GERMAN CULTURE THE RISE OF THE STATE SPANNED THE ENTIRE THE ENTIRE GERMAN SPEAKING WORLD. TODAY IT HAS MANY CULTURAL ASPECTS -THEATRES, ORCHESTRAS, MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES.
THEY HAVE 23 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES IN GERMANY.ABOUT 100 MILLION NATIVE SPEAKERS AND 80 MILLION NON NATIVE SPEAKERS. TWENTY SEVEN % OF THE FOLKS SPEAK TWO LANGUAGES.
THE RISE OF THE NATURAL SCIENCES AND DECLINE OF RELIGION RAISED QUESTIONS IN GERMAN PHILOSOPHY. THESE CONCERNED RELATIONSHIPS OF KNOWLEDGE , FAITH, AND ETHICAL WAYS OF SEEING THE WOLD. BY 1810THE UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN WAS FOUNDED BY A PHILOSOPHER AND INFLUENCED WESTERN UNIVERSITIES. .
IN MUSIC GERMANY CLAIMS SOME OF THE MOST RENEWED COMPOSERS - BACH, MOZART, BEETHOVEN AND ROMANTIC MUSIC. THE NAZI ERA PRODUCED PROPAGANDA FILMS. THEY HAVE MANY ROCK FESTIVALS. BY 1970 THEIR CAPITA, BERLIN, WAS THRIVING. IT HAS MANY OPERA HOUSES AND CINEMAS..
GERMAN TV IS THE LARGEST IN EUROPE. THIS ISA WHERE SOME OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST MEDIA CONGLOMERATES ARE PRODUCING MARKETS FOR TV, BOOKS AND NEWSPAPERS.
GERMAN GOVERNMENT HAS LIMITED RESPONSIBILITIES WITH 61% OF GERMAN POPULATION BEING CHRISTIANS, 31% ARE CATHOLICS. THEY HAVE MANY JEWS.
THERE ARE MANY FAMOUS INVENTORS AND SCIENTISTS WHO ARE CREDITED HERE. HANS GEIGER, KONRAD ZUSE, ZEPPELIN, AND AND VON BRAUN. EINSTEIN WAS CRUCIAL TO FOUNDING PRINCIPALS OF PHYSICS AMONG OTHERS.
GERMANY AND BAVARIA SHARE A CULINARY CUISINE SIMILAR TO AUSTRIA. PORK IS USED FOR MANY DISHES. GERMANY MAKES 1500 VARIETIES OF SAUSAGE. THEY LIKE TO EAT LARGE BREAKFASTS. THEY MAKE OVER 3OO TYPES OF BREAD IN BAKERIES. GERMANY USED MANY ADOPTED INTERNATIONAL CUISINES. BEER DRINKING HERE IS VERY POPULAR. THEY LIKE WATCHING SPORTS CARS. PORCHE HAS WON 24 HOURS OF LE MANS, AND OTHER ENDURANCE RACES.
THEIR SOCIETY TODAY HAS MANY IDENTITIES. THEY HAVE MANY ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLES AND HAVE VARIOUS IMMIGRANTS. THE GERMANS EMERGED FROM MIDDLES AGES. ORIGINALLY PART OF ROMAN EMPIRE EMERGED HERE IN 1648, AFTER 30 YEARS OF WAR IN 1618 TO 1648 THIS WAR RUINED OVER 20 MILLION FOLKS. AFTER THIS WAR GERMANY BECAME DIVIDED INTO INDEPENDENT STATES.
AFTER THIER FRENCH REVOLUTION AND WARS FROM 1803 TO 1815, NATIONALISM CLASHED WITH REACTION. IN 1848 THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION MODERNIZED THE GERMANY ECONOMY. THEN BERLIN GREW IN POWER. GERMAN UNIVERSITY BECAME WORLD CLASS CENTERS FOR SCIENTISTS AND MUSIC AND ARTS FLOURISHED.
IN THE 30'S DEPRESSION HIT GERMANY HARD. ADOLF HITLER IN 33 CAME TO POWER AND TOOK CONTROL OF TWO OTHER NEARBY COUNTRIES INITIATING WW II. HITLER INVADED RUSSIA AND THAT WAS A STRETCH FOR HIM. IT BECAME A HOLOCAUST AND KILLING 6 MILLION JEWS AND 5 MILLION POLES AND SOVIETS.U.S. ENTERED THIS WAR AND THE GERMAN ARMY COLLAPSED IN 1945!
GERMANY WAS SPLIT INTO DEMOCRATIC WEST GERMANY AND COMMUNIST EAST GERMANY. MANY FLED TO THE WEST.
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Thursday, June 27, 2013
CULTURE OF VIETNAM
THIS CULTURE IS SOMEWHAT LIKE CHINA AND THEY EAT PLENTY OF RICE. THIS CULTURE IS ONE OF THE OLDEST IN EAST ASIA. IT HAS CONFUSION WITH SOCIAL AND MORAL ETHNICS.
BY THE 10TH CENTURY VIETNAM BEGAN INDEPENDENCE FROM CHINA AND A SOUTHERN EXPANSION OF TERRITORIES FROM CHINA FORMERLY BELONGING TO CHAMPA. THE CULTURAL LIFE HAS BEEN DEEPLY CONTROLLED BY GOVERNMENT. EMPHASIS WAS PLACED ON SHARING THE CULTURE OF COMMUNIST NATIONS. BY THE 1990'S VIETNAM HAS SEEN A GREATER RE EXPOSURE TO ASIA. ANCESTOR
VENERATION AND RESPECT FOR COMMUNITY AND FAMILY VALUES AND HANDICRAFTS ARE IMPORTANT TO VIETNAMESE AS DRAGONS, TURTLES, LOTUSES AND BAMBOO.
HUMAN CHESS IS PLAYED BY PEOPLE IN AN OUTDOOR FIELD. THE SQUARES ARE IN THE GRASS. IT IS LIKE CHINESE CHESS. THEY HAVE CANNONS AND GUARDS.
THE VIETNAM HAVE MANY LANGUAGES AND THEIR VILLAGE OR COUNTRY ARE IMPORTANT. KINSHIP PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN VIETNAM. UNLIKE WESTERN CULTURE, VIETNAM CULTURES VALUE CLAN OVER FAMILY AND CHINESE FAMILY OVER CLAN.
THEIR WEDDINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT EVENTS IN WHICH THEY CELEBRATE EASTERN ELEMENTS, IN THE PAST MARRIAGES WERE ARRANGED BY PARENTS AND EXTENDED FAMILY. THEY HAVE 2 MAIN CEREMONIES. THE BETROTHAL CEREMONY IS BEFORE THE WEDDING AND HER FAMILY.GETS BOXES, THE PRESENTS ARE NUTS, LEAVES, CAKE, FRUIT AND DOLLARS. THE PRESENTS ARE COVERED WITH PAPER ON CLOTH. FOR THE WEDDING CEREMONY
THE RELATIVES GO TO THE BRIDES HOUSE FOR ASKING PERMISSION TO BRING BRIDE TO GROOM'S HOUSE. THE COUPLE ASKS THEIR ANCESTORS FOR MARRIAGE PERMISSION.
DURING THEIR FUNERAL THEY HOLD A WAKE AND THE FAMILY WASHES THE DECEASED AND IS LAID ON A GRASS MAT AND IN A COFFIN. ALL FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE INVOLVED IN TAKING THE BODY TO A BURIAL GROUND. THE FAMILY BRINGS RICE TO THE FAMILY FOR 50 DAYS. AFTER ONE YEAR THE CEREMONY IS AN ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR DEATH. AT THIS TIME A MONK PERFORMS A BLESSING OF THEIR FAMILY, AND PUTS THEM INTO A TRANCE AND OPENS A WAY FOR THE DECEASED. AFTER 100 DAYS THE DEAD MAY BE ABLE TO POSSESS THE BODY OF A FAMILY MEMBER. THEY PRAY FOR 6 HOURS AND THEY BURN A PAPER
THEIR RELIGION IS OF EASTERN ASIAN MIX WITH SOME CATHOLICISM. SOME BELIEVE IN NATIVE ANIMISM.
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BY THE 10TH CENTURY VIETNAM BEGAN INDEPENDENCE FROM CHINA AND A SOUTHERN EXPANSION OF TERRITORIES FROM CHINA FORMERLY BELONGING TO CHAMPA. THE CULTURAL LIFE HAS BEEN DEEPLY CONTROLLED BY GOVERNMENT. EMPHASIS WAS PLACED ON SHARING THE CULTURE OF COMMUNIST NATIONS. BY THE 1990'S VIETNAM HAS SEEN A GREATER RE EXPOSURE TO ASIA. ANCESTOR
VENERATION AND RESPECT FOR COMMUNITY AND FAMILY VALUES AND HANDICRAFTS ARE IMPORTANT TO VIETNAMESE AS DRAGONS, TURTLES, LOTUSES AND BAMBOO.
HUMAN CHESS IS PLAYED BY PEOPLE IN AN OUTDOOR FIELD. THE SQUARES ARE IN THE GRASS. IT IS LIKE CHINESE CHESS. THEY HAVE CANNONS AND GUARDS.
THE VIETNAM HAVE MANY LANGUAGES AND THEIR VILLAGE OR COUNTRY ARE IMPORTANT. KINSHIP PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN VIETNAM. UNLIKE WESTERN CULTURE, VIETNAM CULTURES VALUE CLAN OVER FAMILY AND CHINESE FAMILY OVER CLAN.
THEIR WEDDINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT EVENTS IN WHICH THEY CELEBRATE EASTERN ELEMENTS, IN THE PAST MARRIAGES WERE ARRANGED BY PARENTS AND EXTENDED FAMILY. THEY HAVE 2 MAIN CEREMONIES. THE BETROTHAL CEREMONY IS BEFORE THE WEDDING AND HER FAMILY.GETS BOXES, THE PRESENTS ARE NUTS, LEAVES, CAKE, FRUIT AND DOLLARS. THE PRESENTS ARE COVERED WITH PAPER ON CLOTH. FOR THE WEDDING CEREMONY
THE RELATIVES GO TO THE BRIDES HOUSE FOR ASKING PERMISSION TO BRING BRIDE TO GROOM'S HOUSE. THE COUPLE ASKS THEIR ANCESTORS FOR MARRIAGE PERMISSION.
DURING THEIR FUNERAL THEY HOLD A WAKE AND THE FAMILY WASHES THE DECEASED AND IS LAID ON A GRASS MAT AND IN A COFFIN. ALL FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE INVOLVED IN TAKING THE BODY TO A BURIAL GROUND. THE FAMILY BRINGS RICE TO THE FAMILY FOR 50 DAYS. AFTER ONE YEAR THE CEREMONY IS AN ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR DEATH. AT THIS TIME A MONK PERFORMS A BLESSING OF THEIR FAMILY, AND PUTS THEM INTO A TRANCE AND OPENS A WAY FOR THE DECEASED. AFTER 100 DAYS THE DEAD MAY BE ABLE TO POSSESS THE BODY OF A FAMILY MEMBER. THEY PRAY FOR 6 HOURS AND THEY BURN A PAPER
THEIR RELIGION IS OF EASTERN ASIAN MIX WITH SOME CATHOLICISM. SOME BELIEVE IN NATIVE ANIMISM.
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
MEXICAN RESTAURANTS I'VE EATEN AT
MEXICAN RESTAURANTS I'VE EATEN AT ARE EITHER WITH WHOLE WHEAT TORTILLAS AND HAVE SOME FREE RANGE CHICKEN, RICE AND BEANS OR FLAUTAS. OTHERS HAVE WHEAT OR OR CORN TORTILLAS, OR HAVE FLAUTAS. SOME HAVE QUESADILLAS OR SOME KIND OF CHICKEN BURRITO, AND OR BREAKFAST HUEVOS RANCHEROS.
EATING AT A CHINESE RESTAURANT
ONE CHINESE RESTAURANT I ATE AT HAD SOME UNUSUAL FISH CRAB LEGS, TAPIA, AND OTHER FISH. SOME OF IT WAS SPICY. THEY HAD VARIOUS ETHNIC PEOPLE HERE WHO WERE SHOWING ME HOW TO EAT THIS FOOD. I TASTED THEIR CORN AND A RICE DISH, WITH SOME OTHER FISH SALAD. I BEGAN TO GET FULL. THEN THEY HAD WATERMELON AND VARIOUS MELONS. IT WAS AN ALL YOU CAN EAT RESTAURANT. SOME FOLKS ATE ONLY FISH AND ICE CREAM ONE CHINESE LADY SAID SHE HAD TO WORK 6 DAYS A WEEK.
ANOTHER CHINESE RESTAURANT I HAVE EATEN AT IS ALSO ALL YOU CAN EAT OR JUST WHATEVER YOU WANT. THEY HAVE A LARGE BUFFET AND A CHEF WHO DOES STIR FRY. THEY ALSO HAVE FISH OR WHATEVER YOU WANT.
ANOTHER CHINESE RESTAURANT I HAVE EATEN AT IS ALSO ALL YOU CAN EAT OR JUST WHATEVER YOU WANT. THEY HAVE A LARGE BUFFET AND A CHEF WHO DOES STIR FRY. THEY ALSO HAVE FISH OR WHATEVER YOU WANT.
EATING AT AN EASTERN INDIAN RESTAURANT
AT AN EASTERN INDIAN RESTAURANT I EXPERIENCED BELLY DANCERS AND OTHERS OF EASTERN INDIANS ENJOYING SPICY FOODS AND WHITE RICE WITH FORK AND CHICKEN. THEY DO NOT EAT BEEF. HOWEVER, I HAVE HEARD THEY HAD GREAT FOOD. ANOTHER EASTERN INDIAN RESTAURANT WAS BETTER. BOTH HAD SPICY FOOD, BUT VERY DIFFERENT SPICES. IT ALSO HAD SLIGHTLY LARGER PORTIONS. THE ATMOSPHERE WAS CLEANER BUT LACKED BELLY DANCERS. THEY HAD INTERESTING DESERTS.
CHINESE CULTURE
THE CHINESE CULTURE IS THE WORLD'S OLDEST CULTURE. THEY HAVE 56 DISTINCT ETHNIC GROUPS AND HAN CHINESE ARE THE LARGEST GROUP. THE HAN HAVE THE REGIONAL TRADITIONS. EACH REGION HAS THREE ANCESTRAL ITEMS. THEY HAVE CHINESE PROVERBS SUCH AS THE WIND.
EACH DISTRICT COVERS A LARGE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA AND IS DIVIDED INTO SUBCULTURES. ANCIENT CITIES HAVE SPECIFIC DISTRICTS.
DIFFERENT PERIODS HISTORY WERE ORGANIZED INTO HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM OF C;LASSES. THE VALUES WERE FROM TAOISM AND CONFUCIANISM IS THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF IMPERIAL CHINA AND WAS ENTRY INTO BUREAUCRACY.
EXAMINATIONS AND A CULTURE OF MERIT REMAIN VALUED IN CHINA TODAY. DURING THE 20TH CENTURY THEY'RE EXPERIMENTING WITH ALL NEW SYSTEMS FOR ORGANIZATIONS. THEY HAVE MANY DIALECTS IN REGIONS.
CHINESE RELIGION WORSHIPS A SUPREME GOD. SHANG DI IN VARIOUS DYNASTIES IS REVELED. MUCH OF THEIR CULTURE WAS BASED ON THE NOTION THAT A SPIRITUAL WORLD EXISTS. THEY HAVE A BLURRED LINE BETWEEN MYTH, RELIGION AND OTHER PHENOMENON. THEY HAVE MANY DEITIES - LIKE BUDDHA. THEY HAVE OTHER CO0NVEPTS. ALONG WITH THE BELIEF THAT THERE IS SOMETHING HOLY AND SOMETHING EVIL. SOME FORTUNE TELLING RITUALS ARE IN USE TODAY AFTER 1000'S OF YEARS. THE ERA OF ZHOU DYNASTY IS OFTEN PART OF CHINESE CULTURAL DYNASTY.
THEY HAVE A WRITTEN MANY INTELLECTUAL STUDIES COVERED WITH SUBJECTS SUCH AS ASTROLOGY, CALENDERS, CONSTELLATIONS AND POETRY. CHINESE CONCEPTS SUCH AS YIN AND YANG AND PILLARS OF DESTINY IN RELATION WERE HEAVEN AND EARTH. THEY WERE THEORIZED IN DYNAMIC PERIODS.
BY THE 20TH CENTURY MILLIONS HERE WERE ILLITERATE. TODAY THEY HAVE MANY DIFFERENT DIALECTS AMONG THE REGION. PEOPLE FROM VARIOUS REGIONS DON'T UNDERSTAND ONE ANOTHER.
CHINESE MUSIC DATES BACK TO WHEN THEIR CIVILIZATION STARTED. ARTIFACTS OF WELL DOCUMENTED CHINESE MUSIC WAS FOR ZHOU DYNASTY 1122 B.C. THEY USED MANY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS INTEGRAL TO CHINESE CULTURE. SUCH AS THE OCARINA, A CERAMIC OR BONE INSTRUMENT FOR WIND. ZITHER WITH A MOVABLE BRIDGE, A FLUTE, FIDDLE, AND MANY OTHERS.
THIS SOCIETY HAD MANY MARTIAL ARTS. THEY ARE GIVEN THE NAME KUNG FU. THESE ARTS STARTED AFTER SURVIVAL PURPOSES, MORE THAN ART. SOME HAVE CHANGED AND OTHERS HAVE NOT. THERE ARE SOME FAMOUS MARTIAL ARTISTS.
DIFFERENT CLASSES HAD VARIOUS CLOTHES- YELLOW OR RED AND IT IS RESERVED FOR THE EMPEROR OR HIGH SOCIAL CLASSES. MANY SYMBOLS AS THE PHOENIX WERE DECORATIVE AS WELL AS ECONOMIC. DURING THE QING DYNASTY THERE WAS A DRAMATIC SHIFT IN CLOTHING OCCURRED. THEY USE MANY SYMBOLS SUCH AS A PHOENIX.
THEIR ARCHITECTURE IS OVER 2000 YEARS OLD. IT HAS BEEN A HALLMARK OF THEIR CULTURE. THEY LIKE SYMMETRY AND A SENSE OF GREATNESS TO THEIR PALACES.
CHINESE FOOD COMES FROM THE PRACTICE OF THE DYNASTIC PERIOD. EMPERORS HOSTED 100 DISHES PER MEAL. MANY STAFF AND CONCUBINES DID FOOD PREP. THEY MADE SUZHOU WITH RICE, SHRIMP, EGGPLANT, FERMENTED TOFU, VEGI STIR FRY, VEGETABLE DUCK WITH MEAT BAMBOO.
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EACH DISTRICT COVERS A LARGE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA AND IS DIVIDED INTO SUBCULTURES. ANCIENT CITIES HAVE SPECIFIC DISTRICTS.
DIFFERENT PERIODS HISTORY WERE ORGANIZED INTO HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM OF C;LASSES. THE VALUES WERE FROM TAOISM AND CONFUCIANISM IS THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF IMPERIAL CHINA AND WAS ENTRY INTO BUREAUCRACY.
EXAMINATIONS AND A CULTURE OF MERIT REMAIN VALUED IN CHINA TODAY. DURING THE 20TH CENTURY THEY'RE EXPERIMENTING WITH ALL NEW SYSTEMS FOR ORGANIZATIONS. THEY HAVE MANY DIALECTS IN REGIONS.
CHINESE RELIGION WORSHIPS A SUPREME GOD. SHANG DI IN VARIOUS DYNASTIES IS REVELED. MUCH OF THEIR CULTURE WAS BASED ON THE NOTION THAT A SPIRITUAL WORLD EXISTS. THEY HAVE A BLURRED LINE BETWEEN MYTH, RELIGION AND OTHER PHENOMENON. THEY HAVE MANY DEITIES - LIKE BUDDHA. THEY HAVE OTHER CO0NVEPTS. ALONG WITH THE BELIEF THAT THERE IS SOMETHING HOLY AND SOMETHING EVIL. SOME FORTUNE TELLING RITUALS ARE IN USE TODAY AFTER 1000'S OF YEARS. THE ERA OF ZHOU DYNASTY IS OFTEN PART OF CHINESE CULTURAL DYNASTY.
THEY HAVE A WRITTEN MANY INTELLECTUAL STUDIES COVERED WITH SUBJECTS SUCH AS ASTROLOGY, CALENDERS, CONSTELLATIONS AND POETRY. CHINESE CONCEPTS SUCH AS YIN AND YANG AND PILLARS OF DESTINY IN RELATION WERE HEAVEN AND EARTH. THEY WERE THEORIZED IN DYNAMIC PERIODS.
BY THE 20TH CENTURY MILLIONS HERE WERE ILLITERATE. TODAY THEY HAVE MANY DIFFERENT DIALECTS AMONG THE REGION. PEOPLE FROM VARIOUS REGIONS DON'T UNDERSTAND ONE ANOTHER.
CHINESE MUSIC DATES BACK TO WHEN THEIR CIVILIZATION STARTED. ARTIFACTS OF WELL DOCUMENTED CHINESE MUSIC WAS FOR ZHOU DYNASTY 1122 B.C. THEY USED MANY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS INTEGRAL TO CHINESE CULTURE. SUCH AS THE OCARINA, A CERAMIC OR BONE INSTRUMENT FOR WIND. ZITHER WITH A MOVABLE BRIDGE, A FLUTE, FIDDLE, AND MANY OTHERS.
THIS SOCIETY HAD MANY MARTIAL ARTS. THEY ARE GIVEN THE NAME KUNG FU. THESE ARTS STARTED AFTER SURVIVAL PURPOSES, MORE THAN ART. SOME HAVE CHANGED AND OTHERS HAVE NOT. THERE ARE SOME FAMOUS MARTIAL ARTISTS.
DIFFERENT CLASSES HAD VARIOUS CLOTHES- YELLOW OR RED AND IT IS RESERVED FOR THE EMPEROR OR HIGH SOCIAL CLASSES. MANY SYMBOLS AS THE PHOENIX WERE DECORATIVE AS WELL AS ECONOMIC. DURING THE QING DYNASTY THERE WAS A DRAMATIC SHIFT IN CLOTHING OCCURRED. THEY USE MANY SYMBOLS SUCH AS A PHOENIX.
THEIR ARCHITECTURE IS OVER 2000 YEARS OLD. IT HAS BEEN A HALLMARK OF THEIR CULTURE. THEY LIKE SYMMETRY AND A SENSE OF GREATNESS TO THEIR PALACES.
CHINESE FOOD COMES FROM THE PRACTICE OF THE DYNASTIC PERIOD. EMPERORS HOSTED 100 DISHES PER MEAL. MANY STAFF AND CONCUBINES DID FOOD PREP. THEY MADE SUZHOU WITH RICE, SHRIMP, EGGPLANT, FERMENTED TOFU, VEGI STIR FRY, VEGETABLE DUCK WITH MEAT BAMBOO.
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MY DAY AT PETALUMA FAIR
I DECIDED TO GO PETALUMA AND TAKE A DAY OFF. IT WAS AN INTERESTING FAIR AND IT WAS COLD AND WINDY COMPARED TO SANTA ROSA. THEY HAD A SPECIAL DOG ACT WHERE 12 DOGS CAUGHT FRISBEES THROWN IN THE AIR. IT WAS NOT CROWDED THAT DAY. THEY HAD A MAP OF THE GROUNDS AND I HAD TO ASK ABOUT TO FIND CERTAIN SPECIAL AGRICULTURAL FAIR EXHIBITS. ONE WAS A KENESTHETIC AGRICULTURAL EXHIBIT WHERE YOU J=HAS TO GUESS WHAT THE VEGETABLE WAS IN THE BOX BY FEELING IT. THIS LADY LIKED MY NATIVE AMERICAN HIKES TOO! I SAW SO MANY NATIVES WITH TATTOOS! ONE GUY FROM PERU HAD BEAUTIFUL MUSIC, YET HE KNEW NO ENGLISH!
THEY HAD A LARGE ART DAY AND GUITARS EXHIBIT. SOME WERE HAND STITCHING THEIR QUILTS! I SAID IT WAS UNUSUAL. ONE BOOTH WAS SELLING NATIVE INDIAN JEWELRY. THE MAN KNEW HE WAS PART CHEROKEE. I TOLD HIS WIFE SHE WAS PART NATIVE TOO.
THERE WAS A STRANGE CHEESE CONTEST. IT WAS OK AS WE TASTED SOME OF THE ENTRIES. IT TOOK ME MUCH TIME WALKING TO FIND THE CONTESTS AND SHOWS. I FINALLY MADE IT TO THE THE EXHIBITS WITH VECTORS. I HAD A SPIDER BITE THAT I THOUGHT WAS A TICK. I ASKED THEM WHAT TO DO WITH HOUSEHOLD SPIDERS, THEY SAID YOU COULD USE PESTICIDES. I SAID I'D JUST KILL THEM.
I WATCHED A 4HEVENT AND THEN I WATCHED A PYGMY GOAT JUDGING CONTEST. I HAD NEVER SEEN PYGMY GOATS. SOME OF THE KIDS WERE TRYING TO CONTROL THESE ANIMALS.
SOME FOLKS CLAPPED AS THEY WON RIBBONS. WAY DOWN BY THE COWS I FINALLY GOT AN ICE CREAM FOR FREE! THEY HAD AUTOMATED MILKING MACHINES. SOME KIDS KNEW THE DAIRY QUEEN. A CLOWN DROVE A FUNNY MOBIL.
THEY HAD A VENDOR SHOWCASE ALL KINDS OF STRANGE SALESPEOPLE. ONE GUY TRIED TO PUT ELECTRODES ON MY BACK AS A MASSAGE- I WAS TOO SENSITIVE TO THAT. ANOTHER DEMO WAS LIKE A ROCK AND ROLL MACHINE THAT VIBRATED TOO ROUGH.
THEY HAD A REALLY SOFT BED AND IT SANK SO LOW I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD SLEEP IN IT. SOME INDIANS WERE EATING SO MUCH JUNK FOOD, AND FEW FOLKS WERE MY AGE... MOSTLY OLDER FOLKS WERE HERE AS IT WAS SENIOR DAY.
I WENT BACK TO A CHEF DEMO THAT HAD A GAL SAY TO BUY GOOD FOOD FROM FARMERS MARKETS AS THE VEGIS ARE GOOD FOR A LONGER TIME..IT WAS WEIRD HOW SHE MADE A STRANGE WATERMELON SALAD WITH BASIL AND OLIVES! SOME KIDS WERE RIDING AN EXPENSIVE PONY RIDE FOR $7.OO DOLLARS. I WENT TO THE PETTING ZOO WHICH WAS FUN AND SAW THE BABY WALLABY!
THEY HAD A LARGE ART DAY AND GUITARS EXHIBIT. SOME WERE HAND STITCHING THEIR QUILTS! I SAID IT WAS UNUSUAL. ONE BOOTH WAS SELLING NATIVE INDIAN JEWELRY. THE MAN KNEW HE WAS PART CHEROKEE. I TOLD HIS WIFE SHE WAS PART NATIVE TOO.
THERE WAS A STRANGE CHEESE CONTEST. IT WAS OK AS WE TASTED SOME OF THE ENTRIES. IT TOOK ME MUCH TIME WALKING TO FIND THE CONTESTS AND SHOWS. I FINALLY MADE IT TO THE THE EXHIBITS WITH VECTORS. I HAD A SPIDER BITE THAT I THOUGHT WAS A TICK. I ASKED THEM WHAT TO DO WITH HOUSEHOLD SPIDERS, THEY SAID YOU COULD USE PESTICIDES. I SAID I'D JUST KILL THEM.
I WATCHED A 4HEVENT AND THEN I WATCHED A PYGMY GOAT JUDGING CONTEST. I HAD NEVER SEEN PYGMY GOATS. SOME OF THE KIDS WERE TRYING TO CONTROL THESE ANIMALS.
SOME FOLKS CLAPPED AS THEY WON RIBBONS. WAY DOWN BY THE COWS I FINALLY GOT AN ICE CREAM FOR FREE! THEY HAD AUTOMATED MILKING MACHINES. SOME KIDS KNEW THE DAIRY QUEEN. A CLOWN DROVE A FUNNY MOBIL.
THEY HAD A VENDOR SHOWCASE ALL KINDS OF STRANGE SALESPEOPLE. ONE GUY TRIED TO PUT ELECTRODES ON MY BACK AS A MASSAGE- I WAS TOO SENSITIVE TO THAT. ANOTHER DEMO WAS LIKE A ROCK AND ROLL MACHINE THAT VIBRATED TOO ROUGH.
THEY HAD A REALLY SOFT BED AND IT SANK SO LOW I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD SLEEP IN IT. SOME INDIANS WERE EATING SO MUCH JUNK FOOD, AND FEW FOLKS WERE MY AGE... MOSTLY OLDER FOLKS WERE HERE AS IT WAS SENIOR DAY.
I WENT BACK TO A CHEF DEMO THAT HAD A GAL SAY TO BUY GOOD FOOD FROM FARMERS MARKETS AS THE VEGIS ARE GOOD FOR A LONGER TIME..IT WAS WEIRD HOW SHE MADE A STRANGE WATERMELON SALAD WITH BASIL AND OLIVES! SOME KIDS WERE RIDING AN EXPENSIVE PONY RIDE FOR $7.OO DOLLARS. I WENT TO THE PETTING ZOO WHICH WAS FUN AND SAW THE BABY WALLABY!
LAVENDER FESTIVAL IN KENWOOD
THIS WEEKEND I WENT TO A SLEEPY FAIR AS WE WONDERED THROUGH FIELDS OF OF VARIOUS LAVENDERS. THEY HAD DEMONSTRATIONS OF ALL KINDS. SOME WERE WASHING YOUR HANDS WITH A SCRUB. THE CHINESE DID NOT KNOW THAT CHINA THE MOST LAVENDER IN THE WORLD.
THEY HAD A CHEF MAKING THE MOST LAVENDER IN THE WORLD! THEY HAD A CHEF MAKING VARIOUS BBQ CHICKEN AND OTHER FOODS. THE ONE BOOTH HAD SHOWN FOLKS HOW TO MAKE LAVENDER SACHETS. ANOTHER DID HAIR BRAIDING AND SMALL LAVENDER FLOWERS. AND ANOTHER PAINTED YOUR HANDS WITH TEMPORARY PAINTS. ONE SPEAKER SAID THESE PLANTS GROW FAST. ANOTHER THREW OUT VARIOUS FACTS OF THE BENEFITS OF HEALING WITH LAVENDER. IN SOME HOSPITALS THEY ARE PLANTING LAVENDER IN SOME GARDENS . THE OWNER WROTE A BOOK ON WHY THEY START THIS 5 ACRE FARM.
THEIR WAS A WONDERFUL GUITARIST PLAYING. THEIR WAS A WONDERFUL GUITARIST PLAYING MUSIC. THEY HAD A SPECIMEN GARDEN WITH 32 VARIETIES.OF LAVENDER!
THEY HAD A CHEF MAKING THE MOST LAVENDER IN THE WORLD! THEY HAD A CHEF MAKING VARIOUS BBQ CHICKEN AND OTHER FOODS. THE ONE BOOTH HAD SHOWN FOLKS HOW TO MAKE LAVENDER SACHETS. ANOTHER DID HAIR BRAIDING AND SMALL LAVENDER FLOWERS. AND ANOTHER PAINTED YOUR HANDS WITH TEMPORARY PAINTS. ONE SPEAKER SAID THESE PLANTS GROW FAST. ANOTHER THREW OUT VARIOUS FACTS OF THE BENEFITS OF HEALING WITH LAVENDER. IN SOME HOSPITALS THEY ARE PLANTING LAVENDER IN SOME GARDENS . THE OWNER WROTE A BOOK ON WHY THEY START THIS 5 ACRE FARM.
THEIR WAS A WONDERFUL GUITARIST PLAYING. THEIR WAS A WONDERFUL GUITARIST PLAYING MUSIC. THEY HAD A SPECIMEN GARDEN WITH 32 VARIETIES.OF LAVENDER!
Monday, June 24, 2013
MY ARCHAEOLOGICAL WORK IN MARIN COUNTY
WHEN I WORKED WITH THE STATE PARKS I HAD INVENTORIED SOME PREHISTORIC AND HISTORIC SITES THROUGHOUT MT. TAMALPAIS STATE PARK AND SAMUEL P. TAYLOR PARK. I WAS GIVEN SOME SITES TO RECORD AT MT. TAM. ONE WAS A PORTUGUESE DAIRY RANCH NEAR MUIR WOODS. LUCKILY ONE OF THE DISTANT DESCENDANTS WAS STILL THERE WHO I INTERVIEWED ABOUT THE HISTORIC RANCH. I MAPPED THE HOUSE AND BARN SITE AND RECORDED INFORMATION ABOUT INFORMATION ABOUT THIS FAMILY BUSINESS.
AT SAMUEL P TAYLOR I SPENT MONTHS SUPERVISING AND INTERVIEWING THE ENTIRE 3000 ACRE PARK. THERE WERE 3 OF US TO DO THIS SURVEY. I INVENTORIED SEVERAL FOLKS - PARK RANGER SAND AN ARCHAEOLOGIST WHO WORKED IN SACRAMENTO TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HISTORICAL ASPECTS HERE. THERE WAS ALSO A MANUSCRIPT THAT INCLUDED THE ORAL HISTORY INCLUDED THE ORAL HISTORY OF THE LUMBERING AND THE BARNS AND THE USE OF THE AREA AS A SAN FRANCISCO RESORT. I PRODUCED A LARGE REPORT RECORDING MANY HISTORIC SITES FROM THE 1800'S. I INTERVIEWED THE WIFE OF A FAMOUS POET, KEN REXROTH. WE FOUND HIS CABIN HIS OLD CABIN FROM INCLUDED SOME OF THE POETS POEMS. HE WAS A POET WHO LIKED TO KEEP TO HIMSELF AND WENT TO VARIOUS NATIONAL PARKS. AT THIS PARK I LEARNED ABOUT MANY REMANTS FROM HISTORICAL AND RECREATIONAL SITES BY INTERVIEWING A MAINTENANCE WORKER.
AT SAMUEL P TAYLOR I SPENT MONTHS SUPERVISING AND INTERVIEWING THE ENTIRE 3000 ACRE PARK. THERE WERE 3 OF US TO DO THIS SURVEY. I INVENTORIED SEVERAL FOLKS - PARK RANGER SAND AN ARCHAEOLOGIST WHO WORKED IN SACRAMENTO TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE HISTORICAL ASPECTS HERE. THERE WAS ALSO A MANUSCRIPT THAT INCLUDED THE ORAL HISTORY INCLUDED THE ORAL HISTORY OF THE LUMBERING AND THE BARNS AND THE USE OF THE AREA AS A SAN FRANCISCO RESORT. I PRODUCED A LARGE REPORT RECORDING MANY HISTORIC SITES FROM THE 1800'S. I INTERVIEWED THE WIFE OF A FAMOUS POET, KEN REXROTH. WE FOUND HIS CABIN HIS OLD CABIN FROM INCLUDED SOME OF THE POETS POEMS. HE WAS A POET WHO LIKED TO KEEP TO HIMSELF AND WENT TO VARIOUS NATIONAL PARKS. AT THIS PARK I LEARNED ABOUT MANY REMANTS FROM HISTORICAL AND RECREATIONAL SITES BY INTERVIEWING A MAINTENANCE WORKER.
MY ARCHAEOLOGICAL WORK IN MARIN COUNTY
WHEN I WORKED IN STATE PARKS I HAD INVENTORIED PREHISTORIC AND HISTORIC SITES IN MT. TAMALPAIS AND SAMUEL P. TAYLOR STATE PARK. IWAS GIVEN SOME SITES TO RECORD AT MT. TAMALPAIS. ONE WAS PORTUGUESE DAIRY RANCH NEAR MUIR WOODS. LUCKILY ONE OF THE DISTANT DESCENDANTS WAS STILL THERE WHO RULEDI INTERVIEWED ABOUT THE HISTORIC RANCH. I MAPPED THE HOUSE AND BARN SITE AND RECORDED INFORMATION ABOUT THIS FAMILY BUSINESS.
AT SAMUEL P. TAYLOR I SPENT MONTHS SUPERVISING THE MEMBERS OF THE FAMILYTHE THE MEMBERSOF THE ENTIRE 3000 ACRE PARK. THERE WERE ONLY THREE OF US TO DO THIS SURVEY. I INTERVIEWED SEVERAL FOLKS - PARK RANGERS AND AN ARCHAEOLOGIST WHO WORKED IN SACRAMENTOO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS HISTORICAL SITE HERE. THE HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPT THAT INCLUDED THAT INCLUDED THE ARCDHAEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE LUMBERING AND THE BARNS AND USE OF AREAS AS A SANFRANCISCO RESORT.
AT SAMUEL P. TAYLOR I SPENT MONTHS SUPERVISING THE MEMBERS OF THE FAMILYTHE THE MEMBERSOF THE ENTIRE 3000 ACRE PARK. THERE WERE ONLY THREE OF US TO DO THIS SURVEY. I INTERVIEWED SEVERAL FOLKS - PARK RANGERS AND AN ARCHAEOLOGIST WHO WORKED IN SACRAMENTOO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS HISTORICAL SITE HERE. THE HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPT THAT INCLUDED THAT INCLUDED THE ARCDHAEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE LUMBERING AND THE BARNS AND USE OF AREAS AS A SANFRANCISCO RESORT.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
CHURCH OF RELIGIOUS SCIENCE
THIS WEEK AT CHURCH WE HAD A DISTANT MINISTER WHO CAME TO TELL MINISTER HIS FEARS BY FORWARD WITH HIS DREAM AND PAST THE UNKNOWN. HE TRAVELLED ALL THE WAY TO CAMBODIA WHERE THEIR IS A LARGE SHRINE WITH TEMPLES CALLED ANKAR WAT. IT WAS A PLACE HE ADORED. HE ASKED THE GOVERNOR HOW THESE PEOPLE. THEY TOLD HIM TO BUY FOOD FOR THE HOMELESS. HE DID IT FOR $90 WITH SOME FRIENDS OF HIS. I WAS WONDERING WHY HE HAD TO GO TO SUCH A DISTANCE? THERE ARE MANY NEEDY PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY. HOWEVER, I GUESS HE WROTE A BOOK ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES AND THAT'S HOW HE'S MAKING MONEY. HE ALSO HAD A SESSION ON HOW TO GO FORWARD WITH YOUR DREAM.
CHINA CAMP STATE PARK
THIS WEEK I WENT TO CHINA CAMP STATE PARK. I HIKED ABOUT 5 MILES WITH OUR GENTLY ROLLING TRAILS. IT WAS A WINDY DAY. THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE THERE WHO WERE HAVING FATHER'S DAY AFFAIRS. MANY HAD LARGE PICNICS. I IGNORED THEM AS THEY WERE LOUD. I BROUGHT MY CELL PHONE IN CASE MY CAR HAD PROBLEMS, I HAD NOT BEEN TO THIS CAMP IN TWENTY YEARS, THE VILLAGE AT CHINA BEACH WAS FULL AT THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY AND THE PARK HAD MANY BICYCLISTS. BUT IT WAS SO WINDY THERE WERE NO BOATS.
AS I HIKED THE MIWOK TRAIL IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THERE WERE MANY OAK TREES BEARING ACORNS AND THE BUCKEYES WERE IN FULL BLOOM. THEY HAD NEAT OPEN TRAILS EVEN THOUGH POISON OAK COVERED THE LAND. I NOTICED MONKEY FLOWERS, BLUE OAKS, SOAPROOT AND ANGELICA, A MEDICINAL. THEY HAD MANY AREAS ON THE COAST FILLED WITH CATTAILS AND TULE. THE MIWOK WIKIUP WERE BUILT WITH TULES AND THATCH. SOME HOUSES WERE FOR SWEATS AND DANCING. THERE WERE ABOUT 2000 COAST MIWOK . THEIR CLAMSHELL BEADS WERE TRADED WITH NEARBY TRIBES.
IN 1579 MIWOK PEOPLE MET SIR FRANCIS DRAKE. THE SPANISH BUILT A MISSION IN 1776 IN SAN FRANCISCO. THIS SYSTEM CHANGED THE MIWOK LIFE. BY 1900 FEW MIWOK WERE LEFT BECAUSE DISEASES SPREAD TO THEM BY THE SPANISH. THE MIWOK HAD A NUMBER OF VILLAGES HERE.
THIS AREA WAS LATER SETTLED BY THE CHINESE AFTER THE GOLD RUSH. THE MC NEAR'S DAIRY AND GRAZING RANCH LEASED LAND LAND TO CHINESE SHRIMP FISHERS. MOST OF THE FOLKS WERE FROM CANTON. BY 1880'S THERE WERE 500 CHINESE FOLKS HERE. THIS WAS ONE OF MANY FISHING VILLAGES. THE MUD FLATS WERE IDEAL FOR SHRIMP SHRIMP LOCATION. THEY CAUGHT 3 MILLION POUNDS OF SHRIMP AND DRIED THEM ON GROUNDS. SOME WERE SENT BY BOAT TO CHINA!
BY 1882 THE U.S. RULED OUT SHRIMP EXPORTING. THIS 39 ACRE VILLAGE AND MUSEUM ARE INTERESTING TO CHINESE. IT HAD BEEN OVER 20 YEARS SINCE I WAS THERE WHEN PREGNANT.
THIS AREA WAS LATER SETTLED BY THE CHINESE AFTER THE GOLD RUSH. THE MC NEARS DAIRY AND GRAZING RANCH LEASED LAND TO CHINESE SHRIMP FISHERS,. MOST FOLKS WERE CHINESE AFTER THE GOLD RUSH. THE MC NEARS
DAIRY AND GRAZING RANCH LEASED LAND TO THE CHINESE SHRIMP FISHERIES.
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AS I HIKED THE MIWOK TRAIL IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THERE WERE MANY OAK TREES BEARING ACORNS AND THE BUCKEYES WERE IN FULL BLOOM. THEY HAD NEAT OPEN TRAILS EVEN THOUGH POISON OAK COVERED THE LAND. I NOTICED MONKEY FLOWERS, BLUE OAKS, SOAPROOT AND ANGELICA, A MEDICINAL. THEY HAD MANY AREAS ON THE COAST FILLED WITH CATTAILS AND TULE. THE MIWOK WIKIUP WERE BUILT WITH TULES AND THATCH. SOME HOUSES WERE FOR SWEATS AND DANCING. THERE WERE ABOUT 2000 COAST MIWOK . THEIR CLAMSHELL BEADS WERE TRADED WITH NEARBY TRIBES.
IN 1579 MIWOK PEOPLE MET SIR FRANCIS DRAKE. THE SPANISH BUILT A MISSION IN 1776 IN SAN FRANCISCO. THIS SYSTEM CHANGED THE MIWOK LIFE. BY 1900 FEW MIWOK WERE LEFT BECAUSE DISEASES SPREAD TO THEM BY THE SPANISH. THE MIWOK HAD A NUMBER OF VILLAGES HERE.
THIS AREA WAS LATER SETTLED BY THE CHINESE AFTER THE GOLD RUSH. THE MC NEAR'S DAIRY AND GRAZING RANCH LEASED LAND LAND TO CHINESE SHRIMP FISHERS. MOST OF THE FOLKS WERE FROM CANTON. BY 1880'S THERE WERE 500 CHINESE FOLKS HERE. THIS WAS ONE OF MANY FISHING VILLAGES. THE MUD FLATS WERE IDEAL FOR SHRIMP SHRIMP LOCATION. THEY CAUGHT 3 MILLION POUNDS OF SHRIMP AND DRIED THEM ON GROUNDS. SOME WERE SENT BY BOAT TO CHINA!
BY 1882 THE U.S. RULED OUT SHRIMP EXPORTING. THIS 39 ACRE VILLAGE AND MUSEUM ARE INTERESTING TO CHINESE. IT HAD BEEN OVER 20 YEARS SINCE I WAS THERE WHEN PREGNANT.
THIS AREA WAS LATER SETTLED BY THE CHINESE AFTER THE GOLD RUSH. THE MC NEARS DAIRY AND GRAZING RANCH LEASED LAND TO CHINESE SHRIMP FISHERS,. MOST FOLKS WERE CHINESE AFTER THE GOLD RUSH. THE MC NEARS
DAIRY AND GRAZING RANCH LEASED LAND TO THE CHINESE SHRIMP FISHERIES.
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CULTURE OF BURMA
BURMA HAS BEEN INFLUENCED BY BUDDHISM. THEY HAVE BEEN INFLUENCED BY ITS NEIGHBOR S IN INDIA AND CHINA. IN RECENT YEARS BRITISH RULE AND WESTERN DEALS INFLUENCED BERMA'S LANGUAGE AND EDUCATION.
THEIR ART AND EDUCATION WAS BASED ON HINDU AND BUDDHIST COSMOLOGY. THEY PRACTICE ARTS AS WELL AS SILK WEAVING, POTTERY, TAPESTRY, GEMSTONE CARVING AND GOLD LEAF MAKING. THEIR PAGODAS ARE COVERED WITH LAYERS OF GOLD LEAF.
BUDDHISM PROHIBITS READING FICTION. BRITISH FICTION BECAME VERY POPULAR. POETRY IS PROMINENT. THESE FOLKS USE MANY TRADITIONAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS INCLUDING AN ORCHESTRA AND FOLK MUSIC IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. AN ARCHED HARP IS TRACED TO PREHISTORIC TIMES, THEY SING ABOUT LEGENDS OR NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE LAND AND PADDY FIELDS.
THEY TRADITIONALLY WEAR SARONGS - BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. THE DRESS FANCIER FOR BUSINESS. THE WOMEN HAVE EAR PIERCING CEREMONIES. THE BURMESE HAVE AN OLD LANGUAGE. ELDERS ARE SPOKEN TO IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER WITH SPECIAL TREATMENT. CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF PEOPLE IN SOCIETY.
WOMEN ARE LESS EQUAL THAN MEN. AGE IS CONSIDERED SYNONYMOUS WITH EXPERIENCE. THNGS ARE PASSED TO BOTH ELDERS. PEOPLE KEEP EMOTIONS IN PRIVATE.
THEY EAT CHINESE, INDIA AND THAI FOOD WITH A SPICY , TASTE AND MEAT CURRY. THEY HAVE PLENTY OF FISH AND SHRIMP PASTE AVAILABLE. THEY EAT MANY ETHNIC FOODS WITH THEIR FINGERS. MARRIAGE IS A RELIGIOUS CEREMONY OR IT CAN BE SIMPLE. THE CEREMONIES ARE AVOIDED DURING BUDDHIST LENT. THEY MAY CONSULT WITH ASTROLOGER FOR THEIR EVENT. SOMETIMES THEY HAVE A CONCH SHELL CEREMONY. SOMETIMES THEY MAY BE IN A HOTEL. BUDDHISM AND HINDUISM WERE PREDOMINANT EARLY ON. CHRISTIANITY CAME DURING THE EUROPEAN MISSIONARIES IN 1800'S. THEY HAVE SEVERAL CHINESE TEMPLES. SOME FOLKS FOLLOW ANIMISM. THEY HAVE TENSIONS BETWEEN TWO RELIGIOUS GROUPS.
THE BURMESE HAVE A GROUP OF PAGODAS AND HAVE MANY FESTIVALS, ONE EACH MONTH. IN MID APRIL IS THEIR MOST FESTIVE, ONE EACH MONTH.. IN MID APRIL IS THEIR MOST FESTIVE - A CELEBRATION OF LUNAR NEW YEAR. THEY PLAYED ALL KINDS OF SPORTS.
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THEIR ART AND EDUCATION WAS BASED ON HINDU AND BUDDHIST COSMOLOGY. THEY PRACTICE ARTS AS WELL AS SILK WEAVING, POTTERY, TAPESTRY, GEMSTONE CARVING AND GOLD LEAF MAKING. THEIR PAGODAS ARE COVERED WITH LAYERS OF GOLD LEAF.
BUDDHISM PROHIBITS READING FICTION. BRITISH FICTION BECAME VERY POPULAR. POETRY IS PROMINENT. THESE FOLKS USE MANY TRADITIONAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS INCLUDING AN ORCHESTRA AND FOLK MUSIC IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. AN ARCHED HARP IS TRACED TO PREHISTORIC TIMES, THEY SING ABOUT LEGENDS OR NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE LAND AND PADDY FIELDS.
THEY TRADITIONALLY WEAR SARONGS - BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. THE DRESS FANCIER FOR BUSINESS. THE WOMEN HAVE EAR PIERCING CEREMONIES. THE BURMESE HAVE AN OLD LANGUAGE. ELDERS ARE SPOKEN TO IN A RESPECTFUL MANNER WITH SPECIAL TREATMENT. CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF PEOPLE IN SOCIETY.
WOMEN ARE LESS EQUAL THAN MEN. AGE IS CONSIDERED SYNONYMOUS WITH EXPERIENCE. THNGS ARE PASSED TO BOTH ELDERS. PEOPLE KEEP EMOTIONS IN PRIVATE.
THEY EAT CHINESE, INDIA AND THAI FOOD WITH A SPICY , TASTE AND MEAT CURRY. THEY HAVE PLENTY OF FISH AND SHRIMP PASTE AVAILABLE. THEY EAT MANY ETHNIC FOODS WITH THEIR FINGERS. MARRIAGE IS A RELIGIOUS CEREMONY OR IT CAN BE SIMPLE. THE CEREMONIES ARE AVOIDED DURING BUDDHIST LENT. THEY MAY CONSULT WITH ASTROLOGER FOR THEIR EVENT. SOMETIMES THEY HAVE A CONCH SHELL CEREMONY. SOMETIMES THEY MAY BE IN A HOTEL. BUDDHISM AND HINDUISM WERE PREDOMINANT EARLY ON. CHRISTIANITY CAME DURING THE EUROPEAN MISSIONARIES IN 1800'S. THEY HAVE SEVERAL CHINESE TEMPLES. SOME FOLKS FOLLOW ANIMISM. THEY HAVE TENSIONS BETWEEN TWO RELIGIOUS GROUPS.
THE BURMESE HAVE A GROUP OF PAGODAS AND HAVE MANY FESTIVALS, ONE EACH MONTH. IN MID APRIL IS THEIR MOST FESTIVE, ONE EACH MONTH.. IN MID APRIL IS THEIR MOST FESTIVE - A CELEBRATION OF LUNAR NEW YEAR. THEY PLAYED ALL KINDS OF SPORTS.
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MY WORK EXPERIENCE AND FUN IN FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA
ONE SUMMER BEFORE GRADUATE SCHOOL I WORKED AT A SMALL MUSEUM OF NORTHERN ARIZONA DURING GRADUATE SCHOOL.HERE WE SAW SOME FESTIVALS OF THE HOPI AND NAVAJO. I BOUGHT A SMALL NAVAJO RUG AND WATCHED THE HOPI WEAVE AND MAKE SOME KINDS OF OF THIN PIKI BREAD ON A STONE METATE OF SORTS.
WE ALSO WATCHED WATCHED HOPIS MAKE THIS KATCHINA WOOD CARVINGS, DESIGNS INTRICATE POTTERY, TELL STORIES ABOUT THEIR TRADITIONS.. THEIR FESTIVALS HAVE MUSIC AND DANCES. THEIR TRIBE IS WORKING TO PRESERVE LANGUAGE AND AGRICULTURAL TRADITIONS. TODAY THEY HAVE HOPI MEDICINE WOMEN DESCRIBE HOW TO PRESERVE THEIR LANGUAGE AND AGRICULTURAL TRADITIONS.
THIS MUSEUM IS NICE ONE AND I WORKED HERE FOR JUST ONE MONTH BEFORE MY HUSBAND AND I WENT TO GRADUATE SCHOOL. I ONLY CATALOGUED AND I DID RIDE MY BIKE TO THE MUSEUM EACH DAY. MY MOM LATER PAINTED A PICTURE OF THE FLAGSTAFF PEAKS - SAN FRANCISCO PEAKS IN OILS FOR ME. MY HUSBAND AND I BACKPACKED DOWN THE CANYON TO THE HAVASUPI CANYON FALLS.
THE MUSEUM NOW HAS ZUNI FESTIVALS WITH ARTS AND CRAFTS, DANCES WITH FAMILIES. THE ZUNI HAVE A BAND. THEY HAVE ZUNI ARTISTS AND DEMONSTRATORS. THE NAVAJO HAVE WEAVERS AND POTTERY MAKE JEWELRY. THERE ARE 100 ARTISTS WHO MAKE JEWELRY. WHEN I WORKED HERE THERE WERE ONLY 5 ARTISTS AND ONE TRIBE IN THE 1980'S. THEY HAVE DANCE HOOP DANCES AND POLLEN TRAIL DANCES. THE NAVAJO HAVE AN ETHNOBOTANIST THERE AS WELL IN THE FESTIVAL
WE ALSO WATCHED WATCHED HOPIS MAKE THIS KATCHINA WOOD CARVINGS, DESIGNS INTRICATE POTTERY, TELL STORIES ABOUT THEIR TRADITIONS.. THEIR FESTIVALS HAVE MUSIC AND DANCES. THEIR TRIBE IS WORKING TO PRESERVE LANGUAGE AND AGRICULTURAL TRADITIONS. TODAY THEY HAVE HOPI MEDICINE WOMEN DESCRIBE HOW TO PRESERVE THEIR LANGUAGE AND AGRICULTURAL TRADITIONS.
THIS MUSEUM IS NICE ONE AND I WORKED HERE FOR JUST ONE MONTH BEFORE MY HUSBAND AND I WENT TO GRADUATE SCHOOL. I ONLY CATALOGUED AND I DID RIDE MY BIKE TO THE MUSEUM EACH DAY. MY MOM LATER PAINTED A PICTURE OF THE FLAGSTAFF PEAKS - SAN FRANCISCO PEAKS IN OILS FOR ME. MY HUSBAND AND I BACKPACKED DOWN THE CANYON TO THE HAVASUPI CANYON FALLS.
THE MUSEUM NOW HAS ZUNI FESTIVALS WITH ARTS AND CRAFTS, DANCES WITH FAMILIES. THE ZUNI HAVE A BAND. THEY HAVE ZUNI ARTISTS AND DEMONSTRATORS. THE NAVAJO HAVE WEAVERS AND POTTERY MAKE JEWELRY. THERE ARE 100 ARTISTS WHO MAKE JEWELRY. WHEN I WORKED HERE THERE WERE ONLY 5 ARTISTS AND ONE TRIBE IN THE 1980'S. THEY HAVE DANCE HOOP DANCES AND POLLEN TRAIL DANCES. THE NAVAJO HAVE AN ETHNOBOTANIST THERE AS WELL IN THE FESTIVAL
Thursday, June 13, 2013
EASTER ISLAND
THE MOST ISOLATED ISLAND IN OUR HISTORY IS EASTER ISLAND. INHABITANTS THE RAPA MII HAVE SURVIVED FAMINES, EPIDEMICS,AND CANNIBALISM, SLAVE RAIDS.
THESE FOLKS CLAIMED THEIR CHIEF CAME HERE WITH 1 OR 2 CANOES WITH HIS EXTENDED FAMILY. THEY WERE LIKELY POLYNESIAN. THERE IS CONSIDERABLE INFORMATION ABOUT EASTER ISLAND'S ORAL HISTORY AND IT WAS FIRST SETTLED ABOUT 300 TO 400 AD. OR IT MAY HAVE BEEN SETTLED @ 1200 A.D. THESE FIRST SETTLERS WERE WHO CAME FROM POLYNESIA AND THEY BROUGHT BANANAS, TARO AND MULBERRIES, CHICKEN AND RATS. THE ISLAND DEPORTED AN ADVANCED AND COMPLEX CIVILIZATION.
THERE IS SOME CONTROVERSY THAT SETTLERS CAME FROM THE LEGENDS. SOME SAY THAT THE STOCKY PEOPLE HAD CONFLICTS WITH SLIM PEOPLE. SOUTH AMERICAN RAFTS MAY HAVE DRIFTED HERE.
EUROPEANS ARRIVED IN 1722 AND THE ISLAND'S POPULATIONS DROPPED TO 3000 FROM 15,000 A CENTURY EARLIER. EUROPEAN DISEASES AND SLAVE RAIDING OF THE 1860'S REDUCED POPULATION.
EASTER ISLAND WAS GIVEN BY THE ISLAND'S FIRST RECORDED VISITOR IN 1722. THE ISLANDS SPANISH NAME IS ISLA DE PASCUA. IT IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST ISOLATED ISLANDS. EASTER ISLAND IS 24 KM x 12 KM WEST WITH AN ATTITUDE OF 507 M . THEY ONLY HAVE 3 FRESHWATER LAKES AND NO RIVERS.
THIS ISLAND IS A VOLCANIC HIGH ISLAND WITH 3 EXTINCT VOLCANOES. POIKE FARM THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN HEADLANDS GIVES THE ISLAND ITS ROUGH SHAPE.IT DOES HAVE CRATERS AND MANY LAVA TUBES. A BASALT FLOWS. ITS MOUNTAIN RISES OVER 2000 M. ABOVE SEA LEVEL. IN THE EARLY 1900'S STEAM CAME OUT OF THE CRATER HERE. EASTER ISLAND HAS A TROPICAL RAIN FOREST. WINTERS ARE MILD. DURING MAY IT HAS MUCH RAINFALL. THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY CYCLONES HURRICANES, SLAVE RAIDS, COLONIALISM AND DEFORESTATION. THEY SURVIVED EPIDEMICS AND DEFORESTATION. THERE ARE ONGOING STUDIES BY ARCHAEOLOGISTS. THERE ARE ONGOING STUDIES BY ARCHAEOLOGISTS FOR DATING THE ISLAND'S PREHISTORY.. SOME RADIOCARBON DATES ABOUT 1200 A.D. THE ARCHITECTURE AND STATUES BEGAN SOON AFTER THIS DATE. THE ISLAND WAS POPULATED BY POLYNESIANS WHO CAME BY CANOE FROM GAMBIER ISLAND, 2000 MILES AWAY.
IN 1999 A VOYAGE WITH RECONSTRUCTED BOATS OF POLYNESIAN REACHED EASTER ISLAND IN ONLY 19 DAYS.
IN 1860'S THE ISLAND HAD A STRONG CLASS SYSTEM WITH A HIGH CHIEF WELDING GREAT POWER OVER 9 OTHER CLANS THEIR RESPECTIVE CHIEFS. THE HIGHEST CHIEF WAS WIELDING GREAT POWER OVER 9 OTHER CLANS AND RESPECTIVE CHIEFS. THE LIVING HAD A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DEAD. AND THE DEAD PROVIDED EVERYTHING THROUGH OFFERINGS PROVIDED THE DEAD WERE ALONG THE COAST WITH A BETTER PLACE IN THE SPIRIT WORLD. MOST SETTLEMENTS WERE ALONG THE COAST. CANNIBALISM PROBABLY TOOK PLACE HERE. ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORDS SHOWED THAT THE ISLAND HAD MANY TREES. MANY MORE TREES GREW UP TO 50' OR MORE. MOST FOLKS RAISED CROPS, CHICKENS, ANDPICKED NATIVE PLANTS VS. FISHING.
BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF EUROPEANS THEY HAD A BIG UPHEAVAL IN THEIR SOCIAL SYSTEM BROUGHT ABOUT BY A CHANGE ON THEIR ISLANDS ECOLOGY AND LOSS OF AREAS. BY 1700 THEIR POPULATION DROPPED 3000 FOLKS. THE LARGE STATUES HAD BEEN BUILT IN ORDER TO CONTACT THEIR ANCESTORS. BUT HUMAN BEINGS COULD CONTACT THE DEAD THROUGH A COMPETITION. THERE WERE PETROGLYPHS WHO REPRESENTED WTHAT REPRESENTED BIRD MAN AND WERESIMILAR TO THOSE IN HAWAII. SOME OF THE STATUES HAD BEEN TOPPLED. DURING WARS. BY THE 1800'S ONLY 1 MOAI STANDING ON THE ISLAND.
BY 1871 A GREAT REDUCTION OF POPULATION OCCURED FROM DISEASE, WAR OR CHANGE IN LAND TENURE. THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE MISSIONARIES. IN 1870'S THEY BOUGHT SOME OF THE ISLANDS. DURING THE 1960'S CHILI TOOK OVER THIS ISLAND AND BROUGHT ANOTHER PRESIDENT TO POWER. IT HAS ABOUT 5800 RESIDENTS OF WHICH 60% ARE ABORIGINAL PAPUA MUI. THESE FOLK'S WORDS ALSO MEAN LANDS END. IT WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED "EYES LOOKING TO THE SKY".
LATER SOME MISSIONARIES MOVED A COUPLE HUNDRED FOLKS TO TAHITI. TO WORK. MUCH OF THEIR ISLAND'S POPULATION HAD BEEN LOST. BY 1973 PRIVATE PROPERTY WAS RESTORED. BY 2010 MEMBERS OF THE INDIGENOUS HITORAGI CLAN OCCUPIES THE HANGAROO ECO VILLAGE. ITS CHILIAN COUNTER PARTHAD
SOME PALMS CLOSE TO 100 YEARS OLD TO REACH MAXIMUM HEIGHT.
PREHITORICALLY THE FOLKS ATE DOLPHIN AND TUNA. THEY HAD A SUDDEN DROP IN TREES AND ATE LESS FISH SINCE THEY HAD FEWER BOATS. LATER THEY FINALLY ATE TARO ROOT, SWEET POTATOES, YAMS, CASSAVAS AND BANANAS WITH SOME CROP FAILURE. THEIR HOUSE TYPE IS CALLED A BOAT HOUSE BECAUSE THEY HAD ROOFS THAT RESEMBLE AN OVERTURNED BOAT.
THE STATUARY QUARRY OF VOLCANIC TUFF WAS ONLY 1 KM FROM THE COAST AND IT HAD A 100 M HIGH CLIFF. SOME OF THE MOAI PICTURED HERE WERE RAISED UP UPWARD AGAIN. THEY HAVE LOCATED ABOUT 890 STATUES. THERE ARE ABOUT 4000 PETROGLYPHS CATALOGUED HERE. THEY MARK A TERRITORY OR MEMORIALIZE A PERSON.
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THESE FOLKS CLAIMED THEIR CHIEF CAME HERE WITH 1 OR 2 CANOES WITH HIS EXTENDED FAMILY. THEY WERE LIKELY POLYNESIAN. THERE IS CONSIDERABLE INFORMATION ABOUT EASTER ISLAND'S ORAL HISTORY AND IT WAS FIRST SETTLED ABOUT 300 TO 400 AD. OR IT MAY HAVE BEEN SETTLED @ 1200 A.D. THESE FIRST SETTLERS WERE WHO CAME FROM POLYNESIA AND THEY BROUGHT BANANAS, TARO AND MULBERRIES, CHICKEN AND RATS. THE ISLAND DEPORTED AN ADVANCED AND COMPLEX CIVILIZATION.
THERE IS SOME CONTROVERSY THAT SETTLERS CAME FROM THE LEGENDS. SOME SAY THAT THE STOCKY PEOPLE HAD CONFLICTS WITH SLIM PEOPLE. SOUTH AMERICAN RAFTS MAY HAVE DRIFTED HERE.
EUROPEANS ARRIVED IN 1722 AND THE ISLAND'S POPULATIONS DROPPED TO 3000 FROM 15,000 A CENTURY EARLIER. EUROPEAN DISEASES AND SLAVE RAIDING OF THE 1860'S REDUCED POPULATION.
EASTER ISLAND WAS GIVEN BY THE ISLAND'S FIRST RECORDED VISITOR IN 1722. THE ISLANDS SPANISH NAME IS ISLA DE PASCUA. IT IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST ISOLATED ISLANDS. EASTER ISLAND IS 24 KM x 12 KM WEST WITH AN ATTITUDE OF 507 M . THEY ONLY HAVE 3 FRESHWATER LAKES AND NO RIVERS.
THIS ISLAND IS A VOLCANIC HIGH ISLAND WITH 3 EXTINCT VOLCANOES. POIKE FARM THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN HEADLANDS GIVES THE ISLAND ITS ROUGH SHAPE.IT DOES HAVE CRATERS AND MANY LAVA TUBES. A BASALT FLOWS. ITS MOUNTAIN RISES OVER 2000 M. ABOVE SEA LEVEL. IN THE EARLY 1900'S STEAM CAME OUT OF THE CRATER HERE. EASTER ISLAND HAS A TROPICAL RAIN FOREST. WINTERS ARE MILD. DURING MAY IT HAS MUCH RAINFALL. THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY CYCLONES HURRICANES, SLAVE RAIDS, COLONIALISM AND DEFORESTATION. THEY SURVIVED EPIDEMICS AND DEFORESTATION. THERE ARE ONGOING STUDIES BY ARCHAEOLOGISTS. THERE ARE ONGOING STUDIES BY ARCHAEOLOGISTS FOR DATING THE ISLAND'S PREHISTORY.. SOME RADIOCARBON DATES ABOUT 1200 A.D. THE ARCHITECTURE AND STATUES BEGAN SOON AFTER THIS DATE. THE ISLAND WAS POPULATED BY POLYNESIANS WHO CAME BY CANOE FROM GAMBIER ISLAND, 2000 MILES AWAY.
IN 1999 A VOYAGE WITH RECONSTRUCTED BOATS OF POLYNESIAN REACHED EASTER ISLAND IN ONLY 19 DAYS.
IN 1860'S THE ISLAND HAD A STRONG CLASS SYSTEM WITH A HIGH CHIEF WELDING GREAT POWER OVER 9 OTHER CLANS THEIR RESPECTIVE CHIEFS. THE HIGHEST CHIEF WAS WIELDING GREAT POWER OVER 9 OTHER CLANS AND RESPECTIVE CHIEFS. THE LIVING HAD A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DEAD. AND THE DEAD PROVIDED EVERYTHING THROUGH OFFERINGS PROVIDED THE DEAD WERE ALONG THE COAST WITH A BETTER PLACE IN THE SPIRIT WORLD. MOST SETTLEMENTS WERE ALONG THE COAST. CANNIBALISM PROBABLY TOOK PLACE HERE. ARCHAEOLOGICAL RECORDS SHOWED THAT THE ISLAND HAD MANY TREES. MANY MORE TREES GREW UP TO 50' OR MORE. MOST FOLKS RAISED CROPS, CHICKENS, ANDPICKED NATIVE PLANTS VS. FISHING.
BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF EUROPEANS THEY HAD A BIG UPHEAVAL IN THEIR SOCIAL SYSTEM BROUGHT ABOUT BY A CHANGE ON THEIR ISLANDS ECOLOGY AND LOSS OF AREAS. BY 1700 THEIR POPULATION DROPPED 3000 FOLKS. THE LARGE STATUES HAD BEEN BUILT IN ORDER TO CONTACT THEIR ANCESTORS. BUT HUMAN BEINGS COULD CONTACT THE DEAD THROUGH A COMPETITION. THERE WERE PETROGLYPHS WHO REPRESENTED WTHAT REPRESENTED BIRD MAN AND WERESIMILAR TO THOSE IN HAWAII. SOME OF THE STATUES HAD BEEN TOPPLED. DURING WARS. BY THE 1800'S ONLY 1 MOAI STANDING ON THE ISLAND.
BY 1871 A GREAT REDUCTION OF POPULATION OCCURED FROM DISEASE, WAR OR CHANGE IN LAND TENURE. THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE MISSIONARIES. IN 1870'S THEY BOUGHT SOME OF THE ISLANDS. DURING THE 1960'S CHILI TOOK OVER THIS ISLAND AND BROUGHT ANOTHER PRESIDENT TO POWER. IT HAS ABOUT 5800 RESIDENTS OF WHICH 60% ARE ABORIGINAL PAPUA MUI. THESE FOLK'S WORDS ALSO MEAN LANDS END. IT WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED "EYES LOOKING TO THE SKY".
LATER SOME MISSIONARIES MOVED A COUPLE HUNDRED FOLKS TO TAHITI. TO WORK. MUCH OF THEIR ISLAND'S POPULATION HAD BEEN LOST. BY 1973 PRIVATE PROPERTY WAS RESTORED. BY 2010 MEMBERS OF THE INDIGENOUS HITORAGI CLAN OCCUPIES THE HANGAROO ECO VILLAGE. ITS CHILIAN COUNTER PARTHAD
SOME PALMS CLOSE TO 100 YEARS OLD TO REACH MAXIMUM HEIGHT.
PREHITORICALLY THE FOLKS ATE DOLPHIN AND TUNA. THEY HAD A SUDDEN DROP IN TREES AND ATE LESS FISH SINCE THEY HAD FEWER BOATS. LATER THEY FINALLY ATE TARO ROOT, SWEET POTATOES, YAMS, CASSAVAS AND BANANAS WITH SOME CROP FAILURE. THEIR HOUSE TYPE IS CALLED A BOAT HOUSE BECAUSE THEY HAD ROOFS THAT RESEMBLE AN OVERTURNED BOAT.
THE STATUARY QUARRY OF VOLCANIC TUFF WAS ONLY 1 KM FROM THE COAST AND IT HAD A 100 M HIGH CLIFF. SOME OF THE MOAI PICTURED HERE WERE RAISED UP UPWARD AGAIN. THEY HAVE LOCATED ABOUT 890 STATUES. THERE ARE ABOUT 4000 PETROGLYPHS CATALOGUED HERE. THEY MARK A TERRITORY OR MEMORIALIZE A PERSON.
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Tuesday, June 11, 2013
KON TIKI - AN ADVENTURE MOVIE
I SAW THIS DRAMA FILM. IN 1947 THOR HEYERDAHL IS A NORWEGIAN ANTHROPOLOGIST DECIDED TO PROVE THAT POLYNESIA WAS SETTLED BY PERUVIANS. HE DID THIRD BY MAKING A RAFT TO SAIL ON THAT WAS OF BALSA WOOD. USING 1500 YEAR OLD TECHNIQUES! IT TOOK THEM 100 DAYS ON THIS DANGEROUS JOURNEY. I KEPT WONDERING ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE EATING AND HOW THEY GOT DRINKING WATER - IT DID NOT SHOW THAT? THOR HAD FIVE OTHER MEN SAIL WITH HIM. HE LET THE CURRENT CARRY THE KON TIKI RAFT DEIGNED THE KON TIKI RAFT - DESIGNED WITH A SMALL BALSA HOUSE @ 20 x 30 FEET. TOWARD POLYNESIA. IT WAS A DANGEROUS 5000 MILE JOURNEY. KON TIKI WAS NAMED DURING THEIR JOURNEY, THEY STRUGGLED WITH STORMS , WHALES, SHARKS, AS SEVERAL MEN WENT INTO THE OCEAN TO OBSERVE OR FALL OFF! HE CARRIED SOME ITEMS THE ORIGINAL RAFT DID NOT HAVE - A SEXTANT, RADIO FOR COMMUNICATING, A TYPEWRITER, AND DEHYDRATED RATIONS. HE CALLS HIS WIFE AND SHE HOPES HE CAN RETURN TO SEE HIS CHILDREN.
AT TIMES THEIR MORAL WAS LOW. BUT WHEN THEIR PARROT MASCOT GETS EATEN BY A SHARK. THOR AND OTHERS SPEAR THE SHARK AND KILL IT. ABOUT 1/2 WAY THROUGH THE MOVIE A MAN IS KEEPING TRACT OF THEIR LOCATION. AND TELLS THAT THE CREW IS HEADED TOWARDS POLYNESIA - THEY REJOICE. I FOUND THIS FILM THRILLING AND IT WAS A REALISTIC TASTE OF SURVIVALISM AT SEA. THE FILM WAS ONE OF NORWAY'S HIGHEST GROSSING FOREIGN FILMS IN 2012 DIRECTED BY A NORWEGIAN. IT WAS NOMINATED BEST FOREIGN FILM AT THE 8TH ACADEMY AWARDS. IT ALSO WAS AWARDED BEST GLOBAL FILM FOR AN OSCAR.
POLYNESIAMN FOLKLORE TELLS OF AN ANCIENT TRIBE THAT ONCE LIVED IN EASTER ISLAND. KON TIKI IS NAMED FROM THE INCA GOD OF THE SUN AND STORM.
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AT TIMES THEIR MORAL WAS LOW. BUT WHEN THEIR PARROT MASCOT GETS EATEN BY A SHARK. THOR AND OTHERS SPEAR THE SHARK AND KILL IT. ABOUT 1/2 WAY THROUGH THE MOVIE A MAN IS KEEPING TRACT OF THEIR LOCATION. AND TELLS THAT THE CREW IS HEADED TOWARDS POLYNESIA - THEY REJOICE. I FOUND THIS FILM THRILLING AND IT WAS A REALISTIC TASTE OF SURVIVALISM AT SEA. THE FILM WAS ONE OF NORWAY'S HIGHEST GROSSING FOREIGN FILMS IN 2012 DIRECTED BY A NORWEGIAN. IT WAS NOMINATED BEST FOREIGN FILM AT THE 8TH ACADEMY AWARDS. IT ALSO WAS AWARDED BEST GLOBAL FILM FOR AN OSCAR.
POLYNESIAMN FOLKLORE TELLS OF AN ANCIENT TRIBE THAT ONCE LIVED IN EASTER ISLAND. KON TIKI IS NAMED FROM THE INCA GOD OF THE SUN AND STORM.
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MY WEEKEND WAS FUN
I WENT TO VARIOUS ART IN THE SOURCE PLACES THIS WEEKEND. THEY INCLUDED ARTISTS AND WHO WERE VARIOUS SCULPTURES DREAM WEAVERS, OIL PAINTINGS, SILK SCARF DYING, WEAVERS, OIL PAINTERS, WOODCUTTERS, AND BRONZE SCULPTORS, AND VERY SMALL COLORED PENCIL BOTANICAL ARTIST PAINTINGS. I HAD FUN TALKING TO THE ARTISTS AND THEY HAD SOME EDIBLES AND SOME SOME GRAPES AND IT WAS GETTING COLD AFTER 5 PM. SOME OF THE ARTISTS WERE GETTING INTERESTED IN MY OUTDOOR HIKES SO I GAVE THEM MY WEBSITE TO VIEW. THEN I DANCED AROUND THE BLOCK. THE LAST ARTIST'S HOUSE WAS A JAPANESE PAGODA, THE MAN WAS AN INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN WOODCARVER - VERY PRECISE AND HE HAD TURNED THEIR SMALL HOUSE INTO A PAGODA LIKE ATMOSPHERE. HE HAD MANY SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED SCULPTURES IN HIS HOUSE. THEY HAD A SMALL TEA ROOM WITH AN INDOOR SMALL FIRE AND TEA POT WITH MATS FOR THEM TO SIT UPON. HE HAD MADE A LARGE CARVING OF AN INDIAN IN A CHESTNUT TREE IN SEBASTOPOL AND SOWED ME THE PICTURE. HE SAID HIS TALENT WAS INNATE AND HE NEVER WENT TO ART SCHOOL. HIS DAUGHTER REMEMBERED ME FROM A CHURCH WHERE SHE TOOK TALK WON DU AND DRUMMING. HIS WIFE WAS A HEALER AND GAVE ME A SAMPLE OF HEALING ME - SHE WAS GOOD. THEY KNEW ABOUT REINCARNATION . HE HAD A CARVING THAT HOWED HIS DEAD BODY AND A NEW FIGURE ON TOP WHERE HE HAD BEEN REBORN INTO A FREE FLIGHT LOOKING LIKE A BUDDHIST FIGURE.
MOST OF THE ARTISTS HAD BEAUTIFUL HOUSES AND SURROUNDINGS. I LEARNED IT TOOK FIVE YEARS BEFORE BLUEBERRIES WOULD MATURE INTO BERRIES ONCE YOU PLANT THEM! THEY COULD HARDLY BELIEVE MY STORY. THEY ARE GOING TO JAPAN FOR A MONTH!
MOST OF THE ARTISTS HAD BEAUTIFUL HOUSES AND SURROUNDINGS. I LEARNED IT TOOK FIVE YEARS BEFORE BLUEBERRIES WOULD MATURE INTO BERRIES ONCE YOU PLANT THEM! THEY COULD HARDLY BELIEVE MY STORY. THEY ARE GOING TO JAPAN FOR A MONTH!
ARIZONA SONORAN DESERT MUSEUM
THE DESERT MUSEUM HAS ENCHANTED MILLIONS OF VISITORS WITH LIVE ANIMAL EXHIBITS IN THEIR NATURAL SETTINGS. IT HS GREAT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. IT IS NOW WORLDWIDE REPUTATION IN THE SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE COMMITTED TO RESEARCHING AND PROTECTING THE LAND, PLANTS, AND THE ANIMALS OF THE DESERT.
IT GIVES PEOPLE A CHANCE TO INSPIRE FOLKS TO LIVE IN HARMONY BY FOSTERING AN UNDERSTANDING THE DESERT. IT IS A MUSEUM AND BOTANICAL GARDEN. THEY HAVE MOUNTAIN LIONS, PRAIRIE DOGS, GILA MONSTERS, AND 300 SPECIES OF ANIMALS (2700 ANIMALS) IN THEIR 21 ACRES. THIS MUSEUM BEGAN IN 1952 TO PROTECT NATIVE PLANTS AND ANIMALS.. THE MUSEUM SUPPORTS ONGOING RESEARCH AND SCIENCE. IT SENSING PEOPLE'S SENSE OF STEWARDSHIP. IT IS ONE TOP 10 ZOOLOGICAL PARKS IN THE WORLD WITH AN UNIQUE APPROACH IN INTERPRETING NATURAL RESOURCES. IN 1944 THERE WAS LITTLE KNOWLEDGE OF THE DESERT AND SEVERAL NATURALISTS BECAME INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING THIS MUSEUM.
THE MUSEUM OPENED OPENED IN 1952 AND THEY CONTINUE TO RESEARCH PROGRAMS DIRECTLY TO EDUCATIONAL INTERPRETATION. THEY ARE NOW IN A CONNECTION WITH MEXICO SO THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY CAN PROMOTE THEIR RELATION SHIP WITH THE COUNTRY IN HISTORY. THEY HAVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN THE SONORAN DESERT AND THROUGHOUT THE REGION. DOCENTS ARE TRAINED O HELP PEOPLE IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDS BETTER APPRECIATE THE DESERT. THEY HAVE A CLOSER LOOK AT SOME OF THE DESERT ANIMALS OF SONORA ON SPECIAL TOURS. THEY ALSO HAVE A FRESH WATER AQUARIUM. THIS IS THE LUSHEST DESERT ON EARTH. THE AQUARIUM HAS TOUCH TANKS.
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IT GIVES PEOPLE A CHANCE TO INSPIRE FOLKS TO LIVE IN HARMONY BY FOSTERING AN UNDERSTANDING THE DESERT. IT IS A MUSEUM AND BOTANICAL GARDEN. THEY HAVE MOUNTAIN LIONS, PRAIRIE DOGS, GILA MONSTERS, AND 300 SPECIES OF ANIMALS (2700 ANIMALS) IN THEIR 21 ACRES. THIS MUSEUM BEGAN IN 1952 TO PROTECT NATIVE PLANTS AND ANIMALS.. THE MUSEUM SUPPORTS ONGOING RESEARCH AND SCIENCE. IT SENSING PEOPLE'S SENSE OF STEWARDSHIP. IT IS ONE TOP 10 ZOOLOGICAL PARKS IN THE WORLD WITH AN UNIQUE APPROACH IN INTERPRETING NATURAL RESOURCES. IN 1944 THERE WAS LITTLE KNOWLEDGE OF THE DESERT AND SEVERAL NATURALISTS BECAME INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING THIS MUSEUM.
THE MUSEUM OPENED OPENED IN 1952 AND THEY CONTINUE TO RESEARCH PROGRAMS DIRECTLY TO EDUCATIONAL INTERPRETATION. THEY ARE NOW IN A CONNECTION WITH MEXICO SO THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY CAN PROMOTE THEIR RELATION SHIP WITH THE COUNTRY IN HISTORY. THEY HAVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN THE SONORAN DESERT AND THROUGHOUT THE REGION. DOCENTS ARE TRAINED O HELP PEOPLE IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUNDS BETTER APPRECIATE THE DESERT. THEY HAVE A CLOSER LOOK AT SOME OF THE DESERT ANIMALS OF SONORA ON SPECIAL TOURS. THEY ALSO HAVE A FRESH WATER AQUARIUM. THIS IS THE LUSHEST DESERT ON EARTH. THE AQUARIUM HAS TOUCH TANKS.
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EIFFEL TOWER
EIFFEL TOWER IS IN ROME AND IS OF IRON LATTICE. IT IS NAMED AFTER THE ENGINEER GUSTAVE WHO BUILT IT IN 1889 AS AN ENTRANCE TO THE WORLD'S FAIR. IT HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS STRUCTURES IN THE WORLD. IT RAISED TO 320 M HIGH AND HAS 7.1 MILLION PEOPLE ASCEND IT.
IT HAS AN ELEVATOR AND STAIRS AND IS MAINTAINED BY PARIS. IT HAS RESTAURANTS ON THE FIRST AND SECOND LEVEL. IT IS DESIGNED FOR THE WORLD'S FAIR THAT WOULD CELEBRATE 100 YEARS PAST THE FRENCH REVOLUTION INITIALLY EIFFEL HIMSELF DESIGNED THEIR SCHEME AT HOME AND WITH ANOTHER ENGINEER SHOWED IT TO THEIR HEAD WHO ADDED ARCHES TO THE BASE AND A PAVILION TO THE FIRST STORY. EIFFEL GAVE A TALK ON A STUDY TO THE SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS SAYING IT WOULD SYMBOLIZE THE SCIENTIFIC MOVEMENT OF THE 19TH CENTURY. AND HE SAID IT EXPRESSED FRANCE'S GRATITUDE.
BY 1886 A BUDGET WAS PASSED AND VARIOUS OTHER PROPOSALS WERE CONSIDERED FOR THE FAIR. BUT AFTER ALL OTHERS WERE CONSIDERED IMPRACTICAL. OF COURSE SOME ARTISTS AND SCULPTURES OBJECTED TO THE DESIGN AND EIFFEL AND HIS SUPPORTERS SAID IT WILL BE SO DELICATE AND ELEGANT IN ITS STYLE THAT THIS STRUCTURE IS DISTANT FROM OTHER MONUMENTS IN PARIS. TODAY THE TOWER IS CONSIDERED A STRIKING PIECE OF STRUCTURED ART. AFTER THE TOWER SOME OF THE PROTESTERS CHANGED THEIR MINDS. THE TOWER WAS BUILT USING AIR CAISSONS TO SUPPORT THE CONCRETE SLABS. EACH OF THESE SLABS WAS 6 METERS THICK. ON TOP OF THE CONCRETE THEY BUILT PADS. THEY MADE DRAWINGS OF THE EIFFEL TOWER.
SOME OF THE PARTS WERE FOR THE TOWER ARRIVED FROM HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE FROM PARIS FACTORY. IF ANY PART OF DID NOT FIT IT WAS SENT BACK TO THE FACTORY. NO DRILLING OR SHAPING WAS DONE ON THE THE SITE. IT REQUIRED 18,000 PIECES OF IRON!
AFTER COMPLETION IN 1889 EIFFEL CELEBRATED THIS DAY BY TAKING A GROUP OF FOLKS UP TO THE TOP OF THE TOWERS UP TO THE TOP OF THE TOWER. BY FOOT IT WAS TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR. THE LIFTS HAD NOT BEEN COMPLETED UNTIL MAY. IT WAS A BIG SUCCESS WITH PUBLIC, IT WAS INTENDED TO STAY ONLY 20 YEARS. HOWEVER IT PROVED AS A VALUABLE TOWER FOR COMMUNICATION. IT JAMMED GERMAN COMMUNICATION AND PRODUCED A VICTORY AND PRODUCED A VICTORY AT THE BATTLE OF MARNE.
IN 1940 GERMANS OCCUPIED PARIS DURING THE WAR AND ADOLF HITLER CLIMBED THE TOWER AND THE FRENCH CUT THE CABLES FOR THE FOR THE ELAVATOR. HITLER WANTED THE FRENCH TO DISMANTLE THE TOWER AND FRENCH CUT THE CABLES FOR THE ELEVATOR. HITLER WANTED THE FRENCH TO DISMANTLE THE TOWER. THEY DISOBEYED. THE EIFFEL TOWER HAD SEARCHLIGHTS INSTALLED BY 1999. THE LIGHT SHOW IS TODAY A NIGHTLY EVENT. IT IS A BEACON IN PARIS. IN WINTER THEY HAVE AN ICE SKATING RINK AS WELL.
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IT HAS AN ELEVATOR AND STAIRS AND IS MAINTAINED BY PARIS. IT HAS RESTAURANTS ON THE FIRST AND SECOND LEVEL. IT IS DESIGNED FOR THE WORLD'S FAIR THAT WOULD CELEBRATE 100 YEARS PAST THE FRENCH REVOLUTION INITIALLY EIFFEL HIMSELF DESIGNED THEIR SCHEME AT HOME AND WITH ANOTHER ENGINEER SHOWED IT TO THEIR HEAD WHO ADDED ARCHES TO THE BASE AND A PAVILION TO THE FIRST STORY. EIFFEL GAVE A TALK ON A STUDY TO THE SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS SAYING IT WOULD SYMBOLIZE THE SCIENTIFIC MOVEMENT OF THE 19TH CENTURY. AND HE SAID IT EXPRESSED FRANCE'S GRATITUDE.
BY 1886 A BUDGET WAS PASSED AND VARIOUS OTHER PROPOSALS WERE CONSIDERED FOR THE FAIR. BUT AFTER ALL OTHERS WERE CONSIDERED IMPRACTICAL. OF COURSE SOME ARTISTS AND SCULPTURES OBJECTED TO THE DESIGN AND EIFFEL AND HIS SUPPORTERS SAID IT WILL BE SO DELICATE AND ELEGANT IN ITS STYLE THAT THIS STRUCTURE IS DISTANT FROM OTHER MONUMENTS IN PARIS. TODAY THE TOWER IS CONSIDERED A STRIKING PIECE OF STRUCTURED ART. AFTER THE TOWER SOME OF THE PROTESTERS CHANGED THEIR MINDS. THE TOWER WAS BUILT USING AIR CAISSONS TO SUPPORT THE CONCRETE SLABS. EACH OF THESE SLABS WAS 6 METERS THICK. ON TOP OF THE CONCRETE THEY BUILT PADS. THEY MADE DRAWINGS OF THE EIFFEL TOWER.
SOME OF THE PARTS WERE FOR THE TOWER ARRIVED FROM HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE FROM PARIS FACTORY. IF ANY PART OF DID NOT FIT IT WAS SENT BACK TO THE FACTORY. NO DRILLING OR SHAPING WAS DONE ON THE THE SITE. IT REQUIRED 18,000 PIECES OF IRON!
AFTER COMPLETION IN 1889 EIFFEL CELEBRATED THIS DAY BY TAKING A GROUP OF FOLKS UP TO THE TOP OF THE TOWERS UP TO THE TOP OF THE TOWER. BY FOOT IT WAS TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR. THE LIFTS HAD NOT BEEN COMPLETED UNTIL MAY. IT WAS A BIG SUCCESS WITH PUBLIC, IT WAS INTENDED TO STAY ONLY 20 YEARS. HOWEVER IT PROVED AS A VALUABLE TOWER FOR COMMUNICATION. IT JAMMED GERMAN COMMUNICATION AND PRODUCED A VICTORY AND PRODUCED A VICTORY AT THE BATTLE OF MARNE.
IN 1940 GERMANS OCCUPIED PARIS DURING THE WAR AND ADOLF HITLER CLIMBED THE TOWER AND THE FRENCH CUT THE CABLES FOR THE FOR THE ELAVATOR. HITLER WANTED THE FRENCH TO DISMANTLE THE TOWER AND FRENCH CUT THE CABLES FOR THE ELEVATOR. HITLER WANTED THE FRENCH TO DISMANTLE THE TOWER. THEY DISOBEYED. THE EIFFEL TOWER HAD SEARCHLIGHTS INSTALLED BY 1999. THE LIGHT SHOW IS TODAY A NIGHTLY EVENT. IT IS A BEACON IN PARIS. IN WINTER THEY HAVE AN ICE SKATING RINK AS WELL.
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Friday, June 7, 2013
MONUMENT VALLEY
MONUMENT VALLEY IS IN THE COLORADO PLATEAU IN THE NAVAJO REGION. THEY ARE MADE OF SANDSTONE BUTTES. THESE STAND 100' ABOVE THE VALLEY FLOOR. IT IS LOCATED ON THE ARIZONA ,UTAH STATE LINE NEAR THE FOUR CORNERS. THESE BUTTES ARE USED NEAR USED FOR MOVIE LOCATIONS AS THEY ARE WELL KNOWN AS UNIQUE. GEOLOGICAL FEATURES. WHEN I VISITED THIS AREA THERE WERE FOLKS WHO WERE SELLING TURQUOISE AND NAVAJO JEWELRY AND SMALL FETISHES. THE VALLEY FLOOR HAS AN ELEVATION OF 6000' FEET. AN ANCIENT RIVER CARVED THIS VALLEY AND EXPOSED THE RED COLOR OF IRON OXIDE.
THESE BUTTES HAVE THREE LAYERS OF VARIOUS ROCK TYPES.THERE ARE VALLEY STRUCTURES THAT HAVE UNIQUE SHAPES. THE MAIN BUTTE LOOK LIKE 2 LARGE MITTENS. IN 1948- 1967 THE AREA WAS MINED FOR URANIUM, THAT OCCURS IN SCATTERED AREAS IN A CONGLOMERATE OF COPPER. THE MONUMENT IS A NAVAJO TRIBAL PARK. VISITORS MUST PAY AN ACCESS FEE TO DRIVE 17 MILES ON 17 MILES ON A DIRT ROAD. THE NAVAJO TOURS CHARGE FEES DEPENDING UPON THE ROUTE. SOME TOURS ARE BUY HORSE RIDES. THEY ALSO HAVE HOT AIR BALLOON FLIGHTS.
THEIR CLIMATE IS UNUSUAL AS IN SUMMER IT MAY BE 100 DEGREES AND DROP TO 38 AT NIGHT!. SINCE IT IS HIGH ELEVATION IN WINTER THERE MAY BE SLIGHT SNOWFALL BUT IT MELTS WITHIN A DAY OR TWO.
THE NAVAJO NATION IS A SEMI AUTONOMOUS NATIVE RESERVATION COVERING 27,000 SQUARE MILES IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA, SOUTHEAST UTAH. AND NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO. IT IS THE LARGEST LAND AREA ASSIGNED TO A NATIVE AMERICAN TERRITORY WITHIN THE U.S. BY 1969 THE GOVERNMENT CHANGED TO NAVAJO NATION. DINE REPRESENTED SUFFERING BEFORE THE LONG WALK.
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THESE BUTTES HAVE THREE LAYERS OF VARIOUS ROCK TYPES.THERE ARE VALLEY STRUCTURES THAT HAVE UNIQUE SHAPES. THE MAIN BUTTE LOOK LIKE 2 LARGE MITTENS. IN 1948- 1967 THE AREA WAS MINED FOR URANIUM, THAT OCCURS IN SCATTERED AREAS IN A CONGLOMERATE OF COPPER. THE MONUMENT IS A NAVAJO TRIBAL PARK. VISITORS MUST PAY AN ACCESS FEE TO DRIVE 17 MILES ON 17 MILES ON A DIRT ROAD. THE NAVAJO TOURS CHARGE FEES DEPENDING UPON THE ROUTE. SOME TOURS ARE BUY HORSE RIDES. THEY ALSO HAVE HOT AIR BALLOON FLIGHTS.
THEIR CLIMATE IS UNUSUAL AS IN SUMMER IT MAY BE 100 DEGREES AND DROP TO 38 AT NIGHT!. SINCE IT IS HIGH ELEVATION IN WINTER THERE MAY BE SLIGHT SNOWFALL BUT IT MELTS WITHIN A DAY OR TWO.
THE NAVAJO NATION IS A SEMI AUTONOMOUS NATIVE RESERVATION COVERING 27,000 SQUARE MILES IN NORTHEAST ARIZONA, SOUTHEAST UTAH. AND NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO. IT IS THE LARGEST LAND AREA ASSIGNED TO A NATIVE AMERICAN TERRITORY WITHIN THE U.S. BY 1969 THE GOVERNMENT CHANGED TO NAVAJO NATION. DINE REPRESENTED SUFFERING BEFORE THE LONG WALK.
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013
MY JOURNAL AS A YOUNG GIRL
AS A YOUNG GIRL I USED TO BE A COUNSELOR IN ANTIOCH, OHIO. I DROVE AN OLD RAMBLER WHEN I WAS WORKING AS AN UNDERGRADUATE. IT WAS A STRANGE STRANGE EXPERIENCE AS KIDS WERE PULLING OUT MY SPARK PLUGS! I THOUGHT IT WAS A TRICK AND FINALLY THEY FIXED THEM. I ENJOYED WORKING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE . I HAD SOME YOUNG KIDS MAKE ART AND USUALLY A GROUP OF TEENS PLAYED POOL WHILE RELAXING AFTER SCHOOL.
I ALSO WAS AMBITIOUS ENOUGH TO BECOME A YOUNG ACTRESS IN A PLAY, THE MIKADO IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. REMEMBER BEING IN A CHEERLEADING GROUP AT THAT TIME. I ALSO WAS IN
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I ALSO WAS AMBITIOUS ENOUGH TO BECOME A YOUNG ACTRESS IN A PLAY, THE MIKADO IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. REMEMBER BEING IN A CHEERLEADING GROUP AT THAT TIME. I ALSO WAS IN
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
CHINESE FESTIVALS
THE CHINESE SPRING FESTIVAL IS THE MOST IMPORTANT SPRING FESTIVAL OF THE CHINESE. ALL FAMILY MEMBERS GET TOGETHER. MANY BUSES, AIRPORTS AND TRAINS ARE CROWDED WITH PEOPLE. RETURNING. IT FALLS ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE LUNAR MONTH, OFTEN ONE MONTH LATER THAN THEIR GREGORIAN CALENDAR. THIS FEST STARTED IN 1600 B,C, IN THE 12TH LUNAR MONTH AND THEY START EVERY YEAR AT THE SAME TIME. THE CHINESE HAVE 7 DAYS OFF FROM WORK FOR THE LUNAR MONTH. SOME CUSTOMS ARE: MAKE PORRIDGE MADE FROM RICE, MILLETS AND SEEDS AND BEANS.
ON THE 23RD DAY PEOPLE OFFER SACRIFICE TO THE KITCHEN GOD. THEY MAKE DELICIOUS FOOD TO ENJOY. THEN THEY PREPARE FOR THE COMING NEW YEAR. STORES ARE BUSY AND GATHER MATERIALS FOR EDIBLE OIL RICE, FLOUR, CHICKEN, DUCK, FISH, MEAT.THE FAMILIES BUY NEW CLOTHES FOR THEIR CHILDREN. THEY BUY GIFTS AND SHOES FOR THE ELDERLY BEFORE THE NEW YEAR. THEY CLEAN THE INDOORS AND OUTDOORS OF THEIR HOMES AND CLOTHES AND UTENSILS. THEY PUT CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY WITH BLACK CHARACTERS ON RED PAPER. THEY PUT CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY WITH BLACK CHARACTERS ON SEA PAPER. THE CONTENT VARIES FROM HOUSE OWNERS WISHES FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE AND GOOD LUCK. THEY PUT PICTURES OF THEIR GODS ON DOORS AND WEALTH ON FRONT DOORS TO WARD OFF EVIL SPIRITS.
THE CHINESE CHARACTER "FU" MEANS HAPPINESS AN UPSIDE DOWN POSTER. THEY PUT 2 LARGE RED LANTERNS ON THE SIDES OF THE FRONT DOOR. PEOPLE ATTACH GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THE SPRING FESTIVAL.
ALL FAMILY MEMBERS EAT TOGETHER AND IT IS MORE LUXURIOUS THAN USUAL. AFTERWARDS THE ENTIRE FAMILY SITS TOGETHER AND CHAT. THEY WILL STAY UP TO SEETHE NEW YEAR IN.
AS THEY WAKE UP ON NEW YEAR EVERYONE DRESSES AND SHARES GIFTS THEY MAKE CAKES AND VARIOUS SPECIAL FOODS FOR A GOOD TIME. THEY ONCE BURNED FIREWORKS AS THE MOST TYPICAL CUSTOM HOWEVER IT CAUSES TOO MUCH POLLUTION NOW. SOME KIDS BREAK BALLOONS AND A LIVELY ATMOSPHERE PERMEATES THE AREAS. THEY DANCE AND HAVE LANTERN FESTIVALS.
CHINA HAS 56 ETHNIC GROUPS. FOR THEIR MID AUTUMN FESTIVAL. IT HAS A LONG HISTORY IN ANCIENT CHINA. IT FALLS ON THE 15TH DAY OF OCTOBER. EMPERORS IN THE OLD DAYS GAVE SACRIFICES TO THE SUN IN TE SPRING. AND TO THE MOON IN AUTUMN. HISTORICAL BOOKS EXPRESSED HOW TO DO THIS FESTIVAL. THEY ENJOYED THE BRIGHT MOON ON THAT DAY.
BY MID AUTUMN IT GREW TO BE A MAJOR FESTIVAL. THEY ENJOYED THE FULL BRIGHT MOON ON THAT DAY. THEY WORSHIPPED IT AND LITERARY FIGURES EXPANDED THE CEREMONY TO COMMON FOLKS. BY 1900'S IT GREW TO BE A MAJOR FESTIVAL.
ACCORDING TO MYTH THERE WERE 10 SUNS RISING AND THEY SCORCHED THE EARTH AND CROPS AND HAD A DIRE POVERTY. A HERO CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF A MOUNTAIN AND DIRECTED HIS SUPERHUMAN STRENGTH AND TO FULL EXTENT. HE DREW HIS BOW DOWN AND SHOT DOWN 9 SUNS ONE AFTER ANOTHER. HE THEN ORDERED THE LAST SUN TO RISE ACCORDING TO TIME. HE WAS RESPECTED AND LOVED BY THE PEOPLE.
THEY HAD A PARCEL OF ELIXIR WHICH BY TAKING IT ONE WOULD IMMEDIATELY GO TO HEAVEN. HE HID THE ELIXIR IN HIS WIFE'S DRESSING TABLE TO TREASURE IT. ONE DAY WHEN YI WENT HUNTING WITH HIM, THE HUNTER ASKED HIS WIFE FOR THE ELIXIR. SHE ADE A DECISION TO SWALLOW IT AND HER BODY FLOATED OFF THE GROUND UP TO HEAVEN. YI WAS OVERCOME WITH GRIEF. DURING THE NIGHT HE LOOKED UP INTO THE NIGHT AND CALLED OUT THE NAME OF HIS WIFE, AND AS A SURPRISE WHEN HE LOOKED AT THE FULL MOON HE SAW WHAT WAS HIS WIFE'S SHADOW!
PEOPLE SELECTED AUGUST 15TH TO CELEBRATE BECAUSE IT'S A SEASON WHEN CROPS AND FRUITS ARE RIPE. PEOPLE PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE AND LOOK UP AT THE SKY WHILE TALKING!
DURING WINTER SOLSTICE AS EARLY AS 2500 YEARS AGO THE WINTER SOLSTICE WAS OBSERVED BY MOVEMENTS OF THE SUN IT IS THE EARLIEST OF THE 214 SEASONAL POINTS. THE TIME IS DECEMBER 2 OR 22ND..
THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE EXPERIENCES THE SHORTEST DAYTIME AND LONGEST NIGH TIME. AFTER THE WINTER SOLSTICE, DAYS WILL BE LONGER AND LONGER. AS ANCIENT CHINESE THOUGHT, THE GANG HAVE MORE POSITIVE AWARENESS AFTER THIS DAY. THE HAN PEOPLE REGARD THE WINTER SOLSTICE AS A WINTER FESTIVAL. SO IT IS ALSO A RESTFULL DAY RELATIVES AND FRIENDS PRESENTED DELICIOUS FOOD.
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ON THE 23RD DAY PEOPLE OFFER SACRIFICE TO THE KITCHEN GOD. THEY MAKE DELICIOUS FOOD TO ENJOY. THEN THEY PREPARE FOR THE COMING NEW YEAR. STORES ARE BUSY AND GATHER MATERIALS FOR EDIBLE OIL RICE, FLOUR, CHICKEN, DUCK, FISH, MEAT.THE FAMILIES BUY NEW CLOTHES FOR THEIR CHILDREN. THEY BUY GIFTS AND SHOES FOR THE ELDERLY BEFORE THE NEW YEAR. THEY CLEAN THE INDOORS AND OUTDOORS OF THEIR HOMES AND CLOTHES AND UTENSILS. THEY PUT CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY WITH BLACK CHARACTERS ON RED PAPER. THEY PUT CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY WITH BLACK CHARACTERS ON SEA PAPER. THE CONTENT VARIES FROM HOUSE OWNERS WISHES FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE AND GOOD LUCK. THEY PUT PICTURES OF THEIR GODS ON DOORS AND WEALTH ON FRONT DOORS TO WARD OFF EVIL SPIRITS.
THE CHINESE CHARACTER "FU" MEANS HAPPINESS AN UPSIDE DOWN POSTER. THEY PUT 2 LARGE RED LANTERNS ON THE SIDES OF THE FRONT DOOR. PEOPLE ATTACH GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THE SPRING FESTIVAL.
ALL FAMILY MEMBERS EAT TOGETHER AND IT IS MORE LUXURIOUS THAN USUAL. AFTERWARDS THE ENTIRE FAMILY SITS TOGETHER AND CHAT. THEY WILL STAY UP TO SEETHE NEW YEAR IN.
AS THEY WAKE UP ON NEW YEAR EVERYONE DRESSES AND SHARES GIFTS THEY MAKE CAKES AND VARIOUS SPECIAL FOODS FOR A GOOD TIME. THEY ONCE BURNED FIREWORKS AS THE MOST TYPICAL CUSTOM HOWEVER IT CAUSES TOO MUCH POLLUTION NOW. SOME KIDS BREAK BALLOONS AND A LIVELY ATMOSPHERE PERMEATES THE AREAS. THEY DANCE AND HAVE LANTERN FESTIVALS.
CHINA HAS 56 ETHNIC GROUPS. FOR THEIR MID AUTUMN FESTIVAL. IT HAS A LONG HISTORY IN ANCIENT CHINA. IT FALLS ON THE 15TH DAY OF OCTOBER. EMPERORS IN THE OLD DAYS GAVE SACRIFICES TO THE SUN IN TE SPRING. AND TO THE MOON IN AUTUMN. HISTORICAL BOOKS EXPRESSED HOW TO DO THIS FESTIVAL. THEY ENJOYED THE BRIGHT MOON ON THAT DAY.
BY MID AUTUMN IT GREW TO BE A MAJOR FESTIVAL. THEY ENJOYED THE FULL BRIGHT MOON ON THAT DAY. THEY WORSHIPPED IT AND LITERARY FIGURES EXPANDED THE CEREMONY TO COMMON FOLKS. BY 1900'S IT GREW TO BE A MAJOR FESTIVAL.
ACCORDING TO MYTH THERE WERE 10 SUNS RISING AND THEY SCORCHED THE EARTH AND CROPS AND HAD A DIRE POVERTY. A HERO CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF A MOUNTAIN AND DIRECTED HIS SUPERHUMAN STRENGTH AND TO FULL EXTENT. HE DREW HIS BOW DOWN AND SHOT DOWN 9 SUNS ONE AFTER ANOTHER. HE THEN ORDERED THE LAST SUN TO RISE ACCORDING TO TIME. HE WAS RESPECTED AND LOVED BY THE PEOPLE.
THEY HAD A PARCEL OF ELIXIR WHICH BY TAKING IT ONE WOULD IMMEDIATELY GO TO HEAVEN. HE HID THE ELIXIR IN HIS WIFE'S DRESSING TABLE TO TREASURE IT. ONE DAY WHEN YI WENT HUNTING WITH HIM, THE HUNTER ASKED HIS WIFE FOR THE ELIXIR. SHE ADE A DECISION TO SWALLOW IT AND HER BODY FLOATED OFF THE GROUND UP TO HEAVEN. YI WAS OVERCOME WITH GRIEF. DURING THE NIGHT HE LOOKED UP INTO THE NIGHT AND CALLED OUT THE NAME OF HIS WIFE, AND AS A SURPRISE WHEN HE LOOKED AT THE FULL MOON HE SAW WHAT WAS HIS WIFE'S SHADOW!
PEOPLE SELECTED AUGUST 15TH TO CELEBRATE BECAUSE IT'S A SEASON WHEN CROPS AND FRUITS ARE RIPE. PEOPLE PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE AND LOOK UP AT THE SKY WHILE TALKING!
DURING WINTER SOLSTICE AS EARLY AS 2500 YEARS AGO THE WINTER SOLSTICE WAS OBSERVED BY MOVEMENTS OF THE SUN IT IS THE EARLIEST OF THE 214 SEASONAL POINTS. THE TIME IS DECEMBER 2 OR 22ND..
THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE EXPERIENCES THE SHORTEST DAYTIME AND LONGEST NIGH TIME. AFTER THE WINTER SOLSTICE, DAYS WILL BE LONGER AND LONGER. AS ANCIENT CHINESE THOUGHT, THE GANG HAVE MORE POSITIVE AWARENESS AFTER THIS DAY. THE HAN PEOPLE REGARD THE WINTER SOLSTICE AS A WINTER FESTIVAL. SO IT IS ALSO A RESTFULL DAY RELATIVES AND FRIENDS PRESENTED DELICIOUS FOOD.
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