA. THE OLDEST TREASURE OF GOLD IS THE WORLD DATES BACK TO THE 5TH MILLENNIUM B.C. AND IT COMES FROM THE NECROPOLIS. DURING MIDDLE AGES BULGARIA ALSO GAVE THE WORLD THE CAZRILLIC SCRIPT. THE SECOND MOST WIDELY USED ALPHABET. THEY HAVE MANY MUSICAL TRADITIONS WITH HISTORIANS. ONE OF THE EARLIEST COMPOSERS OF BULGARIA WAS YOAN KUKUZEL WHO WAS FAMOUS FOR HIS WORK. THEY HAVE A TRADITION OF CHURCH SINGING IN BULGARIA. ORTHODOX MUSIC IS ALIVE AND IS PERFORMED AT CONCERTS BY CHOIR SOLOISTS.
BULGARIAN FOLK MUSIC IS UNIQUE WITH THEM AS OF UNUSUAL MEASURES AND COMPLEX HARMONIES. THEY USED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS SUCH AS ZUMBA OR WOODWIND AND A DRUM. THE GAIDA OF BULGARIA IS A LONG SYMBOL OF THE COUNTRY AND IS MORE WELL KNOWN IN THE COUNTRY. THE BAG IS OF GOAT SKIN AND HAS A HORN ON IT. DANCES HAVE COMPLEX RHYTHMS AND MOST ARE CIRCLE DANCES. THEY PLAY AND DANCE TO FOLK MUSIC. SOME TROUPES ARE WORLD FAMOUS . AFTER 1870'S THEY HAD A WAR AND SEVERAL CONFLICTS. BY 1990 THE COMMUNIST PARTY TOOK OVER. THEY HAVE 7.36 MILLION PEOPLE. THEY HAVE HEAVY INDUSTRY POWER - ENGINEERING.
THEIR PREHISTORY DATES TO TO 1.4 MILLION YEARS AGO! SOME FOLKS LATER MADE GOLD COINS AND JEWELRY OVER 6000 YEARS AGO. THEY HAD MANY BATTLES AND CONQUESTS THE BALKAN MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY. THE SOUTHWEST OF THE COUNTRY REACHES THE BLACK SEA. THEY HAVE THE HIGHEST PENINSULA. BULGARIA HAS A MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE. THAT HAS MANY VARIANCES DURING DIFFERENT YEARS.. THEIR POPULATION OF EAGLES IS GROWING.
THEY OPENED AN ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING PLANT IN JUNE THEY HAVE 3 NATIONAL PARKS AND 17 RESERVES. THEY HAVE SOME OF THE OLDEST OAK AND PINE TREES IN THE WORLD. THEY HAVE MANY BEARS AND JACKALS.
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BULGARIAN FOLK MUSIC IS UNIQUE WITH THEM AS OF UNUSUAL MEASURES AND COMPLEX HARMONIES. THEY USED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS SUCH AS ZUMBA OR WOODWIND AND A DRUM. THE GAIDA OF BULGARIA IS A LONG SYMBOL OF THE COUNTRY AND IS MORE WELL KNOWN IN THE COUNTRY. THE BAG IS OF GOAT SKIN AND HAS A HORN ON IT. DANCES HAVE COMPLEX RHYTHMS AND MOST ARE CIRCLE DANCES. THEY PLAY AND DANCE TO FOLK MUSIC. SOME TROUPES ARE WORLD FAMOUS . AFTER 1870'S THEY HAD A WAR AND SEVERAL CONFLICTS. BY 1990 THE COMMUNIST PARTY TOOK OVER. THEY HAVE 7.36 MILLION PEOPLE. THEY HAVE HEAVY INDUSTRY POWER - ENGINEERING.
THEIR PREHISTORY DATES TO TO 1.4 MILLION YEARS AGO! SOME FOLKS LATER MADE GOLD COINS AND JEWELRY OVER 6000 YEARS AGO. THEY HAD MANY BATTLES AND CONQUESTS THE BALKAN MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY. THE SOUTHWEST OF THE COUNTRY REACHES THE BLACK SEA. THEY HAVE THE HIGHEST PENINSULA. BULGARIA HAS A MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE. THAT HAS MANY VARIANCES DURING DIFFERENT YEARS.. THEIR POPULATION OF EAGLES IS GROWING.
THEY OPENED AN ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING PLANT IN JUNE THEY HAVE 3 NATIONAL PARKS AND 17 RESERVES. THEY HAVE SOME OF THE OLDEST OAK AND PINE TREES IN THE WORLD. THEY HAVE MANY BEARS AND JACKALS.
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