ANGOLA IS IN AFRICA AND IS INFLUENCED BY SEVERAL ETHNICITIES. PORTUGAL OCCUPIED BY COASTAL ENCLAVE. PORTUGAL OCCUPIED THE COASTAL AREA SINCE THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURY. THE TERRITORY WAS RULED BY 1975.
PORTUGAL AND ANGOLA SHARED LANGUAGE AND RELIGION. ANGOLA CULTURE IS NATIVE MONGOLAT CULTURE. MIXED WITH PORTUGUESE CULTURE. THEY HAD MANY DIVERSE ETHNIC COMMUNITIES. THEIR LARGEST CITY IS OVIMBUNDU AND HAS 37% OF THE POPULATION BY 1988. THEY SPEAK UMBUNDU. THE TOWN IS 1200 M IN ELEVATION. THE CITY OF OVIMBUNDU HAD MANY GROUPS.
UNTIL THE PORTUGUESE ESTABLISHED CONTROL OVER THEIR TERRITORY, THE OMBUNDU PLAYED ROLES AS INTERMEDIARIES. IN THE SLAVE, IVORY, AND BEESWAX TRADES. BY THE END OF THE 1800'S THE SLAVE TRADE ENDED. FOLKS TURNED TO THE RUBBER TRADE AND ABANDONED SLAVES. THE RUBBER SLUMP ENDEDAT THE 20TH CENTURY. THEY WERE DISPLACED BY PORTUGUESE IN TO CASH CROP AGRICULTURE.
THEY BEGAN WITH COFFEE AND LED TO CHANGES IN THE SOCIAL PATTERNS. AFTER A TIME THE SOIL EXHAUSTED AND THERE WAS A LACK OF SUPPORT OF AFRICAN AGRICULTURE BY THE AUTHORITIES WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THEIR L;ACK OF SUCCESS IN AGRICULTURE. BY THE 1960'S 100,000 OVIMBUNDI WERE MIGRATING ON 1 TO 2 YEAR CONTRACTS TO COFFEE FARMS ELSEWHERE.
PORTUGUESE ANTHROPOLOGISTS HAVE PLACED SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS AREA WITH THE MBUNDI IN THIS AREA. THEIR LANGUAGE IS TRANSITIONAL.
MANY DEVELOPMENTS ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ARENA AFFECTED THEM. THEY DEVELOPED DIAMOND MINES IN ANGOLA EMPLOYING
18,000 FOLKS. IN THE 80'S THE UNITA INSURGENCY INTENSIFIED IN THE BORDER AREAS. SOME LUNDA CHOKWE FAMILIES WERE FORCED TO MOVE INTO ANOTHER AREA.
THEIR FARMERS WERE IN THE WEST AND ANGOLA AND OTHER GROUPS RAISED CATTLE. THE FOLKS IN THE EASTERN DIVISION RELIED ON FISHING.
THE DIFFERENT GROUPS HAD LANGUAGES THAT WERE NOT INTELLIGIBLE. IN THE SW PART OF ANGOLA THREE GROUPS OF PEOPLE. THEY HAD TRADE RELATIONS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES EARLY IN THE 1900'S. THEY HAD SEVERAL CONFLICTS AMONG GROUPS. IN THE LOWER 1/3 OF ANGOLA SMALL BANDS WERE NOMADIC HUNTERS AND GATHERERS. SOME HERDED SHEEP. THE BANDS LIVED IN A SEMI -NOMADIC LIVES.
SEVERAL HUNTERS, GATHERERS OR HERDING GROUPS DIFERRED PHYSICALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY THEY MAKE WOODEN MASKS AND SCULPTURES OF ANGOLA PEOPLE AND ANIMALS. THEY USE THEM IN RITUALS.
BY THE LATE 1970'S ANGOLA WAS RULED BY PORTUGAL AND BOTH COUNTRIES MANY CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS ASPECTS.
ANGOLAN CULTURE DERIVED FROM BANTU AND AFRICAN TRIBES MIXED WITH PORTUGAL.
AFTER 1975 INDEPENDENCE 1000'S OF PORTUGUESE LEFT ANGOLA AND THE AFRICAN FOLKS INCREASED.
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
ETHIOPIA CULTURE
THIS COUNTRY IS DIVERSE AND SPEAKS ASIATIC WITH TRADITIONS THAT WERE DEVELOPED THROUGH INTERACTIONS WITH NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES. SOME CIVILIZATIONS EXCLUDING OTHER PARTS OF NORTHEAST AFRICA.
ETHIOPIA'S MUSIC IS EXTREMELY DIVERSE WITH ETHNIC GROUPS BEING ASSOCIATED WITH UNIQUE SOUNDS. THEIR FOLK MUSIC IS TRADITIONAL. THEY HAVE RELIGIOUS MUSIC.
THEIR STRING INSTRUMENTS ARE MASENGO, A LUTE, AND KRAR, LYRE, AND BEGENA. THE DITA AND BOWS ARE FOUND IN THE SOUTH. THEY ALSO HAVE BAMBOO FLUTES. THEY ALSO PLAY PAN FLUTES.
IN THE ETHIOPIAN CHURCH THEIR MUSIC IS A SITRUM. THEY USE PRAYER STAFFS. RURAL CHURCHES USED A DAURAL MADE FROM STONE SLABS. THE REBERO IS A HAND DRUM OF CHRISTIAN BACKGROUND.
THE GUNRAGE PLAY A ATAMO, A SMALL HAND DRUM OF CLAY. ETHIOPIA IS A TRADITIONAL COUNTRY AND MOST AUDIENCES CHOOSE TO LISTEN TO POPULAR AND TRADITIONAL STYLES. THEY ALSO HAD BRASS BANDS AND FOLK MUSIC.
THEIR TRADITIONAL CLOTHING WAS A SHEMNA. IT TAKES 2 WEEKS TO MAKE THE CLOTH. THEY WEAR LOTS OF JEWELRY. THEY COVER THEIR HAIR WITH A SASH.
THEIR FOODS CONSIST OF VEGETABLES AND MEAT SIDE DISHES FOR A STEW. THEY MAKE A LARGE STEW. THEYT USE THEIR HANDS FOR EATING. THEY EAT NO PORK BUT EAT FISH AND LENTILS, BUTTER, AND DAIRY PRODUCTS. THEY MAKE A CHICKEN STEW. THEY HAVE ADHERED TO ISLAM. THEY ALSO MAKE SOME FL;AT BREAD.
THEIR MAIN LANGUAGE IS THE AMHARIC LANGUAGE. A SEMETIC. LANGUAGE. AMHARIC IS WRITTEN FROM AN ANCIENT LANGUAGE. THE LARGEST LANGUAGE IN ETHIOPIA IS ORNO, SPOKEN BY 33% OF THE FOLKS.. 62% ARE CHRISTIANS AND 35% ARE MUSLIM.
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THIS COUNTRY IS DIVERSE AND SPEAKS AFRO-ASIATIC WITH TRADITIONS THAT WERE DEVELOPED THROUGH INTERACTION WITH NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES. SOME CIVILIZATIONS EXCLUDING OTHER PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST AFRICA.
ETHIOPIAS MUSIC IS EXTREMELY DIVERSE WITH ETHNIC GROUPS BEING ASSOCIATED WITH UNIQUE SOUNDS. THEIR FOLK MUSIC IS TRADITIONAL. THEY ALSO HAVE RELIGIOUS MUSIC.
THEIR STRING INSTRUMENTS ARE MASENGO, A LUTE, AND KRAR, LYRE, AND BEGENA. THE DITA AND BOWS ARE FOUND IN THE SOUTH. THEY ALSO HAVE BAMBOO FLUTES. THEY ALSO PLAY PAN FLUTES.
IN THE ETHIOPIAN CHURCH THEIR MUSIC IS A SISTRUM. THEY USE PRAYER STAFFS.
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ETHIOPIA'S MUSIC IS EXTREMELY DIVERSE WITH ETHNIC GROUPS BEING ASSOCIATED WITH UNIQUE SOUNDS. THEIR FOLK MUSIC IS TRADITIONAL. THEY HAVE RELIGIOUS MUSIC.
THEIR STRING INSTRUMENTS ARE MASENGO, A LUTE, AND KRAR, LYRE, AND BEGENA. THE DITA AND BOWS ARE FOUND IN THE SOUTH. THEY ALSO HAVE BAMBOO FLUTES. THEY ALSO PLAY PAN FLUTES.
IN THE ETHIOPIAN CHURCH THEIR MUSIC IS A SITRUM. THEY USE PRAYER STAFFS. RURAL CHURCHES USED A DAURAL MADE FROM STONE SLABS. THE REBERO IS A HAND DRUM OF CHRISTIAN BACKGROUND.
THE GUNRAGE PLAY A ATAMO, A SMALL HAND DRUM OF CLAY. ETHIOPIA IS A TRADITIONAL COUNTRY AND MOST AUDIENCES CHOOSE TO LISTEN TO POPULAR AND TRADITIONAL STYLES. THEY ALSO HAD BRASS BANDS AND FOLK MUSIC.
THEIR TRADITIONAL CLOTHING WAS A SHEMNA. IT TAKES 2 WEEKS TO MAKE THE CLOTH. THEY WEAR LOTS OF JEWELRY. THEY COVER THEIR HAIR WITH A SASH.
THEIR FOODS CONSIST OF VEGETABLES AND MEAT SIDE DISHES FOR A STEW. THEY MAKE A LARGE STEW. THEYT USE THEIR HANDS FOR EATING. THEY EAT NO PORK BUT EAT FISH AND LENTILS, BUTTER, AND DAIRY PRODUCTS. THEY MAKE A CHICKEN STEW. THEY HAVE ADHERED TO ISLAM. THEY ALSO MAKE SOME FL;AT BREAD.
THEIR MAIN LANGUAGE IS THE AMHARIC LANGUAGE. A SEMETIC. LANGUAGE. AMHARIC IS WRITTEN FROM AN ANCIENT LANGUAGE. THE LARGEST LANGUAGE IN ETHIOPIA IS ORNO, SPOKEN BY 33% OF THE FOLKS.. 62% ARE CHRISTIANS AND 35% ARE MUSLIM.
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THIS COUNTRY IS DIVERSE AND SPEAKS AFRO-ASIATIC WITH TRADITIONS THAT WERE DEVELOPED THROUGH INTERACTION WITH NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES. SOME CIVILIZATIONS EXCLUDING OTHER PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST AFRICA.
ETHIOPIAS MUSIC IS EXTREMELY DIVERSE WITH ETHNIC GROUPS BEING ASSOCIATED WITH UNIQUE SOUNDS. THEIR FOLK MUSIC IS TRADITIONAL. THEY ALSO HAVE RELIGIOUS MUSIC.
THEIR STRING INSTRUMENTS ARE MASENGO, A LUTE, AND KRAR, LYRE, AND BEGENA. THE DITA AND BOWS ARE FOUND IN THE SOUTH. THEY ALSO HAVE BAMBOO FLUTES. THEY ALSO PLAY PAN FLUTES.
IN THE ETHIOPIAN CHURCH THEIR MUSIC IS A SISTRUM. THEY USE PRAYER STAFFS.
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Monday, February 25, 2013
CHAD CULTURE
CHAD IS A LAND LOCKED COUNTRY IN CENTRAL AFRICA. THEY HAVEA DERT ZONE AND A FERTILE SAVANNAH IN THE SOUTH LAKE CHADCHAD IS THE LARGEST WETLAND IN CHAD. THEY HAVE 200 DIFFERENT ETHNIC AND LINGUISTIC GROUPS. ARABIC AND FRENCH ARE THE LANGUAGES.
THEY PRACTICE CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM. BY THE 7TH MILLENIUM B.C. HUMANS MOVED INTO CHADIUM BASIN IN GREAT NUMBERS . BY 1920 FRANCE CONQUERED CHAD . BY 1960 CHAD GAINED INDEPENDENCE UNDER FRANCOIS TOMBANNAYE.
BY 1960 CHAD HAD A CIVIL WAR BECAUSE THEY DID NOT LIKE POLICIES TOWARDS MUSLIMS.
SINCE 2003 SUDAN CRISIS HAS DEESTABLISHED THE NATION WITH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES IN CAMPS. CHAD IS ONE OF THE POOREST AND CORRUPT COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD.
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THEY PRACTICE CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM. BY THE 7TH MILLENIUM B.C. HUMANS MOVED INTO CHADIUM BASIN IN GREAT NUMBERS . BY 1920 FRANCE CONQUERED CHAD . BY 1960 CHAD GAINED INDEPENDENCE UNDER FRANCOIS TOMBANNAYE.
BY 1960 CHAD HAD A CIVIL WAR BECAUSE THEY DID NOT LIKE POLICIES TOWARDS MUSLIMS.
SINCE 2003 SUDAN CRISIS HAS DEESTABLISHED THE NATION WITH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES IN CAMPS. CHAD IS ONE OF THE POOREST AND CORRUPT COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD.
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SUDAN CULTURE
SUDAN IS ONE OF THE MOST ETHNICALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE COUNTIES IN THE WORLD. SUDAN HAS 597 TRIBES THAT SPEAK OVER 400 LANGUAGES THAT SPEAK OVER 400 LANGUAGES. THEY HAVE STRONG CULTURAL INFLUENCES AND THE SUDANESE DIALECT OF ARABIC IS THE LINGUA FRANCA. MANY FOLKS IN SUDAN ARE MULTILINGUAL.
THE SUDAN PEOPLE HAVE MANY BELIEFS - ISLAM, CHRISTIANITY, AND OTHER FAITHS. ISLAM IS DOMINANT. THE INDIGENOUS FAITHS PERFORM RITES. THESE CUSTOMS ARE PASSED DOWN ORALLY FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.
EACH GROUP HAS VARIOUS GROUPS. SUIDAMS HAS A RICH MUSICAL CULTURE WITH INSTABILITY AND REPRESION IN RECENT TIMES. MANY OF THE MOST PROMINENT POETS WERE IMPRISONED IN THE LATE 1980'S. TRADITIONAL MUSIC SUFFERED TOO AND ZAR CEREMONIES HAD DRUMS CONFISCATED EUROPEAN MILITARY BANDS DEVELOPED THEIR MUSIC. IN THE SOUTH REGION THEY HAD MANY YEARS OF CIVIL WAR. MANY FOLKS FLED AWAY. THE NUBA WHO LIVE BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF INDIA HAVE A GOOD FOLK TRADITION OF KAMBALA. IT IS PART OF THEIR HARVEST.
THE SUDAN CLOTHING VARIES AMONG THEIR REGIONS. MOST TODAY MOST TODAY WEAR WESTERN CLOTHING. A JALABIYA IS A LOOSE FITING ANKLE LENGTH GARMENT COMMON IN EGYPT. THEY MAY WEAR A THAUB WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THE JAMBALAYA.
ONLY 1/2 OF CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL . MANY SCHOOL HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.IN THE LAST TWENTY YEARS. FEMALE EDUCATION WAS CONSIDERED PRIMARY IN THE 50'S TO THE 70'S.
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THE SUDAN PEOPLE HAVE MANY BELIEFS - ISLAM, CHRISTIANITY, AND OTHER FAITHS. ISLAM IS DOMINANT. THE INDIGENOUS FAITHS PERFORM RITES. THESE CUSTOMS ARE PASSED DOWN ORALLY FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.
EACH GROUP HAS VARIOUS GROUPS. SUIDAMS HAS A RICH MUSICAL CULTURE WITH INSTABILITY AND REPRESION IN RECENT TIMES. MANY OF THE MOST PROMINENT POETS WERE IMPRISONED IN THE LATE 1980'S. TRADITIONAL MUSIC SUFFERED TOO AND ZAR CEREMONIES HAD DRUMS CONFISCATED EUROPEAN MILITARY BANDS DEVELOPED THEIR MUSIC. IN THE SOUTH REGION THEY HAD MANY YEARS OF CIVIL WAR. MANY FOLKS FLED AWAY. THE NUBA WHO LIVE BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF INDIA HAVE A GOOD FOLK TRADITION OF KAMBALA. IT IS PART OF THEIR HARVEST.
THE SUDAN CLOTHING VARIES AMONG THEIR REGIONS. MOST TODAY MOST TODAY WEAR WESTERN CLOTHING. A JALABIYA IS A LOOSE FITING ANKLE LENGTH GARMENT COMMON IN EGYPT. THEY MAY WEAR A THAUB WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THE JAMBALAYA.
ONLY 1/2 OF CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL . MANY SCHOOL HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.IN THE LAST TWENTY YEARS. FEMALE EDUCATION WAS CONSIDERED PRIMARY IN THE 50'S TO THE 70'S.
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Friday, February 22, 2013
NIGER CULTURE
THIS CULTURE IS MARKED BY VARIATION OF FRENCH COLONIALISM. THEY HAVE FOUR DISTINCT CULTURAL AREAS AND ETHNIC GROUPS. MUCH OF ETHNIC GROUPS TEND TO BE FARMERS AND PASTORALISTS. ANOTHER GROUP ARE NOMADS OF THE AIR MONTHS AND SAHARAN DESERT.
ISLAM SPREAD FROM NORTH AFRICA BEGINNING IN THE 10TH CENTURY. IT GEREATKY SHAPED THEIR MORES. IT IS PRACTICED BY MOST FOLKS. THEY HAVE BEEN RESTORING INTEREST IN THEIR CULTURAL HERITAGE, WITH EMPHASIS ON ARCHITECTURE. AND CRAFTS , DANCES AND MUSIC. THEY PRIMARILY PLAY GUITAR . THEIR GOVERNMENTS HAVE TRIED TO FORGE A SHARED CULTURE, BUT IT HAS BEEN SLOW. THE ETHNIC GROUPS HAVE THEIR OWN HISTORIES SUCH AS HAUSA, TUREG AND KANURI. FRENCH HAD A SMALL VILLAGE IN NAMEY.
SOME FOLKS OR ANIMISTS HAVE FESTIVALS. THEY BELIEVE THERE IS NO SEPARATION BETWEEN SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL WORLD. SPIRITS EXIST IN PLANTS AND ALL OF THE ENVIRONMENT. IN NIGER THEY SPEAK 8 LANGUAGES. ABOUT 1/2 SPEAK HAUSA.
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ISLAM SPREAD FROM NORTH AFRICA BEGINNING IN THE 10TH CENTURY. IT GEREATKY SHAPED THEIR MORES. IT IS PRACTICED BY MOST FOLKS. THEY HAVE BEEN RESTORING INTEREST IN THEIR CULTURAL HERITAGE, WITH EMPHASIS ON ARCHITECTURE. AND CRAFTS , DANCES AND MUSIC. THEY PRIMARILY PLAY GUITAR . THEIR GOVERNMENTS HAVE TRIED TO FORGE A SHARED CULTURE, BUT IT HAS BEEN SLOW. THE ETHNIC GROUPS HAVE THEIR OWN HISTORIES SUCH AS HAUSA, TUREG AND KANURI. FRENCH HAD A SMALL VILLAGE IN NAMEY.
SOME FOLKS OR ANIMISTS HAVE FESTIVALS. THEY BELIEVE THERE IS NO SEPARATION BETWEEN SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL WORLD. SPIRITS EXIST IN PLANTS AND ALL OF THE ENVIRONMENT. IN NIGER THEY SPEAK 8 LANGUAGES. ABOUT 1/2 SPEAK HAUSA.
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LIBYA CULTURE
LIBYA IS AN ARAB COUNTRY IN NORTH AFRICA. THEY HAVE DEVELOPED A LITERARY TRADITION CENTERED ON ORAL POETRY. THEY SUFFERED FROM ITALIAN PERIOD FOLKS.
IN 1970S A NEW GOVERNMENT WAS SET UP BY A SINGLE PUBLISHING HOUSE. WRITERS WROTE IN SUPPORT OF AUTHORITIES. THOSE WHO REFUSED WERE IMPRISONED OR EMIGRATED. CENSORSHIP LAWS WERE LOOSENED BY MANY BOOKS WERE CENSORED.
AFTER GADDAFIS GOVERNMENT WAS ABOLISHED LIBERTY OF PRESS WAS INFLUENCED. LIBYAS CUISINE DERIVES FROM MEDITERANEAN, NORTH AFRICAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN TRADITIONS. ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR LIBYAN DISHES IS A SPICED SOUP - SHABA ARABIYA. IT CONTAINS MEAT, TOMATOE, ONIONS CHILIS, CAYENNE, SAFFRON, CHICKPEAS, CILANTRA AND PARSLEY.
BAZEEN IS A POPULAR DISH. THEY MIX BARLEY FLOUR AND PLAIN FLOUR. IT IS HARD DOUGH. A SAUCE IS PLACED AROUND IT OF ONIONS LAMB , TURMERIC CAYENNE, FENUGEEK, PAPRIKA AND PASTE. BOILED EGGS ARE PLACED AROUND THE DISH AND PICKLED CHILIS ARE ADDED.
MOST HIMILYANS EAT AT HOME. IT IS UNUSUAL THAT ALL ALCOHOL IS BANNED HERE. THE GOVERNMENT CONTROLS ALL THE MEDIA AND PEOPLE WATCH VIDEOS OR FOREIGN PROGRAMS.
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IN 1970S A NEW GOVERNMENT WAS SET UP BY A SINGLE PUBLISHING HOUSE. WRITERS WROTE IN SUPPORT OF AUTHORITIES. THOSE WHO REFUSED WERE IMPRISONED OR EMIGRATED. CENSORSHIP LAWS WERE LOOSENED BY MANY BOOKS WERE CENSORED.
AFTER GADDAFIS GOVERNMENT WAS ABOLISHED LIBERTY OF PRESS WAS INFLUENCED. LIBYAS CUISINE DERIVES FROM MEDITERANEAN, NORTH AFRICAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN TRADITIONS. ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR LIBYAN DISHES IS A SPICED SOUP - SHABA ARABIYA. IT CONTAINS MEAT, TOMATOE, ONIONS CHILIS, CAYENNE, SAFFRON, CHICKPEAS, CILANTRA AND PARSLEY.
BAZEEN IS A POPULAR DISH. THEY MIX BARLEY FLOUR AND PLAIN FLOUR. IT IS HARD DOUGH. A SAUCE IS PLACED AROUND IT OF ONIONS LAMB , TURMERIC CAYENNE, FENUGEEK, PAPRIKA AND PASTE. BOILED EGGS ARE PLACED AROUND THE DISH AND PICKLED CHILIS ARE ADDED.
MOST HIMILYANS EAT AT HOME. IT IS UNUSUAL THAT ALL ALCOHOL IS BANNED HERE. THE GOVERNMENT CONTROLS ALL THE MEDIA AND PEOPLE WATCH VIDEOS OR FOREIGN PROGRAMS.
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
MY TRIP TO SONOMA
I WENT ON A SMALL DAY TRIP TO SONOMA AND SOME OF THE BUILDINGS HAD CHANGED AS WELL AS THE CENTRAL PLAZA. THEY DID NOT ALLOW ANY CHICKENS IN THE PLAZA! I TOURED VALLEJO'S HOME AS I DID LAST YEAR. HE HAD MANY CHILDREN AND HAD A GRAND HOUSE WITH MANY TREES FROM VARIOUS COUNTRIES. VALLEJO LIVED FROM 1807 TO 1890 COUNTRIES. VALLEJO WAS A MILITARY COMMANDER WHO WAS AN OFFICER OF MEXICO AS WELL. APPARENTLY HIS WIFE SPENT MOST OF HER TIME SEWING AND RAISING KIDS AT THIS HOUSE. ONE OF HIS HOUSES BURNED DOWN. THIS ONE HAS A NICE RESERVOIR WITH AN OUTSIDE KITCHEN WHERE HIS NANNIES AND COOKS MADE MEALS. SOME OF THE OLD 1880'S PHOTOS HAD FRAMES JUST LIKE AN OLD ONE I HAVE FROM MY FATHER'S FAMILY. THEY HAD AN UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF ANTIQUE FURNITURE IN HIS HOUSE AND BASED ON THE LENGTH OF THE BEDS THESE FOLKS WERE NOT ALL THAT TALL! THEY HAD SOME CUTE BEDS FOR THE 16 CHILDREN AND THE BABIES.
THE MISSION SAN FRANCISCO SOLANO IN SONOMA WAS BUILT IN 1823. IT IS THE ONLY MISSION BUILT IN MEXICAN RULE AND IT IS THE LAT TO BE BUILT IN ALTA CALIFORNIA. THIS MISSION GREW INTO A COMPLEX OF 10,000 ACRES. IN 1823 THE MISSION'S MOST PROSPEROUS YEAR THEY HAD 900 NATIVE AMERICAN WORKERS.TODAY ONLY 5 ROOMS OF THE ORIGINAL MISSION REMAIN.
THERE ARE 21 ROOMS IN THE PRIESTS QUARTERS IN 1820'S. THEY HAVE MANY PAINTINGS TODAY FROM CHRIS JORGENSEN WHO PAINTED VARIOUS MISSIONS IN CALIFORNIA. THESE ARE IN THE DINING ROOM, THE CHAPEL IMPRESSED ME AS THEY HAD NICE MUSIC THERE AND IT REMINDED ME OF THE ORIGINAL PUEBLO TYPE OF CHAPELS I'VE SEEN IN THE SOUTHWEST. IT WAS DECORATED IN A STLYE COMMON TO THE MISSION ERA. THE PULPIT WAS BUILT TO BE SEEN AND HEARD BY THE PARISHIONERS. THE COURTYARD HAS BEEN REPLANTED TO SHOW WHAT HAS BEEN REPLANTED TO SHOW WHAT TREES MAY HAVE BEEN THERE ORIGINALLY. THE ORIGINAL ADOBE CHURCH IS EAST OF THE MISSION AQND IT COLLAPSED IN THRE LATE 1830'S. THEY HAVE LARGE PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS WHICH HAD FRUIT THAT WAS EATEN AND THE PADS WERE ALSO DETHORNED AND FRIED. THEY ALSO HAD A TANNERY, HIDE VATS, VINEYARDS, ORCHARDS, CROPS AND LIVESTOCK HERE. THEY HAVE A PLAQUE THAT HONORS THOSE NATIVES WHO WERE BURIED HERE DURING THE 11 YEARS OF THE MISSION'S EXISTENCE.
THE SONOMA BARRACKS IS IN THE EAST SIDE OF THE SONOMA PLAZA. IT ONLY HAS A PLACE WHERE VALLEJO BUILT BARRACKS OF ADOBE TO HOUSE MEXICANARMY TROOPS. THEY HAVE THE ORIGINAL BEAR FLAG - THE BEAR FLAGEREPUBLIC LASTED ONLY 22 DAYS. BUT PEOPLE CONSIDER CALIFORNIA ITS OWN COUNTRY. JOHN FREMONT AND KIT CARSON WERE ALSO VITAL TO SONOMA SURVIVAL. VALEJO BUILT THE MISSION TO HOLD THE MEXICAN TIDE AGAINST THE RUSSIONS.
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THE MISSION SAN FRANCISCO SOLANO IN SONOMA WAS BUILT IN 1823. IT IS THE ONLY MISSION BUILT IN MEXICAN RULE AND IT IS THE LAT TO BE BUILT IN ALTA CALIFORNIA. THIS MISSION GREW INTO A COMPLEX OF 10,000 ACRES. IN 1823 THE MISSION'S MOST PROSPEROUS YEAR THEY HAD 900 NATIVE AMERICAN WORKERS.TODAY ONLY 5 ROOMS OF THE ORIGINAL MISSION REMAIN.
THERE ARE 21 ROOMS IN THE PRIESTS QUARTERS IN 1820'S. THEY HAVE MANY PAINTINGS TODAY FROM CHRIS JORGENSEN WHO PAINTED VARIOUS MISSIONS IN CALIFORNIA. THESE ARE IN THE DINING ROOM, THE CHAPEL IMPRESSED ME AS THEY HAD NICE MUSIC THERE AND IT REMINDED ME OF THE ORIGINAL PUEBLO TYPE OF CHAPELS I'VE SEEN IN THE SOUTHWEST. IT WAS DECORATED IN A STLYE COMMON TO THE MISSION ERA. THE PULPIT WAS BUILT TO BE SEEN AND HEARD BY THE PARISHIONERS. THE COURTYARD HAS BEEN REPLANTED TO SHOW WHAT HAS BEEN REPLANTED TO SHOW WHAT TREES MAY HAVE BEEN THERE ORIGINALLY. THE ORIGINAL ADOBE CHURCH IS EAST OF THE MISSION AQND IT COLLAPSED IN THRE LATE 1830'S. THEY HAVE LARGE PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS WHICH HAD FRUIT THAT WAS EATEN AND THE PADS WERE ALSO DETHORNED AND FRIED. THEY ALSO HAD A TANNERY, HIDE VATS, VINEYARDS, ORCHARDS, CROPS AND LIVESTOCK HERE. THEY HAVE A PLAQUE THAT HONORS THOSE NATIVES WHO WERE BURIED HERE DURING THE 11 YEARS OF THE MISSION'S EXISTENCE.
THE SONOMA BARRACKS IS IN THE EAST SIDE OF THE SONOMA PLAZA. IT ONLY HAS A PLACE WHERE VALLEJO BUILT BARRACKS OF ADOBE TO HOUSE MEXICANARMY TROOPS. THEY HAVE THE ORIGINAL BEAR FLAG - THE BEAR FLAGEREPUBLIC LASTED ONLY 22 DAYS. BUT PEOPLE CONSIDER CALIFORNIA ITS OWN COUNTRY. JOHN FREMONT AND KIT CARSON WERE ALSO VITAL TO SONOMA SURVIVAL. VALEJO BUILT THE MISSION TO HOLD THE MEXICAN TIDE AGAINST THE RUSSIONS.
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