THESE ISLANDS FORM A STATE IN OCEANIA EAST OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA. THESE 1000 ISLANDS COVER 28,000 KM. THEY WERE INVITED BY MELANESIA PEOPLE FOR MANY 1000'S OF YEARS. THE FIRST EUROPEANS TO ARRIVE THERE WAS FROM SPAIN IN 1568. ENGLAND ESTABLISHED A PROTECTORATE OVER THE SOLOMON ISLANDS IN 1893. IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR THEY FOUGHT THE U.S. AND JAPANESE. BY 1976 THEY ACHIEVED INDEPENDENCE. THE ISLANDS ARE A MONARCHY AND THEY HAVE A PRIME MINISTER .
IT IS THOUGHT THAT PAPUAN SPEAKERS SETTLED HERE ABOUT 30,000 B.C. BY 4000 B.C. AUSTRONESIA SPEAKERS ARRIVED BRINGING CULTURAL ELEMENTS AS THE OUTRIGGER CANOE. BY 1200 AND 800 B.C. THE ANCESTORS OF THE POLYNESIANS ARRIVED WITH KNOWLWEDGE OF CERAMICS.
IN 1568 THE FIRST EUROPEANS CAME. THE ISLANDERS WERE NOTED FOR HEADHUNTING. THE MISSIONARIES BEGAN VISITING THE UPLAND IN 1850'S BEGAN VISITING THE UPLAND IN 1850'S. THEY MADE LITTLE PROGRESS AT FIRST BEFORE LABORERS FOR THE SUGAR PLANTATION THAT LED TO A SERIES OF REPRISALS AND MASSACRES. BY 1893 ENGLAND DECLARED A PROTECTORATE OVER SOUTHERN SOLOMONS. BY 1900 MORE OF THE ISLANDS WERE ADDED TO THE TO THE PROTECTORATE OF BRITAIN. SOME ISLANDS REMAINED GERMANY ADMINISTRATION. THE SOLOMON ISLANDS REMAINED UNDER REMAINED UNDER UNDER GERMANY ADMINISTRATION. WITH MONO AND AALU SOCIETIES TRADED WITH MONO AND ALU AND OTHER SOCIETIES. MISSIONARIES CONNECTED MOST OF THE POPULATION.CHRISTIANITY. IN THE EARLY 1900S THE AUSTRALIAN FIRMS BEGAN LARGE SCALE COCONUT PLANTING.
DURING WORLD WAR II MOST OF THE PLANTERS AND TRADERS AND TRADERS MOVED TO AUSTRALIA WHILE INTENSE FIGHTING OCCURED IN THESE ISLANDS.
BY 1970 THE ELECTIONS WERE HELD AND A HELD AND A NEW CONSTITUTION WAS CREATED IN 1970. BY 1973 THE FIRST OIL PRICE SHOCK OCCURRED AND THE COST OF RUNNING A COLONY BECAME APPARENT. BY 1975 THEY GAINED SELF GOVERNMENT. DURING LATE 1990'S THEY HAD AN INTENSE CIVIL WAR.
BY 2007 THEY WERE STRUCK BY A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE THAT FOLLOWED A TSUNAMI. IT DESTROYED 700 HOMES AND LEFT MANY PEOPLE HOMELESS. THEIR CLIMATE IS VERY HUMID THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WITH 80 DEGREES. THEY HAVE MANY RAIN FORESTS. THEIR SOIL IS MOSTLY VOLCANIC. WITH INFERTILE LIMESTONE. THEY MUST IMPORT OIL AND SOME OTHER PRODUCTS. THEY EXPORTED SOME TIMBER AND THE ISLANDS HAVE UNDEVELOPED RESOURCES - LEAD, NICKLE, AND GOOD PLANTATION CLOSED.
DIVING FOR TOURISM IS A MAJOR ACTIVITY. THEY HAVE 74 LANGUAGES AND 4 HAVE BECOME EXTINCT. ABOUT 92% ARE CHRISTIAN WITH SOME ANGELICAN. AND THEIR AGE OLD CUSTOMS ARE HANDLED DOWN FROM OTHERS WITH ABORIGINAL SPIRITS THEMSELVES. NOT ALL FOLKS HAVE TV'S. THEY PLAY RUGBY AND SOCCER . SCHOOL EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IS NOT COMPULSORY.
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Monday, November 19, 2012
ART FOR ART'S SAKE
YESTERDAY I WENT TO CHURCH AND THEY HAD A GREAT SINGER AND THE MINISTER WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN ALL IMPROVE OUR LIVES. THEN AFTERWARD I MET SOME FRIENDS WHO SAID THEY HAD TO REMOVE THE ART SHOW. I CAME BACK TO FEED MY CAT AND I DECIDED TO HELP WITH REMOVING AND TAKING DOWN THE ART SHOW. IT TOOK SEVERAL HOURS AND IT WAS PRETTY CONFUSING. NO ONE SEEMED TO BE ABLE TO DIRECT THIS WORK, BUT WE FINALLY GOT THE ART PIECES DOWN AND THE HEAVY BOARDS THAT WERE USED TO HANG THE ART WERE CARRIED UPSTAIRS ALONG WITH ALL THE ART. IT TOOK SEVERAL HOURS AND IT SEEMED LIKE IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO ASK MORE PEOPLE TO COLLECT THEIR ART BEFORE THAT DAY SO THE MEMBERS WOULD NOT HAVE SO MUCH WORK CARRYING ALL THESE PIECES UP THE STAIRS. WE GOT TO MEET SOME NEW PEOPLE I HAD NOT SEEN BEFORE AND OTHERS WHO I DID KNOW.
WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE WORLD'S LARGEST SHARK SANCTUARY
THESE ISLANDS ARE IN THE NORTHERN PACIFIC OCEAN. THE COUNTRY IS PART OF THE LARGER GROUP OF MICRONESIA WITH THE POPULATION OF ABOUT 68,000 PEOPLE IN 34 LOW LYING ATOLS AND AND 100 ISLANDS.
EUROPEANS CAME HERE IN 1520'S WITH SPAIN IN 1526. A BRITISH EXPLORER NAMED JOHN MARSHALL NAMED THE ISLAND. IN 1874 THE BECAME PART OF GERMANY. IN 1885 JAPAN OCCUPIED THE ISLANDS. BY 1919 THE ISLANDS WERE TAKEN OVER BY THE U.S. SELF GOVERNMENT. IN 1885 JAPAN OCCUPIED THE ISLANDS. BY 1919 THE ISLANDS WERE TAKEN ISLANDS WERE TAKEN OVER BY THE U S , SELF GOVERNMENT WAS RECOGNIZED IN 1979.
THEY HAVE FEW NATURAL RESOURCES. THE ISLANDS WEALTH THE ISLANDS WEALTH IS BASED ON SERVICE ECONOMY AS WELL AS FISHING AND AGRICULTURE. MUCH OF THEIR ECONOMY COMES FROM THE US. SOME OF THE FOLKS ARE FROM PHILLIPINES. THE MAJORITY OF FOLKS ARE OF MARSHALESE DESCENT. SOME ARE OF MALAAYO-PHILLIPINE/POLYNESIA DESCENT. MOST FOLKS PRACTICE THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST.
THE ISLANDS WERE SETTLED IN 2ND MILLENIUM B.C. PEOPLE CAME HERE FROM CANOES. A GERMAN TRADING COMPANY SETTLED ON THE OTHER ISLANDS IN 1885. FROM 1946 TO 1958 THE U.S. TESTED NUCLEAR WEAPONS. THIS WAS DETERMINED THE MOST CONTAMINATED SITE OF THE NUCLEAR PROVING GROUNDS. THERE ARE STILL HEALTH EFFECTS. THEY HAVE A SHARK SANCTIONARY THAT IS THE WORLDS LARGEST. NO ONE CAN CATCH SHARKS. THERE MOST ARE COCONUTS, TOMATOES, MELONS, AND BREADFRUITS. THEY HAVE HAD A BIG TUNA . THEY HAVE EXPERIMENTED WITH COCONUT OIL TO USE AS A DIESEL FUEL. NO RESULTS YET. THE ISLAND HAS 68,000 PEOPLE IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS.
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EUROPEANS CAME HERE IN 1520'S WITH SPAIN IN 1526. A BRITISH EXPLORER NAMED JOHN MARSHALL NAMED THE ISLAND. IN 1874 THE BECAME PART OF GERMANY. IN 1885 JAPAN OCCUPIED THE ISLANDS. BY 1919 THE ISLANDS WERE TAKEN OVER BY THE U.S. SELF GOVERNMENT. IN 1885 JAPAN OCCUPIED THE ISLANDS. BY 1919 THE ISLANDS WERE TAKEN ISLANDS WERE TAKEN OVER BY THE U S , SELF GOVERNMENT WAS RECOGNIZED IN 1979.
THEY HAVE FEW NATURAL RESOURCES. THE ISLANDS WEALTH THE ISLANDS WEALTH IS BASED ON SERVICE ECONOMY AS WELL AS FISHING AND AGRICULTURE. MUCH OF THEIR ECONOMY COMES FROM THE US. SOME OF THE FOLKS ARE FROM PHILLIPINES. THE MAJORITY OF FOLKS ARE OF MARSHALESE DESCENT. SOME ARE OF MALAAYO-PHILLIPINE/POLYNESIA DESCENT. MOST FOLKS PRACTICE THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST.
THE ISLANDS WERE SETTLED IN 2ND MILLENIUM B.C. PEOPLE CAME HERE FROM CANOES. A GERMAN TRADING COMPANY SETTLED ON THE OTHER ISLANDS IN 1885. FROM 1946 TO 1958 THE U.S. TESTED NUCLEAR WEAPONS. THIS WAS DETERMINED THE MOST CONTAMINATED SITE OF THE NUCLEAR PROVING GROUNDS. THERE ARE STILL HEALTH EFFECTS. THEY HAVE A SHARK SANCTIONARY THAT IS THE WORLDS LARGEST. NO ONE CAN CATCH SHARKS. THERE MOST ARE COCONUTS, TOMATOES, MELONS, AND BREADFRUITS. THEY HAVE HAD A BIG TUNA . THEY HAVE EXPERIMENTED WITH COCONUT OIL TO USE AS A DIESEL FUEL. NO RESULTS YET. THE ISLAND HAS 68,000 PEOPLE IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS.
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Thursday, November 15, 2012
EGYPT AN ANCIENT CULTURE THAT WELCOMES VISITORS
EGYPT HAS 100'S OF YEARS OF RECORDED HISTORY. EGYPT HAS 100'S OF YEARS OF RECORDED HISTORY. ANCIENT ANTIQUITIES WERE HERE AND MAINTAINED BY A COMPLEX AND STABLE CULTURE THAT INFLUENCED LATER CULTURES THAT LATER CULTURES OF EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA.
THE ERA INFLUENCED HELLENISM AND LATER ISLAMIC CULTURE. TODAY ANCIENT CULTURE EXISTS IN INTERACTION WITH NEWER ELEMENTS OF WESTERN CULTURE . IN MOST MAJOR CITIES. IN MOST MAJOR CITIES . THEIR CULTURE HAS WARMTH TOWARDS VISITORS. THEY HAVE 71 MILLION FOLKS WITH 62 MILLION BEING MUSLIMS. HERE EACH FAMILY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INTEGRITY OF THEIR FAMILY. ANY MAJOR CITY IS VERY SAFE. BY UNDERSTANDING THE CULTURE AND WITH CONSIDERATION THEY GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO HELP YOU AND RESPOND TO QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. WHEN YOU START TALKING YOU WILL FIND YOU DRAW A CROWD.
EGYPT HAS MANY MIXTURES AND TAKE HOME MANY BACKGROUNDS AND MAKE EGYPTIANS THE MOST CHARMING AND HELPFUL OF CULTURES.
THE EGYPTIANS LANGUAGE WAS PART OF AFRO ASIATIC LANGUAGES. THEY ARE KNOWN FROM HIEROGLYPHIC LANGUAGES PRESERVED ON MONUMENTS. THEY HAVE ABOUT 5000 FOLKS WHO SPEAK SIWA OASIS. EGYPT ARABIC IS THE MOST WIDELY SPOKEN DIALECT. THERE ARE 300,000 SPEAKERS OF NUBIAN LANGUAGES. THERE ARE 60,000 GREEKS IN ALEXANDRIA.
ANCIENT EGYPT DATES TO THIRD 3RD MILLENIUM B.C. THE OLDEST ARE THE PYRAMID TEXTS. SOME OF THEIR TEXTS WERE ABOUT PROPER BEHAVIOR DURING THE GRECO PERIOD ROMAN PERIOD (332 BC - AD 630) EGYPT TEXT WAS TRANSLATED INTO B.C. THE OLDEST LITERATURE AS THE PYRAMID TEXTS. SOME OF THEIR ANCIENT TEXTS WERE ABOUT PROPER BEHAVIOR BEHAVIOR. DURING THE GRECO ROMAN PERIOD (332 BC TO AD 630). EGYPT TEXT WAS TRANSLATED INTO OTHER LANGUAGES. 500,000 BOOKS WERE HANDWRITTEN. DURING THE THIRD CENTURY BC IN ALEXANDRIA.
90% OF EGYPT IS MUSLIM OR AN ABRAHANIC RELIGION BASED ON THE QUARAN. THEY BELIEVE IT IS THE WORD OF GOD. THEY THINK GOD IS ETERNAL.
EARLY EGYPTIAN ARTISTS HAVE A SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING DIMENSIONS.OF THEIR ART WORKS. THEY WERE HANDWRITTEN SCALED THE DESIGN.
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY EGYPTIAN ART CAN BE DIVERSE AS ANY IN THE SCHOOL. SOME ARTISTS HAVE TAKEN ON THE USE OF MODERN MEDIA. THEY ALSO USE THE COMPUTER FOR AN OUTLET.
EGYPT HAS CONTRIBUTED CULTURAL TRADITIONS, WORKS OF ACIENCE, ART, AND MATH FROM ANTIQUITY. ANCIENT EGYPT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO IMPLEMENT MATH NUMBERS. THE TRADITIONAL VIEW OF SCHOLARS OF MATH ADDRESSED HOW MANY LOAVES OF ADDRESSED HOW MANY LOAVES OF BREAD COULD BE EQUALLY DIVIDED. AN EGYPTIAN HISTORIAN MANATHA INVENTED STONE DRESSED BUILDING DURING DORSIERS REIGN.
IMHOTEP BELIEVED TO BE THE FOUNDER OF EGYPTIAN MEDICINE. ALEXANDRIA WAS THE CENTER OF THE HELLENISTIC WORLD AND PRODUCED A NUMBER OFGREAT MATHMATECIANS, ASTRONOMERS AND SCIENTISTS. IN MODERN TIMES ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE BECOME A MAJOR PURSUIT HERE.THE FIELD BEGAN IN THE MIDDLE AGES AND HAQS BEEN TAKEN BY EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGISTS.THEY DISCOVERED THE ROSETTA STONE. THE GREEK LANGUAGE GAVE LINGUISTS THE ABILITY TO DECIPHER THE EGYPTIAQN HIEROGLYPHIC LANGUAGE. IT WAS DISCOVERED IN IN 1800.
THEY LOVE FOOTBALL, SQUASH, BASKETBALL, BASKET BALL HANDBALL, SQUASH AND TENNIS AND ROLLER HOCKEY. BY 4000 B.C. EGYPTIANS PLAYED FLUTES AND HARPS AND FLUTES AND THE NEU AND OUD. THEY HAVE LITTLE NOTES OF MUSIC BEFORE THE MUSLIM WORLD. THEIR FIRST LIKE THAT OF THAT FOUND IN THE MEDITTERANIAN.
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THE ERA INFLUENCED HELLENISM AND LATER ISLAMIC CULTURE. TODAY ANCIENT CULTURE EXISTS IN INTERACTION WITH NEWER ELEMENTS OF WESTERN CULTURE . IN MOST MAJOR CITIES. IN MOST MAJOR CITIES . THEIR CULTURE HAS WARMTH TOWARDS VISITORS. THEY HAVE 71 MILLION FOLKS WITH 62 MILLION BEING MUSLIMS. HERE EACH FAMILY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INTEGRITY OF THEIR FAMILY. ANY MAJOR CITY IS VERY SAFE. BY UNDERSTANDING THE CULTURE AND WITH CONSIDERATION THEY GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO HELP YOU AND RESPOND TO QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. WHEN YOU START TALKING YOU WILL FIND YOU DRAW A CROWD.
EGYPT HAS MANY MIXTURES AND TAKE HOME MANY BACKGROUNDS AND MAKE EGYPTIANS THE MOST CHARMING AND HELPFUL OF CULTURES.
THE EGYPTIANS LANGUAGE WAS PART OF AFRO ASIATIC LANGUAGES. THEY ARE KNOWN FROM HIEROGLYPHIC LANGUAGES PRESERVED ON MONUMENTS. THEY HAVE ABOUT 5000 FOLKS WHO SPEAK SIWA OASIS. EGYPT ARABIC IS THE MOST WIDELY SPOKEN DIALECT. THERE ARE 300,000 SPEAKERS OF NUBIAN LANGUAGES. THERE ARE 60,000 GREEKS IN ALEXANDRIA.
ANCIENT EGYPT DATES TO THIRD 3RD MILLENIUM B.C. THE OLDEST ARE THE PYRAMID TEXTS. SOME OF THEIR TEXTS WERE ABOUT PROPER BEHAVIOR DURING THE GRECO PERIOD ROMAN PERIOD (332 BC - AD 630) EGYPT TEXT WAS TRANSLATED INTO B.C. THE OLDEST LITERATURE AS THE PYRAMID TEXTS. SOME OF THEIR ANCIENT TEXTS WERE ABOUT PROPER BEHAVIOR BEHAVIOR. DURING THE GRECO ROMAN PERIOD (332 BC TO AD 630). EGYPT TEXT WAS TRANSLATED INTO OTHER LANGUAGES. 500,000 BOOKS WERE HANDWRITTEN. DURING THE THIRD CENTURY BC IN ALEXANDRIA.
90% OF EGYPT IS MUSLIM OR AN ABRAHANIC RELIGION BASED ON THE QUARAN. THEY BELIEVE IT IS THE WORD OF GOD. THEY THINK GOD IS ETERNAL.
EARLY EGYPTIAN ARTISTS HAVE A SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING DIMENSIONS.OF THEIR ART WORKS. THEY WERE HANDWRITTEN SCALED THE DESIGN.
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY EGYPTIAN ART CAN BE DIVERSE AS ANY IN THE SCHOOL. SOME ARTISTS HAVE TAKEN ON THE USE OF MODERN MEDIA. THEY ALSO USE THE COMPUTER FOR AN OUTLET.
EGYPT HAS CONTRIBUTED CULTURAL TRADITIONS, WORKS OF ACIENCE, ART, AND MATH FROM ANTIQUITY. ANCIENT EGYPT WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO IMPLEMENT MATH NUMBERS. THE TRADITIONAL VIEW OF SCHOLARS OF MATH ADDRESSED HOW MANY LOAVES OF ADDRESSED HOW MANY LOAVES OF BREAD COULD BE EQUALLY DIVIDED. AN EGYPTIAN HISTORIAN MANATHA INVENTED STONE DRESSED BUILDING DURING DORSIERS REIGN.
IMHOTEP BELIEVED TO BE THE FOUNDER OF EGYPTIAN MEDICINE. ALEXANDRIA WAS THE CENTER OF THE HELLENISTIC WORLD AND PRODUCED A NUMBER OFGREAT MATHMATECIANS, ASTRONOMERS AND SCIENTISTS. IN MODERN TIMES ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE BECOME A MAJOR PURSUIT HERE.THE FIELD BEGAN IN THE MIDDLE AGES AND HAQS BEEN TAKEN BY EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGISTS.THEY DISCOVERED THE ROSETTA STONE. THE GREEK LANGUAGE GAVE LINGUISTS THE ABILITY TO DECIPHER THE EGYPTIAQN HIEROGLYPHIC LANGUAGE. IT WAS DISCOVERED IN IN 1800.
THEY LOVE FOOTBALL, SQUASH, BASKETBALL, BASKET BALL HANDBALL, SQUASH AND TENNIS AND ROLLER HOCKEY. BY 4000 B.C. EGYPTIANS PLAYED FLUTES AND HARPS AND FLUTES AND THE NEU AND OUD. THEY HAVE LITTLE NOTES OF MUSIC BEFORE THE MUSLIM WORLD. THEIR FIRST LIKE THAT OF THAT FOUND IN THE MEDITTERANIAN.
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GUATEMALA IS A MULTI-ETHIC CULTURE
GUATEMALA CUISINE IS A MULTI-ETHNIC NATURE WITH TASTE DEPENDING ON THE REGION. THEY HAVE 22 DEPARTMENTS EACH OF WHICH HAVE DIFFERENT FOODS. THEY MAKE CANDY WITH FRUITS, SEEDS, AND NUTS WITH HONEY AND SWEETNERS. THE CANDY IS POPULAR WHEN TOURISTS VISIT THE COUNTRY FOR THE FIRST TIME AND IS A GREAT CHOICE IN SEARCH OF NEW FLAVORS.
THEIR TRADITIONAL FOODS ARE BASED ON MAYA CUISINE AND FEATURE CORN, CHILIS AND BEANS. THEY MAKE ENCHILADAS, OR QUESADILLAS. THEY ALSO EAT FOODS THAT ARE A TRADITION FOR CERTAIN DAYS OF A WEEK.. ON SUNDAYS AND THURSDAYS THEY EAT TAMALES. THEY MAKE 100'S OF TOMALES IN GUATEMALA. IN THE CORN LEAF TOMALES THEY PUT MEAT, FRUITS, OR NUTS. THE MASA IS A SWEET CORN AND IS CALLED MAIZE . THE CORN THAT AMERICANS ARE USED TO EATING IS ON THE COB AND IS SWEET, AND IT'S CALLED ELOTE. TOMALES ARE MASHED IN BANANA LEAVES.
THE ANCIET MAYA LASTED FOR ABOUT 600 YEARS BEFORE COLLAPSING. TODAY ALMOST HALF OF THE GUATEMALAN POPULATION IS STILL MAYAN. THE GUATEMALAN POPULATION IS IS STILL MAYAN.
THESE NATIVES LIVE THROUGHOUT COUNTRY AND GROW MAIZE AS THEIR STAPLE. THEY ALSO ATE AMARANTH.
THE GUATEMALA INSTRUMENT IS THE MARIMBA THAT IS PLAYED ALL OVER ON SIDEWALKS. TOWNS ALSO HAVE WIND AND PERCUSSIONINSTRUMENTS. THE AFRO - CARRIBEAN DESCENT FOLKS HAVE THEIR OWN MUSIC. IT IS POPULAR WITH LOWER CLASSES.
GUATEMALA ALSO HAS ABOUT A 500 YEAR OLD TRADITION OF MUSIC AND ART. THEY ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR CHANTING TO CONTEMPORARY MUSIC. AS WELL/
THEY ARE ALSO KNOWN FOR THEIR BRIGHTLY COLORED TEXTILES THAT ARE WOVEN INTO CAPES, SHIRTS AND BLOUSES AND DRESSES. EVERY VILLAGE HAS OWN DISTINCTIVE PATTERN, THAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO DISTINGUISH A PERSON'S TOWN ON SITE.
THE GUATEMALAN RELIGION IS ROMAN CATHOLICS COMBINED WITH INDIGENOUS MAYA RELIGION TO FORM THEIR UNIQUE RELIGIOUS THAT IS STILL IN ALL URBAN REFIONS. IN THE 60'S PENTECOSTALISM HAS GROWN TO BECOME THE NAIN RELIGION OF THE URBAN TOWNS.
IN THE 60'S THEY HAD A LONG CIVIL WAR WITH RICH AGAINST THE POOR. THE GOVERNMENT HIT SQUADS WERE AIDED BY THE TRADITIONAL PRACTICE OF MAYAN VILLAGERS WEARING FABRICS IDENTIFYING THEIR HOME VILLAGE VILLASGE ON SIGHT. AFTER 36 YEARS OF WAR A PEACE AGREEMENT WAS BROKERED IN 1996. THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN HEALING SINCE THAT TIME.
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THEIR TRADITIONAL FOODS ARE BASED ON MAYA CUISINE AND FEATURE CORN, CHILIS AND BEANS. THEY MAKE ENCHILADAS, OR QUESADILLAS. THEY ALSO EAT FOODS THAT ARE A TRADITION FOR CERTAIN DAYS OF A WEEK.. ON SUNDAYS AND THURSDAYS THEY EAT TAMALES. THEY MAKE 100'S OF TOMALES IN GUATEMALA. IN THE CORN LEAF TOMALES THEY PUT MEAT, FRUITS, OR NUTS. THE MASA IS A SWEET CORN AND IS CALLED MAIZE . THE CORN THAT AMERICANS ARE USED TO EATING IS ON THE COB AND IS SWEET, AND IT'S CALLED ELOTE. TOMALES ARE MASHED IN BANANA LEAVES.
THE ANCIET MAYA LASTED FOR ABOUT 600 YEARS BEFORE COLLAPSING. TODAY ALMOST HALF OF THE GUATEMALAN POPULATION IS STILL MAYAN. THE GUATEMALAN POPULATION IS IS STILL MAYAN.
THESE NATIVES LIVE THROUGHOUT COUNTRY AND GROW MAIZE AS THEIR STAPLE. THEY ALSO ATE AMARANTH.
THE GUATEMALA INSTRUMENT IS THE MARIMBA THAT IS PLAYED ALL OVER ON SIDEWALKS. TOWNS ALSO HAVE WIND AND PERCUSSIONINSTRUMENTS. THE AFRO - CARRIBEAN DESCENT FOLKS HAVE THEIR OWN MUSIC. IT IS POPULAR WITH LOWER CLASSES.
GUATEMALA ALSO HAS ABOUT A 500 YEAR OLD TRADITION OF MUSIC AND ART. THEY ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR CHANTING TO CONTEMPORARY MUSIC. AS WELL/
THEY ARE ALSO KNOWN FOR THEIR BRIGHTLY COLORED TEXTILES THAT ARE WOVEN INTO CAPES, SHIRTS AND BLOUSES AND DRESSES. EVERY VILLAGE HAS OWN DISTINCTIVE PATTERN, THAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO DISTINGUISH A PERSON'S TOWN ON SITE.
THE GUATEMALAN RELIGION IS ROMAN CATHOLICS COMBINED WITH INDIGENOUS MAYA RELIGION TO FORM THEIR UNIQUE RELIGIOUS THAT IS STILL IN ALL URBAN REFIONS. IN THE 60'S PENTECOSTALISM HAS GROWN TO BECOME THE NAIN RELIGION OF THE URBAN TOWNS.
IN THE 60'S THEY HAD A LONG CIVIL WAR WITH RICH AGAINST THE POOR. THE GOVERNMENT HIT SQUADS WERE AIDED BY THE TRADITIONAL PRACTICE OF MAYAN VILLAGERS WEARING FABRICS IDENTIFYING THEIR HOME VILLAGE VILLASGE ON SIGHT. AFTER 36 YEARS OF WAR A PEACE AGREEMENT WAS BROKERED IN 1996. THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN HEALING SINCE THAT TIME.
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
NATIVE AMERICAN MONTH
NOVEMBER IS NATIVE AMERICAN MONTH FOR THE U.S. STUDENTS ARE LEARNING ABOUT WHAT ACTIVITIES ARE THE NATIVES PARTICIPATE IN FOLKTALES, LEARNING, NEW WORDS, PREPARING TRADITIONAL FOODS.
IN 1914 RED FOX JAMES FROM THE BLACKFOOT TRIBE GAINED SUPPORT FOR THE DAY OF TRIBUTE TO NATIVES. IN 1976 JERRY ELLIOT OF CHEROKEE AND OSAGE TRIBE AUTHORED THE CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION THAT WAS SIGNED BY PRESIDENT FORD FOR ONE WEEK OFTRIBUTE TO NATIVE AMERICANS. BY 1990 THE ENTIRE MONTH OF NOVEMBER WAS DEDICATED TO THE NATIVES.
IN THE MUSEUM OF AMERICAN INDIAN IN NEW YORK THEY HAVE A CIRCLED DANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CYCLES OF NATURE, MOURNING, PRAYER AND CELEBRATION WITH MUSIC. THEIR DANCE IS THE ESSENTIAL PART OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THEY MIMIC BIRDS WHO ARE INTERMEDIARIES BETWEEN THE HUMAN WORLD AND THE CREATOR. IT EFFECTS THEIR CLASSES AND INTERVIEW AN ELDER AND MAKE CONNECTIONS TO A THEME.
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IN 1914 RED FOX JAMES FROM THE BLACKFOOT TRIBE GAINED SUPPORT FOR THE DAY OF TRIBUTE TO NATIVES. IN 1976 JERRY ELLIOT OF CHEROKEE AND OSAGE TRIBE AUTHORED THE CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION THAT WAS SIGNED BY PRESIDENT FORD FOR ONE WEEK OFTRIBUTE TO NATIVE AMERICANS. BY 1990 THE ENTIRE MONTH OF NOVEMBER WAS DEDICATED TO THE NATIVES.
IN THE MUSEUM OF AMERICAN INDIAN IN NEW YORK THEY HAVE A CIRCLED DANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CYCLES OF NATURE, MOURNING, PRAYER AND CELEBRATION WITH MUSIC. THEIR DANCE IS THE ESSENTIAL PART OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THEY MIMIC BIRDS WHO ARE INTERMEDIARIES BETWEEN THE HUMAN WORLD AND THE CREATOR. IT EFFECTS THEIR CLASSES AND INTERVIEW AN ELDER AND MAKE CONNECTIONS TO A THEME.
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Monday, November 12, 2012
PHILLIPINE CULTURE
THE REPUBLIC OF PHILLIPINES WAS NAMED TO HONOR KING PHILLIP OF SPAIN IN 1543. THE PHILLIPINE ISLANDS WAS THE NAMED BEFORE INDEPENDENCE. PHILIPINES WAS THE NAME BEFORE INDEPENDENCE. PHILLIPINES HAS 7,107 ISLANDS WITH 111,830 SQUARE MILES LOCATED NEAR SOUTHEAST ASIA. 2000 OF IT'S ISLANDS ARE INHABITED. THE PHILLIPINES IS OVER 1000 MILES LONG AND 650 MILES WIDE. VIETNAM AND CHINA ARE THE MAINLAND OF ASIA.
THEIR ISLANDS ARE VOLCANIC WITH ONE ERUPTION IN 2000. IN 1`991 1000'S OF PEOPLE WERE DISPLACED FROM THEIR LANDS. THEY HAVE THE SIERRA MADRAS ON THE EASTERN COAST. AND THE CORDILLERAS IN THE CENTER. THEIR TALLESTMOUNTAIN IS 9700' TO MT, APO.
THE WEATHER IS HOT BECAUSE OF THE COUNTRY'S CLOSENESS TO THE EQUATOR . THEY HAVE MONSOON RAINS FROM JULY TO DECEMBER. SOME OF THE TEMPERATURE DROPS BELOW 30 DEGREES IN WINTER.
ESTIMATED POPULATION IN JULY 2000 AND 81 MILLION . THERE LIFE EXPECTANCY IS 67 YEARS. THEIR LANGUAGE IS 67 YEARS. THEIR LANGUAGE IS FILIPINO BASED ON OTHER NATIVE LANGUAGES. THEY HAVE MORE. THEY HAVE 70 TO 80 DIALECTS THAT ARE DERIVED FROM MALAY LANGUAGE. THEY HAVE THE 2ND LARGEST EAGLE IN THE WORLD AS A NATIONAL BIRD. THEIR HERO IS DIRECTOR JOSE RIZAL. THEIR FLAG CEREMONIES TAKE PLACE ONCE A WEEK AT OFFICES AND SCHOOLS.
EARLY FOLKS ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE REACHED THE AREA OVER LAND BRIDGES THAT CONNECT THE ISLANDS TO MALYSIA AND CHINA. THE NEGRITOS ARRIVED 25,00 0YEARS AGO, THEN CAME IMMIGRANTS FROM INDO CHINA BRONZE AND COPPER. THEY DEVELOPED AGRICULTURE AND INTRODUCED CARIBOU OR WATER BUFFALO. THE MUSLIM INFLUENCE SPREAD AS FAR NORTH AS LUZON WHEN MAGELLAN ARRIVED IN 1521 TO CLAIM PHILLIPINES FOR SPAIN. MAGELLAN WAS KILLED BY A LOCAL CHIEF WHO REFUSED CHRISTIANITY.
IN 1572 THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BEGAN CHRISTIANIZING THE POPULACE. THE SPANISH GOVERNED SOME AREAS. THROUGH A TREATY WITH A SULTAN. THEY DID NOT WANT OTHER REGIONS. THIS OCCUPATION BY SPAIN AND CATHOLICISM WERE THE FIRST STEPS IN CREATING A NEW IDENTITY. BY MID 1800'S THE PHILLIPINOS BECAME INTERESTED IN GAINING INDEPENDANCE. THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR OF 1896 AND DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH FLEET IN MANILA BAYLED TO THE FILIPINO LEADER TO DECLARE INDEPENDENCE FOR SPAIN. IN 1902 THE U.S. PAID 20 MILLION TO THE SPANISH FOR THE PHILLIPINES UNDER THE TREATY OF PARIS. TAFT BECAME THE GOVERNOR. BY 1933 THE ISLANDS WERE GIVEN COMMONWEALTH STATUS BY 1933. AFTER 12 YEARS THE US RETAINED RIGHTS TO MILITARY BASES. AFTER A JAPANESE WAR THE US CAME TO HELP AND THE PHILLIPINES WERE BECAME AS INDEPENDANT NATION IN 1946.
BY 1991 THE U.S. MILITARY LEFT FILIPINOS IDENTITY UNTIL THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD OF THE 19TH CENTURY. UNTIL MID 1800'S THE WORD FILIPINO DID NOT REFER TO NATIONAL PEOPLE. 95% ARE FROM MALAY ANCESTRY. THE MAJORITY OF THOSE SIXTY ETHNIC GROUPS LIVE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN LUZON.
THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE ISLANDS SHOW SPANISH INFLUENCE.
THEY BUILT BRICK CHURCHES DURING THE COLONIAL ERA. THE FILIPINO PEOPLE BUILT THEM DURING THE 17TH CENTURY. THE FILIPINO LIVE WITH THEIR EXTENDED FAMILIES. AREAS OF MANILLA WERE DESTROYED DURING WORLD WAR II.
THEIR TRADITIONAL HOUSES IN RURAL AREAS ARE NIPA HUTS CONSTRUCTED OF BAMBOO AND ROOFED WITH LEAVES FROM PALM TREES OR CORRUGATED METAL. CINDER BLOCKS ARE THE MOST COMMONLY BUILDING MATERIALS USED. THEY HAVE OPEN AIR KITCHENS FOR FOOD PREPARATION. SOME HAVE ENCLOSED KITCHENS.
THEY EAT STEAMED RICE AS THE BASES OF THEIR DIET.THEY STEAMED RICE AS THE BASES OF THEIR DIET. THE HARVEST THREE CROPS OF RICE A YEAR FOR THEIR POPULATION. THE GOVERNMENT KEEPS RICE SUPPLEMENTS. THEY EAT FISH AND SHELLFISH DAILY. FISH AND CHICKEN ARE FRIED. PEOPLE ARE BECOMING MORE HEALTH CONSCIOUS. THEIR FOOD IS NOT SPICY. ALL FOOD IS COOKED AND THEN ALLOWED TO GET COLD BEFORE EATEN. RICE IS COOKED FIRST AND IT IS ACCEPTABLE TO EAT FOOD WITH ONE'S HANDS EVEN AT A RESTAURANT. AND AT HOME. THEY EAT MANY SWEET FOODS. THEY EAT CHICKEN WITH LENTILS FOR DINNER. THEY LIKE PORK. THEY EAT MANY FRUITS AND GREEN BEANS AND VEGETABLES ARE COMMON. THEY EAT SWEET POTATO CALLED CAMOTE AND MAKE A SALAD OR SOUP. UBE IS A BLAND BRIGHT POTATO AND IT IS IN CAKES AND DESSERTS. THEY MAKE A FISH SAUCE. TO ADD TO DISHES.
THEY DO EAT AT FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS. THEY TYPICALLYROAST A PIG UNTIL THE SKIN FORMS A HARD BROWN CRUST. THEY TYPICALLY FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS. THEY STICKY RICE WITH COCONUT MILK AND SUGAR CANE SYRUP WRAPPED IN BANANA LEAVES THE MEN DRINK GIN AND BEER.
FORTY PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE ARE EMPLOYED IN AGRICULTURE., FORESTRY, AND FISHING. CONSTRUCTION, AND MINING. FIFTY PERCENT OF THE FOLKF LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LLINE! THE DROUGHT PERIOD OF THE EL NINO WEATHER CYCLE HAS REDUCED AGRICULTURE POSITIONS. PEOPLE VOLUNTEER AS HEALTHCARE FIELDS IN HOPES OF BEING CHOSEN TO WORK. IN THIS FIELD. FOLKS WORK 7 DAYS A WEEK TO IMPROVE THEIR LIFESTYLE. MANY WORK OUTSIDE OF THE PHILLIPINES IN THE GOVERNMENT.
FORTY SIX PERCENT OF THE LAND CONSISTS OF FORESTS. THERE IS LEGAL LEGAL AND ILLEGAL LOGGING. THEY HAVE ONGOING DEBATES TO CLEAR LAND FOR PASTURE. THEIR CLEARING TECHNIQUE IS SLASH AND BURN. IT IS DESTROYING TIMBER , OUTNUMBERING ENDANGERING PLANTS AND ANIMALS.
THEIR BIG CITIES HAVE DAILY MARKETS. THEY TRADE USING A BARTER SYSTEM. SUKAI RELATIONSHIPS ARE ESTIMATED SO THE SAME SO THE SAME VENDOR IS BY THE CONSUMER. THEY ALSO HAVE MANY SHOPS. THEY TRADE RICE , BANANAS, CASHEWS, PINEAPPLE, MANGOES, COCONUT, TO NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES. THEIR TRADE PARTNERS ARE THE U.S., EUROPE, UNION AND JAPAN . THE RICE FIELDS ARE INTENSIVE LABOR CROPS. SUCH AS TOBACCO, CORN, AND SUGARCANE DEMAND FULL FAMILY PARTICIPATE.
THESE FOLKS LIKE WATCHING BASKET BALL AND PLAYING IT IN SCHOOL. THEY LIKE WATCHING PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL. COCKFIGHTS ARE POPULAR. THEY PLAY A CHINESE GAMES.
SOME OF WERE GRASS OR TENTS COVERED HUTS IN HISTORIC TIMES. THEY HAVE ILLEGAL DRUGS EXPORTED.
THEY LIVE AT AN AVERAGE OF 67 YEARS. THEY HAVE MASSIVE STORMS THAT SWEEP PEOPLE AWAY. VEGETABLES GROW ON TERRACED FIELDS IN THESE VOLCANIC ISLANDS. THEIR WEDDINGS ARE SIMPLE. THEY DO NOT HAVE ARRANGED MARRIAGES. WOMEN BELIEVE THAT IF THEY MARRY A WEALTHY MAN IT WILL GAURANTEE HAPPINESS. THEY LIVE WITH EXTENDED KIN AND HAVE A VARITY OF FAMILY TO CARE FOR THEIR EXTENDED CHILDREN. PEOPLE HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF BELONGING TO A PLACE
THEIR ISLANDS ARE VOLCANIC WITH ONE ERUPTION IN 2000. IN 1`991 1000'S OF PEOPLE WERE DISPLACED FROM THEIR LANDS. THEY HAVE THE SIERRA MADRAS ON THE EASTERN COAST. AND THE CORDILLERAS IN THE CENTER. THEIR TALLESTMOUNTAIN IS 9700' TO MT, APO.
THE WEATHER IS HOT BECAUSE OF THE COUNTRY'S CLOSENESS TO THE EQUATOR . THEY HAVE MONSOON RAINS FROM JULY TO DECEMBER. SOME OF THE TEMPERATURE DROPS BELOW 30 DEGREES IN WINTER.
ESTIMATED POPULATION IN JULY 2000 AND 81 MILLION . THERE LIFE EXPECTANCY IS 67 YEARS. THEIR LANGUAGE IS 67 YEARS. THEIR LANGUAGE IS FILIPINO BASED ON OTHER NATIVE LANGUAGES. THEY HAVE MORE. THEY HAVE 70 TO 80 DIALECTS THAT ARE DERIVED FROM MALAY LANGUAGE. THEY HAVE THE 2ND LARGEST EAGLE IN THE WORLD AS A NATIONAL BIRD. THEIR HERO IS DIRECTOR JOSE RIZAL. THEIR FLAG CEREMONIES TAKE PLACE ONCE A WEEK AT OFFICES AND SCHOOLS.
EARLY FOLKS ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE REACHED THE AREA OVER LAND BRIDGES THAT CONNECT THE ISLANDS TO MALYSIA AND CHINA. THE NEGRITOS ARRIVED 25,00 0YEARS AGO, THEN CAME IMMIGRANTS FROM INDO CHINA BRONZE AND COPPER. THEY DEVELOPED AGRICULTURE AND INTRODUCED CARIBOU OR WATER BUFFALO. THE MUSLIM INFLUENCE SPREAD AS FAR NORTH AS LUZON WHEN MAGELLAN ARRIVED IN 1521 TO CLAIM PHILLIPINES FOR SPAIN. MAGELLAN WAS KILLED BY A LOCAL CHIEF WHO REFUSED CHRISTIANITY.
IN 1572 THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BEGAN CHRISTIANIZING THE POPULACE. THE SPANISH GOVERNED SOME AREAS. THROUGH A TREATY WITH A SULTAN. THEY DID NOT WANT OTHER REGIONS. THIS OCCUPATION BY SPAIN AND CATHOLICISM WERE THE FIRST STEPS IN CREATING A NEW IDENTITY. BY MID 1800'S THE PHILLIPINOS BECAME INTERESTED IN GAINING INDEPENDANCE. THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR OF 1896 AND DEFEAT OF THE SPANISH FLEET IN MANILA BAYLED TO THE FILIPINO LEADER TO DECLARE INDEPENDENCE FOR SPAIN. IN 1902 THE U.S. PAID 20 MILLION TO THE SPANISH FOR THE PHILLIPINES UNDER THE TREATY OF PARIS. TAFT BECAME THE GOVERNOR. BY 1933 THE ISLANDS WERE GIVEN COMMONWEALTH STATUS BY 1933. AFTER 12 YEARS THE US RETAINED RIGHTS TO MILITARY BASES. AFTER A JAPANESE WAR THE US CAME TO HELP AND THE PHILLIPINES WERE BECAME AS INDEPENDANT NATION IN 1946.
BY 1991 THE U.S. MILITARY LEFT FILIPINOS IDENTITY UNTIL THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD OF THE 19TH CENTURY. UNTIL MID 1800'S THE WORD FILIPINO DID NOT REFER TO NATIONAL PEOPLE. 95% ARE FROM MALAY ANCESTRY. THE MAJORITY OF THOSE SIXTY ETHNIC GROUPS LIVE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN LUZON.
THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE ISLANDS SHOW SPANISH INFLUENCE.
THEY BUILT BRICK CHURCHES DURING THE COLONIAL ERA. THE FILIPINO PEOPLE BUILT THEM DURING THE 17TH CENTURY. THE FILIPINO LIVE WITH THEIR EXTENDED FAMILIES. AREAS OF MANILLA WERE DESTROYED DURING WORLD WAR II.
THEIR TRADITIONAL HOUSES IN RURAL AREAS ARE NIPA HUTS CONSTRUCTED OF BAMBOO AND ROOFED WITH LEAVES FROM PALM TREES OR CORRUGATED METAL. CINDER BLOCKS ARE THE MOST COMMONLY BUILDING MATERIALS USED. THEY HAVE OPEN AIR KITCHENS FOR FOOD PREPARATION. SOME HAVE ENCLOSED KITCHENS.
THEY EAT STEAMED RICE AS THE BASES OF THEIR DIET.THEY STEAMED RICE AS THE BASES OF THEIR DIET. THE HARVEST THREE CROPS OF RICE A YEAR FOR THEIR POPULATION. THE GOVERNMENT KEEPS RICE SUPPLEMENTS. THEY EAT FISH AND SHELLFISH DAILY. FISH AND CHICKEN ARE FRIED. PEOPLE ARE BECOMING MORE HEALTH CONSCIOUS. THEIR FOOD IS NOT SPICY. ALL FOOD IS COOKED AND THEN ALLOWED TO GET COLD BEFORE EATEN. RICE IS COOKED FIRST AND IT IS ACCEPTABLE TO EAT FOOD WITH ONE'S HANDS EVEN AT A RESTAURANT. AND AT HOME. THEY EAT MANY SWEET FOODS. THEY EAT CHICKEN WITH LENTILS FOR DINNER. THEY LIKE PORK. THEY EAT MANY FRUITS AND GREEN BEANS AND VEGETABLES ARE COMMON. THEY EAT SWEET POTATO CALLED CAMOTE AND MAKE A SALAD OR SOUP. UBE IS A BLAND BRIGHT POTATO AND IT IS IN CAKES AND DESSERTS. THEY MAKE A FISH SAUCE. TO ADD TO DISHES.
THEY DO EAT AT FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS. THEY TYPICALLYROAST A PIG UNTIL THE SKIN FORMS A HARD BROWN CRUST. THEY TYPICALLY FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS. THEY STICKY RICE WITH COCONUT MILK AND SUGAR CANE SYRUP WRAPPED IN BANANA LEAVES THE MEN DRINK GIN AND BEER.
FORTY PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE ARE EMPLOYED IN AGRICULTURE., FORESTRY, AND FISHING. CONSTRUCTION, AND MINING. FIFTY PERCENT OF THE FOLKF LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LLINE! THE DROUGHT PERIOD OF THE EL NINO WEATHER CYCLE HAS REDUCED AGRICULTURE POSITIONS. PEOPLE VOLUNTEER AS HEALTHCARE FIELDS IN HOPES OF BEING CHOSEN TO WORK. IN THIS FIELD. FOLKS WORK 7 DAYS A WEEK TO IMPROVE THEIR LIFESTYLE. MANY WORK OUTSIDE OF THE PHILLIPINES IN THE GOVERNMENT.
FORTY SIX PERCENT OF THE LAND CONSISTS OF FORESTS. THERE IS LEGAL LEGAL AND ILLEGAL LOGGING. THEY HAVE ONGOING DEBATES TO CLEAR LAND FOR PASTURE. THEIR CLEARING TECHNIQUE IS SLASH AND BURN. IT IS DESTROYING TIMBER , OUTNUMBERING ENDANGERING PLANTS AND ANIMALS.
THEIR BIG CITIES HAVE DAILY MARKETS. THEY TRADE USING A BARTER SYSTEM. SUKAI RELATIONSHIPS ARE ESTIMATED SO THE SAME SO THE SAME VENDOR IS BY THE CONSUMER. THEY ALSO HAVE MANY SHOPS. THEY TRADE RICE , BANANAS, CASHEWS, PINEAPPLE, MANGOES, COCONUT, TO NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES. THEIR TRADE PARTNERS ARE THE U.S., EUROPE, UNION AND JAPAN . THE RICE FIELDS ARE INTENSIVE LABOR CROPS. SUCH AS TOBACCO, CORN, AND SUGARCANE DEMAND FULL FAMILY PARTICIPATE.
THESE FOLKS LIKE WATCHING BASKET BALL AND PLAYING IT IN SCHOOL. THEY LIKE WATCHING PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL. COCKFIGHTS ARE POPULAR. THEY PLAY A CHINESE GAMES.
SOME OF WERE GRASS OR TENTS COVERED HUTS IN HISTORIC TIMES. THEY HAVE ILLEGAL DRUGS EXPORTED.
THEY LIVE AT AN AVERAGE OF 67 YEARS. THEY HAVE MASSIVE STORMS THAT SWEEP PEOPLE AWAY. VEGETABLES GROW ON TERRACED FIELDS IN THESE VOLCANIC ISLANDS. THEIR WEDDINGS ARE SIMPLE. THEY DO NOT HAVE ARRANGED MARRIAGES. WOMEN BELIEVE THAT IF THEY MARRY A WEALTHY MAN IT WILL GAURANTEE HAPPINESS. THEY LIVE WITH EXTENDED KIN AND HAVE A VARITY OF FAMILY TO CARE FOR THEIR EXTENDED CHILDREN. PEOPLE HAVE A STRONG SENSE OF BELONGING TO A PLACE
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