DENMARK MEANS "BORDER OF THE DANES" TO A POLITICAL UNIT DURING THE 6TH AND 9TH CENTURIES. BY THE 9TH CENTURY THE DANES HAD GAINED MASTERY OF THE AREA KNOWN TODAY AS DENMARK, INCLUDING SWEDEN AND NORWAY. THE DANES ORIGINATED IN SWEDEN.
DENMARK IS A SMALL IN AREA AND HAS RURAL URBAN AND AN ISLAND COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE DIFFERENCES . DENMARK HISTORICALLY INCLUDES THE FORMER COLONIES OF GREENLAND AND FAROE ISLANDS. 80 OF THE 400 ISLANDS ARE INHABITATED. THEY HAVE FEW AREAS AT HIGH ELEVATION. IN 2000 THE POPULATION WAS 5 MILLION . DURING 1973 FREE ABORTION WAS THEY HAD FREE ABORTIONS AND STERILIZATION AVAILABLE TO REDUCE THEIR POPULATION.
DENMARK FOLKS SPEAK DANISH. THERE IS NO SECONDARY LANGUAGE. MOST FOLKS CAN SPEAK SOME ENGLISH AND GERMAN. DENMARK IS THE POLDEST KINGDOM IN EUROPE.
ACCORDING TO HISTORY DENMARK IS THE OLDEST KINGDOM IN EUROPE ACCORDING TO HISTORICAL SOURCES IT DATES BACK TO THE NINETH CENTURY. BY MYTH IT SAYS THEY WERE HERE IN THE 6TH CENTURYBY MYTH IT SAYS THEY WERE HERE IN THE 6TH CENTURY. RECENTLY THEY ARE FOCUSED ON TRADE, WELFARE EQUALITY. THEY BATTLED FOR YEARS WITH OTHERS COUNTRIES. BY 19TH CENTURY THEY FORMED A CONSTITUTION . BEER ALLOTTMENT GARDENS AND THE NATIONAL ANTHEM ARE PARTS OF THEIR CULTURE. DANES CONSTANTLY NEGOTIATE AND CHANGE THEIR CULTURE IN RESPONSE TO CONTACT PEOPLE AND ITEMS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.
DENMARK WAS ONCE OPEN AND WELOMED FOREIGNERS, BUT TENSIONS HAVE EXISTED BETWEEN NATIVE RESIDENTS AND IMMIGRANTS AREA A PROBLEM. TODAY.
WITHIN 120 YEARS DENMARK MOVED FROM AGRICULTURE TO AN INDUSTRIALIZED SOCIETY. MIGRATION FROM RURAL AREAS TO URBAN AREAS WHERE THE JOBS WERE.
THEIR TOWNS USUALLY HAVE A CENTER AREA WITH OLDER HOUSES . ANTHROPOLOGISTS HAVE NOTED A SHARP DISTINCTIONA SHARP DISTINCTIONDISTINCTION BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPACE AND A PRONOUCED PREFERENCE FOR PRIVATE AND DOMESTIC SPHERES. COLLEAGUES AND MORE DISTINCT FRIENDS ARE NOT IN PUBLIC. THEY EAT USUALLY AT HOME AND HAVE MUCH MEAT. THEY GROW ORGANIC FOODS.
AT CEREMONIES THEY EAT AND DRINK SPECIAL FOODS. ON CERTAIN HOLIDAYS THEY HAVE STUFFED GOOSE AND COD OR ROASTED LAMB.
NATURAL RESOURESARE LIMITED TO AGRICULTURE, LAND, CLAY, STONE, CHALK, LIME, PEAT AND IGNITE. THEY HAVE MUCH INTERNATIONAL TRADE. AGRICULTURAL AND PRODUCE PRODUCTS FOR 3 TIMES THEIR POPULATION. 91% OF FARMERS ARE FAMILY RUN RUN. NEIGHBORS DISCUSS OPTIONS FOR SNOW REMOVAL AND CITY SERVICES.
THEY HAVE A LARGE SNOW REMOVAL AND CITY SERVICES. THEY HAVE A LARGE COMMERCIAL FISHING INDUSTRY. THEIR MAJOR TRADING PARTNERS ARE ARE GERMANY, SWEDEN, GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, NETHERLANDS, U.S. AND JAPAN AND ITALY. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ARE A BIG PART OF EXPORTS. AGRICULTURE IS NOW MACHINE DRIVEN.
THEIR ADULT POPULLATION HAS INCREASEDIN UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE PUBLIC SUPPORT. IN 1993 THEYVOTED NOT TO JOIN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMON MILITARY FORCE. THE UNEMPLOYED RECEIVED COMPENSATION LESS THAN THE LOWWAGE FOLKS. IF THEY ARE UNEMPLOYED FOR 6 MONTHS THEY MEET UPA COUNSELOR RE TRAINING, ETC. FOOD AND SHELTER ARE ALWAYS PROVIDED. OVER 90% ARE IN AN ORGANIZATION.
THESE FOLKS ARE FREE TO CHOOSE THEIR MARRIAGE PARTNERS. MANY PEOPLE COHABIT AT A YOUNG AGE. THEY DON'T MARRY CLOSE KIN MEMBERS.
FORTY % OF ADULTS ARE MARRIED. DIVORCE MAY INVOLVE SEPARATION. BY A LEGAL PROCEDURE. HOUSEHOLDS ARE LIKE OURS WITH A COUPLE OF CHILDREN. SOME COUPLES ARE DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. INFANTS ARE CARED FOR IN THEIR PARENTS HOME UNTIL 6 MONTHS. THEY ARE THEN PUT INTO A CHILD CARE FACILITY.
DENMARK HAS 5 UNIVERSITIES AND SOME STUDENTS GO TO A VOCATIONAL SCHOOL. MANY TOURISTS STROLL ALONG A HARBOR 1 MILE LONG. THEY SHOW FEW EMOTIONS PUBLICALLY AS IT IS A SIGN OF WEAKNESS.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IS CONSONANT WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS. THEY MOSTLY ARE LUTHERAN. VARIOUS OTHER RELIGIONS ARE HERE. RECENTLY RELIGIOUS GROUPS HAVE CELEBRATED OLD VIKING GODS.
ONLY A FEW PEOPLE ATTEND CHURCH REGULARLY. PEOPLE ARE BURIED HERE OR ARE CREMATED IN THE GRAVEYARD THERE. SINCE 1973 A TAX FINANCED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM PROVIDED FREE HEALTH CARE THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE IF FOLKS WANT ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE THEY PAY ADDITIONALLY. LIMITED RESOURCES FOR HEALTH CARE THAT CAUSED LONG WAITING ISTS LED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PRIVATE HOSPITALS OFFERING TREATMENTS SUCH AS HIP SURGERY AND BYPASS OPERATIONS PROFESSIONALS STRESS THAT INDIVIDUALS RESPONSIBLE FOR HEALTH WITHOUT THROUGH CHANGES IN LIFESTYLE AND PERSONAL HEALTH CHANGES. FOCUS HAS BEEN ON NOTIONS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF VARIED EATING PATTERNS, FRESH, AIR EXERCISE, A POSITIVE MOOD, AND GOOD SOCIAL RELATIONS.
NATIONAL CELEBRATIONS OCCUR JUST LIKE WE HAVE CELEBRATIONS, ONLY A FEW EXCELLENT ARTISTS ARE SELF SUPPORTING. MAJOR SOCIAL SCIENTISTS ARE ECONOMICS, POLITICAL SCIENTISTS, ANTHROPOLOGISTS, AND SOCIOLOGY. PHYSICAL SCIENTISTS INCLUDE MECHANICAL ENGINEERS. THE DANISH TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE ARE IMPORTANT IN INFORMATION SERVICES.
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
QUARRY HILL BOTANICAL GARDENS
THIS ORIENTAL GARDEN WAS FREE TO THE PUBLIC ON EARTH DAY. I DECIDED TO GO THERE AS IT WAS A PLACE I ENJOYED BEFORE. I GOT THERE WHEN IT WAS ABOUT 75 DEGREES. THEN IT GOT HOTTER. I BOUGHT SOME FOOD AND WORE SOME SANDALS EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A TOUGH STONY TRAIL. I LEARNED THAT TICKS CAN JUMP ON PEOPLE EVEN IN DRY HEAT CONDITIONS! ONE MAN HAD ALL KINDS OF SNAKES AND SOME WERE RATTLESNAKES WHO ATE OTHER SNAKES. APPARENTLY THIS PLACE HAS GREAT INSURANCE SINCE NO ONE HAD TO SIGN A LIABILITY WAIVER IF THEY GOT A TICK OR SNAKEBITE! NO ONE DID APPARENTLY. THE DISPLAY OF SNAKES SHOWED CORRAL SNAKES THAT ATE OTHER SNAKES. THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE INTERESTED IN MY HIKES. I MISSED THE CHINESE LION DANCE. I HIKED UP AND DOWN THE SMALL PRESERVE OF ORIENTAL GARDEN PATHS. WE SAW A SMALL TURTLE. ONE VOLUNTEER SAW A RATTLESNAKE. I DRANK LOTS OF WATER BUT I WAS BEAT BY THE HEAT ON THIS TRAIL. MOST PEOPLE WERE SITTING OR STANDING IN THE NICE POOLS THEY HAD CREATED THERE. CHILDREN CAUGHT SOME TADPOLES AND HAD SOME WATER FUN.
THEY HAD AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM FOR THE COLUMBINE. ONE GUIDE SAID SHE SAW A RATTLESNAKE. THEY HAD A TRAIL GUIDE WITH VARIOUS PLANTS FROM EUROPEAN AND ASIA AND CHINA. MOST OF THEM ARE LARGE TREES. THEY HAD AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM FOR THE COLUMBINE. ONE GUIDE SAID SHE SAW A SNAKE. THEY HAVE TWO MAN MADE PONDS WITH LOTUS FLOWERS. MANY PEOPLE WERE SWEATING AND SEVERAL OLDER MEMBERS HAD COME FROM MARIN AND WERE INTERESTED IN MY HIKES. THE PONDS WERE A RELIEF AND THEY HAD BUILT WATERFALLS. I MET SOME PHILLIPINO WOMEN WHO SAID THEIR COUNTRY WAS PRETTY MUCH LIKE HAWAII. THE CHILDREN PLAYED AROUND A STONE BRIDGE. WE MET A STORIE TELLER AT THE END OF THE DAY AND SHE TOLD STORIES FROM ASIA.
THEY HAD AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM FOR THE COLUMBINE. ONE GUIDE SAID SHE SAW A RATTLESNAKE. THEY HAD A TRAIL GUIDE WITH VARIOUS PLANTS FROM EUROPEAN AND ASIA AND CHINA. MOST OF THEM ARE LARGE TREES. THEY HAD AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM FOR THE COLUMBINE. ONE GUIDE SAID SHE SAW A SNAKE. THEY HAVE TWO MAN MADE PONDS WITH LOTUS FLOWERS. MANY PEOPLE WERE SWEATING AND SEVERAL OLDER MEMBERS HAD COME FROM MARIN AND WERE INTERESTED IN MY HIKES. THE PONDS WERE A RELIEF AND THEY HAD BUILT WATERFALLS. I MET SOME PHILLIPINO WOMEN WHO SAID THEIR COUNTRY WAS PRETTY MUCH LIKE HAWAII. THE CHILDREN PLAYED AROUND A STONE BRIDGE. WE MET A STORIE TELLER AT THE END OF THE DAY AND SHE TOLD STORIES FROM ASIA.
NETHERLANDS CULTURE
THEY HAVE A DIVERSE GROUP AND REGIONAL DIFFERENCES. THE DUTCH CULTURE HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE FOR CENTURIES IN THE GOLDEN AGE. DURING 1500'S MANY PAINTERS FLED TO NORTHERN NETHERLANDS FOR RELIGIOUS REASONS. THESE REGIONS WERE GROWING ECONOMICALLY. SOME GREAT PAINTERS CAME FROM HERE, SUCH AS VINCENT VAN GOGH. BY 1581 NETHERLANDS WAS FREE FROM SPAIN.
THEY MAINLY SPEAK DUTCH WHILE THEY ALSO SPEAK DIALECTS. LOW SAXON. NETHERLANDS HAS BEEN WHERE FOLKS HAVE BEEN WHERE FOLKS HAVE MOVED WHO WERE FLEEING FROM DISCRIMINATION; THEY ALSO DREW REFUGEES FROM WAR COUNTRIES IN THE 1900'S. THE PEOPLE HERE LIKE TO ENJOY CULTURAL DIVERSITY. THEY HAVE BUILT DIKES AND DUNES TO PROTECT THEIR LAND FROM STORMSTHEY HAVE 12 PROVINCES AND IT IS THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED COUNTRY IN EUROPE. THEY ALSO SPEAK CREOLE IN SOME PARTS. THEY HAVE PRIDEN SINTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS. PEOPLE RAISE ORANGE FLAGS TO BE PATRIOTIC AND HAVE A GOOD FEELING OF THEIR ATHLETES. THEY HAVE A BIG FESTIVAL ON QUEENS DAY TO CELEBRATE HOPE AND UNITY DURING WAR THE QUEEN BRINGS THEM HOPE AND UNITY DURING WAR. THE QUEEN BRINGS THEM HOPE AND UNITY DURING THE WAR IN 1940 - 1945.
IN 1940 TO 1945 THE DUTCH PEOPLE WERE OCCUPIED BY NAZI GERMANY. THEY SHELTERED 25,000 FOLKS INCLUDING JEWS. OVER 100,000 WERE DEPOSITED TO CONCENTRATION CAMPS. ANNE FRANK AND FAMILYWERE HARBORED BY DUTCH FAMILY FOR 2 YEARS BEFORE BEING BETROYED BY DUTCH COLLABORATORS.
THEY MAINLY SPEAK DUTCH WHILE THEY ALSO SPEAK DIALECTS OF LOW SAXON. NETHERLANDS HAS BEEN WHERE FOLKS HAVE MOVED WHO WERE FLEEING FROM DISCRIMINATION. THEY ALSO DREW REFUGEES FROM DISCRIMINATION IN THE 1900'S. THE PEOPLE HERE LIKE TO ENJOY CULTURAL DIVERSITY. THEY HAVE BUILT DIKES AND DUNES TO PROTECT THEIR LAND FROM STORMS. THEY HAVE 12 PROVINCES AND IT IS THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED COUNTRY IN EUROPE. THEY ALSO SPEAK CREOLE IN SOME PARTS. THEY HAVE PRIDE IN CONQUERING THEIR MYSTERY OVER THE SEA. THEY ALSO TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN SOCCER INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS. PEOPLE RAISED ORANGE FLAGS TO BE PATRIOTIC AND HAVE A GOOD FEELING OF THEIR ATHLETES.
THEY HAVE A BIG FESTIVAL ON QUEENS DAY TO CELEBRATE HOPE AND UNITY DURING THE WAR. IN 1940 - 1945 THE DUTCH PEOPLE WERE OCCUPIED BY NAZI GERMANY. THEY STARTED $25,000 FOLKS INCLUDING JEWS. OVER 100,000 JEWS WERE TO CONCENTRATION CAMPS. ANNE FRANK AND FAMILY WERE HARBORED BY 2 YEARS BY DUTCH FOLKS BEFORE BEING BETRAYED BY DUTCH COLLABORATORS.
THE DUTCH STRUGGLED FROM 16TH TO 18TH CENTURIES FOR INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN DURING THE 80 YEAR WAR. NETHERLANDS WAS UNIFIED WITH BELGIUM AFTER 1648. THEIR POLITICS BECAME MORE DEPENDANT ON CONSENSUS AND NEGOTIATION THANON AUTHORITARIAN RULE AS POWER RESTED IN THE HANDS OF VICEROYS. THEY CREATED TRADE RELATIONS THAT CREATED NAVAL DOMINANCE AND WEALTH FOR MERCHANT CLASS. A SMALL POPULATION RESULTED AND EVEN SO THE WEALTHY MERCHANT CLASS RESULTED IN THE SO CALLED GOLDEN AGE WITH GREAT ART WORKS.
BY 1750 THE NETHERLANDS WAS ONE OF THE POOREST NATION. ONLY AFTER 1851 THEY BEGAN THEIR INDUSTRIAL AGE. IN 1878 DUTCH POPULATION PARTICIPATED IN SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING LABOR UNIONS, SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, POLITICAL PARTIES, SOCIAL CLUBS, CHURCHES, NEWSPAPERS AND RADIO STATIONS. THEY HAD NO NATIONAL IDENTITY, YET RELIGIOUS, CULTURAL AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY ARE CONSIDERED THE ESSENCE OF DUTCH CULTURE. THE 1990'S WERE MARKED BY THE IMMIGRATION OF THE GROUPS FROM WEST AFRICA, SOMALIA, SRI LANKA, AFGHANISTAN AND BALKINS. THEIR MAIN CITIES ARE CONSTATNTLY SUBJECTED TO URBAN RENEWAL POJECTS WITH PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS.
THEIR SPATIAL ORGANIZATION IS ALL CAREFULLY DIVIDED WITH CANALS AND DIKES. THEIR CITIES ARE UNIFORMALLYDESIGNED, ESPECIALLY IN SUBURBAN HHOUSING.
THE NETHERLANDS HAS NO STRONG DISTINCT AND CULINARY BECAUSE OF ITS PROTESTANT ETHNIC AND LACK OF CULTURAL TRADITION. THEY EAT SOUPS, A THICK STRAW, RAW HERRING, AND CHEESES ARE EXPORTED. THE DUTCH EAT A TWO COURSE MEAL FOR DINNER. THEY EAT POTATOES AND MEAT AND SOUP. NEIGHBORS INVITE EACH OTHER OVER FOR COFFEE. THEY LOVE DRINKING COFFEE AT WORK OR AS A SOCIAL ENTITY.
THEIR ECONOMY PERFORMS SMOOTHLY, AND IT HINGES ON GOVERNMENT AND EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATIONS. BY 2000 THERE WERE 7 MILLION PEOPLE HERE. THERE AVERAGE INCOME IS $23000. THEY ARE MOSTLY ORIENTED TO AGRICULTURE, TRADE AND SERVICE. ONLY 2% ARE IN AGRICULTURE. GERMANY IS THEIR MAIN TRADING PARTNER. SOME OF THE OTHER PARTNERS ARE BELGIUM, FRANCE AND U.S.
MOST OF THE NETHERLANDS IS MIDDLE CLASS. FIVE TO 10 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION LIVES AT SUBSISTENCE LEVEL. LOWER INCOME HOUSE HOUSES AVERAGE ABOUT $10,000 AFTER TAXES. WOMEN ARE 38% OF LABOR FORCE AND WORK PART TIME. THEIR LOW RATE IS THE CARE OF CHILDREN. MEN STILE MAKE MORE THAN WOMEN - OVER HALF. WOMEN WORK MOSTLY IN NURSING AND CLEANING JOBS.
THESE FOLKS ARE FREE TO CHOOSE THEIR SPOUSES. MANY FOLKS MARRY FROM THE SAME KIN GROUP. THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY MAY CONSIST OF TWO SEPARATE EVENTS AND A CITY REGISTRATION AND A RELIGIOUS CEREMONY. THE LATER IS OPTIONAL. 1/2 OF THEIR POPULATION IS MARRIED. 80,000 FILE FOR MARRIAGE EACH YEAR. A NUCLEAR FAMILY IS THE MOST COMMON HOUSEHOLD, ALTHOUGH IT IS LOSING GROUND TO SINGLES PARENT FAMILIES.THEY HAVE A TREND TOWARD MORE EQUALITY OF THEIR PARTNERS. EXTENDED FAMILY HOUSEHOLD ARE RARE.
THE CHILDREN ARE CARED FOR PRIMILY BY THEIR PARENTS IN THE HOME. JUST LIKE USMANY PARENTS BOTH WORK AND THE TODDLERS ARE IN A NURSERY WHEN AT WORK. BY 4 YEARSOLD THEY GO TO PRIMARY SCHOOL. TEENAGERS HAVE A WIDE ARRAY OF SUBCULTURES THEY EXPLORE. ABOUT 70% OF HIGH SCHOOL KIDS GO ON TO COLLAGE.
THESE FOLKS HAVE A STRONG AGENDA TO ORDER TIME ON CALENDARS. THE CHILDREN ARE GIVEN AN AGENDA IN PRIMARY SCHOOLFOR A FULL LIFE. THEY ARE VERY PUNCTUAL. THEY HAVE TIMES TO WORK, CLEAN THE HOUSE, AND VISIT FRIENDS. THEIR WAY OF ADDRESSING A PERSON WITH
'YOU" SHOWS EQUALITY.THEY ARE MOSTLY CATHOLIC FOLLOWED BY PROTESTANTS AND DUTCH REFORMED.
FORTY PERCENT ARE NOT RELIGIOUS. AFTER 1960'S RELIGION PLAYED A DECREASING ROLE IN ORDERING PEOPLE'S LIVES. AMONG THE 60'S THOSE WHO SAY THEY ARE RELIGIOUS PROFESS TO NOT ACTUALLY GET INVOLVED IN RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES. THE ROMAN CATHOLICS IN THE SOUTH HAVE RICH PROFESSIONS DATING BACK TO THE MIDDLE AGES SUCH AS BLOOD PROCESSIONS PROFESS TO NOT ACTIVELY GET INVOLVED IN RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES.
EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AND THE UNEMPLOYED ARE EVEN PROTECTEDBY PUBLIC HEALTHINSURANCE. THE GOVERNMENT IS NEEDING TO TAKE CARE OFTHE AGED SINCE CHURCH COMMUNITY AND FAMILY ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO TAKE PERFORM THE TASK. WOMEN GENERALLY RAISE CHILDREN AND MEN ARE THE MAIN INCOME MAKERS.
THEY HAVE MANYMUSICAL FESTIVALS THAT ATTRACT MANLY THER MIDDLE AND UPPER CLASSES.
MUCH SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IS AT UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH LABS. THEY HAVE 13 UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH LABS. THEY HAVE AN AGENCY FOR FUNDING SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. IN CORPORATE LABS THEY SPEND $3.8 BILLION DOLLARS FOR RESEARCH.
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THEY MAINLY SPEAK DUTCH WHILE THEY ALSO SPEAK DIALECTS. LOW SAXON. NETHERLANDS HAS BEEN WHERE FOLKS HAVE BEEN WHERE FOLKS HAVE MOVED WHO WERE FLEEING FROM DISCRIMINATION; THEY ALSO DREW REFUGEES FROM WAR COUNTRIES IN THE 1900'S. THE PEOPLE HERE LIKE TO ENJOY CULTURAL DIVERSITY. THEY HAVE BUILT DIKES AND DUNES TO PROTECT THEIR LAND FROM STORMSTHEY HAVE 12 PROVINCES AND IT IS THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED COUNTRY IN EUROPE. THEY ALSO SPEAK CREOLE IN SOME PARTS. THEY HAVE PRIDEN SINTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS. PEOPLE RAISE ORANGE FLAGS TO BE PATRIOTIC AND HAVE A GOOD FEELING OF THEIR ATHLETES. THEY HAVE A BIG FESTIVAL ON QUEENS DAY TO CELEBRATE HOPE AND UNITY DURING WAR THE QUEEN BRINGS THEM HOPE AND UNITY DURING WAR. THE QUEEN BRINGS THEM HOPE AND UNITY DURING THE WAR IN 1940 - 1945.
IN 1940 TO 1945 THE DUTCH PEOPLE WERE OCCUPIED BY NAZI GERMANY. THEY SHELTERED 25,000 FOLKS INCLUDING JEWS. OVER 100,000 WERE DEPOSITED TO CONCENTRATION CAMPS. ANNE FRANK AND FAMILYWERE HARBORED BY DUTCH FAMILY FOR 2 YEARS BEFORE BEING BETROYED BY DUTCH COLLABORATORS.
THEY MAINLY SPEAK DUTCH WHILE THEY ALSO SPEAK DIALECTS OF LOW SAXON. NETHERLANDS HAS BEEN WHERE FOLKS HAVE MOVED WHO WERE FLEEING FROM DISCRIMINATION. THEY ALSO DREW REFUGEES FROM DISCRIMINATION IN THE 1900'S. THE PEOPLE HERE LIKE TO ENJOY CULTURAL DIVERSITY. THEY HAVE BUILT DIKES AND DUNES TO PROTECT THEIR LAND FROM STORMS. THEY HAVE 12 PROVINCES AND IT IS THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED COUNTRY IN EUROPE. THEY ALSO SPEAK CREOLE IN SOME PARTS. THEY HAVE PRIDE IN CONQUERING THEIR MYSTERY OVER THE SEA. THEY ALSO TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN SOCCER INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS. PEOPLE RAISED ORANGE FLAGS TO BE PATRIOTIC AND HAVE A GOOD FEELING OF THEIR ATHLETES.
THEY HAVE A BIG FESTIVAL ON QUEENS DAY TO CELEBRATE HOPE AND UNITY DURING THE WAR. IN 1940 - 1945 THE DUTCH PEOPLE WERE OCCUPIED BY NAZI GERMANY. THEY STARTED $25,000 FOLKS INCLUDING JEWS. OVER 100,000 JEWS WERE TO CONCENTRATION CAMPS. ANNE FRANK AND FAMILY WERE HARBORED BY 2 YEARS BY DUTCH FOLKS BEFORE BEING BETRAYED BY DUTCH COLLABORATORS.
THE DUTCH STRUGGLED FROM 16TH TO 18TH CENTURIES FOR INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN DURING THE 80 YEAR WAR. NETHERLANDS WAS UNIFIED WITH BELGIUM AFTER 1648. THEIR POLITICS BECAME MORE DEPENDANT ON CONSENSUS AND NEGOTIATION THANON AUTHORITARIAN RULE AS POWER RESTED IN THE HANDS OF VICEROYS. THEY CREATED TRADE RELATIONS THAT CREATED NAVAL DOMINANCE AND WEALTH FOR MERCHANT CLASS. A SMALL POPULATION RESULTED AND EVEN SO THE WEALTHY MERCHANT CLASS RESULTED IN THE SO CALLED GOLDEN AGE WITH GREAT ART WORKS.
BY 1750 THE NETHERLANDS WAS ONE OF THE POOREST NATION. ONLY AFTER 1851 THEY BEGAN THEIR INDUSTRIAL AGE. IN 1878 DUTCH POPULATION PARTICIPATED IN SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING LABOR UNIONS, SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, POLITICAL PARTIES, SOCIAL CLUBS, CHURCHES, NEWSPAPERS AND RADIO STATIONS. THEY HAD NO NATIONAL IDENTITY, YET RELIGIOUS, CULTURAL AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY ARE CONSIDERED THE ESSENCE OF DUTCH CULTURE. THE 1990'S WERE MARKED BY THE IMMIGRATION OF THE GROUPS FROM WEST AFRICA, SOMALIA, SRI LANKA, AFGHANISTAN AND BALKINS. THEIR MAIN CITIES ARE CONSTATNTLY SUBJECTED TO URBAN RENEWAL POJECTS WITH PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS.
THEIR SPATIAL ORGANIZATION IS ALL CAREFULLY DIVIDED WITH CANALS AND DIKES. THEIR CITIES ARE UNIFORMALLYDESIGNED, ESPECIALLY IN SUBURBAN HHOUSING.
THE NETHERLANDS HAS NO STRONG DISTINCT AND CULINARY BECAUSE OF ITS PROTESTANT ETHNIC AND LACK OF CULTURAL TRADITION. THEY EAT SOUPS, A THICK STRAW, RAW HERRING, AND CHEESES ARE EXPORTED. THE DUTCH EAT A TWO COURSE MEAL FOR DINNER. THEY EAT POTATOES AND MEAT AND SOUP. NEIGHBORS INVITE EACH OTHER OVER FOR COFFEE. THEY LOVE DRINKING COFFEE AT WORK OR AS A SOCIAL ENTITY.
THEIR ECONOMY PERFORMS SMOOTHLY, AND IT HINGES ON GOVERNMENT AND EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATIONS. BY 2000 THERE WERE 7 MILLION PEOPLE HERE. THERE AVERAGE INCOME IS $23000. THEY ARE MOSTLY ORIENTED TO AGRICULTURE, TRADE AND SERVICE. ONLY 2% ARE IN AGRICULTURE. GERMANY IS THEIR MAIN TRADING PARTNER. SOME OF THE OTHER PARTNERS ARE BELGIUM, FRANCE AND U.S.
MOST OF THE NETHERLANDS IS MIDDLE CLASS. FIVE TO 10 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION LIVES AT SUBSISTENCE LEVEL. LOWER INCOME HOUSE HOUSES AVERAGE ABOUT $10,000 AFTER TAXES. WOMEN ARE 38% OF LABOR FORCE AND WORK PART TIME. THEIR LOW RATE IS THE CARE OF CHILDREN. MEN STILE MAKE MORE THAN WOMEN - OVER HALF. WOMEN WORK MOSTLY IN NURSING AND CLEANING JOBS.
THESE FOLKS ARE FREE TO CHOOSE THEIR SPOUSES. MANY FOLKS MARRY FROM THE SAME KIN GROUP. THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY MAY CONSIST OF TWO SEPARATE EVENTS AND A CITY REGISTRATION AND A RELIGIOUS CEREMONY. THE LATER IS OPTIONAL. 1/2 OF THEIR POPULATION IS MARRIED. 80,000 FILE FOR MARRIAGE EACH YEAR. A NUCLEAR FAMILY IS THE MOST COMMON HOUSEHOLD, ALTHOUGH IT IS LOSING GROUND TO SINGLES PARENT FAMILIES.THEY HAVE A TREND TOWARD MORE EQUALITY OF THEIR PARTNERS. EXTENDED FAMILY HOUSEHOLD ARE RARE.
THE CHILDREN ARE CARED FOR PRIMILY BY THEIR PARENTS IN THE HOME. JUST LIKE USMANY PARENTS BOTH WORK AND THE TODDLERS ARE IN A NURSERY WHEN AT WORK. BY 4 YEARSOLD THEY GO TO PRIMARY SCHOOL. TEENAGERS HAVE A WIDE ARRAY OF SUBCULTURES THEY EXPLORE. ABOUT 70% OF HIGH SCHOOL KIDS GO ON TO COLLAGE.
THESE FOLKS HAVE A STRONG AGENDA TO ORDER TIME ON CALENDARS. THE CHILDREN ARE GIVEN AN AGENDA IN PRIMARY SCHOOLFOR A FULL LIFE. THEY ARE VERY PUNCTUAL. THEY HAVE TIMES TO WORK, CLEAN THE HOUSE, AND VISIT FRIENDS. THEIR WAY OF ADDRESSING A PERSON WITH
'YOU" SHOWS EQUALITY.THEY ARE MOSTLY CATHOLIC FOLLOWED BY PROTESTANTS AND DUTCH REFORMED.
FORTY PERCENT ARE NOT RELIGIOUS. AFTER 1960'S RELIGION PLAYED A DECREASING ROLE IN ORDERING PEOPLE'S LIVES. AMONG THE 60'S THOSE WHO SAY THEY ARE RELIGIOUS PROFESS TO NOT ACTUALLY GET INVOLVED IN RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES. THE ROMAN CATHOLICS IN THE SOUTH HAVE RICH PROFESSIONS DATING BACK TO THE MIDDLE AGES SUCH AS BLOOD PROCESSIONS PROFESS TO NOT ACTIVELY GET INVOLVED IN RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES.
EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AND THE UNEMPLOYED ARE EVEN PROTECTEDBY PUBLIC HEALTHINSURANCE. THE GOVERNMENT IS NEEDING TO TAKE CARE OFTHE AGED SINCE CHURCH COMMUNITY AND FAMILY ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO TAKE PERFORM THE TASK. WOMEN GENERALLY RAISE CHILDREN AND MEN ARE THE MAIN INCOME MAKERS.
THEY HAVE MANYMUSICAL FESTIVALS THAT ATTRACT MANLY THER MIDDLE AND UPPER CLASSES.
MUCH SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IS AT UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH LABS. THEY HAVE 13 UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH LABS. THEY HAVE AN AGENCY FOR FUNDING SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. IN CORPORATE LABS THEY SPEND $3.8 BILLION DOLLARS FOR RESEARCH.
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Monday, April 22, 2013
APPLE BLOSSOM FAIR
YESTERDAY I TRAVELED TO IVES PARK TO THE SEBASTOPOL FAIR TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING. IT WAS A VERY HOT DAY. I NOTICED FIESTA MARKET WAS NOT THERE, HOWEVER THEIR WERE MANY CHINESE PEOPLE SELLING KNIT KNACKS. I ASKED IF THEY HAD BEEN TO CHINAND THEY SAID THEY BRING STUDENTS THERE TO LEARN CANTONESE AND CHINESE FOR 5 YEARS. THEY HAVE AN IN DEPTH LESSON OF HOW HARD THE CHINESE WORK. HE SAID WE TAKE IT EASY TOO MUCH IN THE U.S! THAT WAS A GENERALITY. THEY MUST BE WORKAHOLICS. THERE WERE MANY CRAFTERS SELLING EVERYTHING FROM TIE DYE TO APPLE PIES! IT WAS QUITE A LOT OF VENDORS. ONE PHOTOGRAPHER WAS A GREAT ONE WITH PHOTOS OF YOSEMITE WITH SUNSET SHING ON THE WATERFALLS. IT WAS A REALLY NEAT PHOTO. ANOTHER PHOTO HAD BEARS CATCHING FISH IN YOSEMITE!
THE VETERANS MEMORIAL HAD WORKS OF ART FROM SEBASTOPOL CENTR FOR THE ARTS. THEY HAD ALL KINDS OF ART WORK INCLUDING A WORK WITH SHEEP BONES MADE INTO FLOWERS. THEY EVEN HAD A POTTERS ROOM FILLED WITH IN THE BACK. THEY HAD JEWELRY ARTISTS, PAINTERS, GREAT PHOTOGRAPHS, COLLAGES, DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS ARTISTS AND ACRYLIC AND OIL PAINTERS.
THEY HAD MANY FOLKS EATING AND DRINKIBG AND SOME WERE DANCING TO MANY BANDS. THE BANDS INCLUDED A RYTHYM AND BLUES BAND, THE RED HOT MAMAS. THE FARALLONS AND VARIOUS JAZZ PLAYERS INCLUDED SUSAN CONSTOCK SWINGTET.
THE FAIR HAD KIDS AREA WITH RIDES AND SLIDES AND A PETTING ZOO. MY SON AND I HAD SPENT MANY YEARS PLAYING AT IVES PARK WHEN HE WAS YOUNG.
THE VETERANS MEMORIAL HAD WORKS OF ART FROM SEBASTOPOL CENTR FOR THE ARTS. THEY HAD ALL KINDS OF ART WORK INCLUDING A WORK WITH SHEEP BONES MADE INTO FLOWERS. THEY EVEN HAD A POTTERS ROOM FILLED WITH IN THE BACK. THEY HAD JEWELRY ARTISTS, PAINTERS, GREAT PHOTOGRAPHS, COLLAGES, DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS ARTISTS AND ACRYLIC AND OIL PAINTERS.
THEY HAD MANY FOLKS EATING AND DRINKIBG AND SOME WERE DANCING TO MANY BANDS. THE BANDS INCLUDED A RYTHYM AND BLUES BAND, THE RED HOT MAMAS. THE FARALLONS AND VARIOUS JAZZ PLAYERS INCLUDED SUSAN CONSTOCK SWINGTET.
THE FAIR HAD KIDS AREA WITH RIDES AND SLIDES AND A PETTING ZOO. MY SON AND I HAD SPENT MANY YEARS PLAYING AT IVES PARK WHEN HE WAS YOUNG.
Friday, April 19, 2013
ART DISTRICT SHOW IN SANTA ROSA
LAST NIGHT I VISITED SOME ART GALLERIES IN THE JULLIARD PARK AREA. THESE FOLKS HAVE SELECTED INTO A SMALL AREA AND THEY HAD SOME ENTERTAINING ARTISTS WHO EXPLAINED HOW THEY MADE THEIR WORKS. ONE GAL ACTED AS AN INFORMAL SPOKESPERSON. THEY HAD A FEW FOLKS WHO WERE PAINTING AND SOME YOUNG COLLEGE FOLKS WHO HAD NOT BEEB THERE BEFORE. ONE ARTIST PAINTED PORTRAITS WITH NEAT BACKGROUNDS THAT HAD BLENDED COLORS OF THE OUTDOORS.. SOME OF THESE FOLKS KNEW THEY WERE PART NATIVE AMERICAN.
I TOLD SOME OF THEM THAT I WAS AN ARTIST AND AN OUTDOOR PROFESSOR. I ALSO MENTIONED THAT I MADE ROCK ART REPLICAS AD I HAD COACHED SOME ARTISTS AS A LIFE COACH.
I MET SEVERAL ARTISTS WHO HAD SEEN ME BEFORE AND WE TALKED ABOUT THEIR WORK. I HAD BEEN TO THE ART SHOW BEFORE WHEN IT WAS A CRAZY BIG EVENT SEVERAL YEARS AGO. THEY HAD A PARADE AND AN OLD FASHIONED BICYCLE RAMP FOR VISUAL ENTERTAINMENT.
I TOLD SOME OF THEM THAT I WAS AN ARTIST AND AN OUTDOOR PROFESSOR. I ALSO MENTIONED THAT I MADE ROCK ART REPLICAS AD I HAD COACHED SOME ARTISTS AS A LIFE COACH.
I MET SEVERAL ARTISTS WHO HAD SEEN ME BEFORE AND WE TALKED ABOUT THEIR WORK. I HAD BEEN TO THE ART SHOW BEFORE WHEN IT WAS A CRAZY BIG EVENT SEVERAL YEARS AGO. THEY HAD A PARADE AND AN OLD FASHIONED BICYCLE RAMP FOR VISUAL ENTERTAINMENT.
Thursday, April 18, 2013
PORTUGAL CULTURE
PORTUGAL WAS FROM ROMAN OR SETTLEMENT NEAR DUORO RIVER. THE ROMANS REFERRED TO THE AREA AS LUISO. DURING RECONQUEST 714 -1100 C.E. CHRISTIAN FORCES DOMINATED THE AREA BY BETWEEN PORTUGAL AND THE RIVER. THIS COUNTRY IS A HOMOGENOUS NATION WITH A SINGLE NATIONAL IDENTITY. THE COUNTRY'S LOW LYING AREA HAS CORK TREES AND WHEAT FIELDS THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT CASH CROP. IT ALSO HAS ALMONDS, FIGS, AND CITRUS TREES. THEIR IS FISHING AND TOURISM HERE.
PORTUGUESE FOLKS SPREAD TO ASIA, S. AMERICA,. AFRICA, AUSTRALIA AND EUROPE. THEIR POPULATION IN 2000 WAS 9.9 MILLION. MANY EMIGRATED TO EUROPE PORTUGUESE. PORTUGUESE IS A ROMANCE LANGUAGE WITH SOME WORDS OF ARABIC. FRENCH USED TO BE USED BY ARISTOCRACY
SPANIARDS RULED PORTUGAL FROM 1580 - 1640. THEY HAVE A POPULAR SONG THAT GENERALLY EXPRESSES SADNESS, LONGING, AND REGRET. PORTUGAL WAS SETTLED SINCE PALEOLITHIC TIMES IN 3RD MILLENIUM. CELTIC PEOPLE MOVED IN AND ROMAN ARMIES INVADED THE COUNTRY ABOUT 212 B.C. AND ESTABLISHED TOWNS. GERMAN TRIBES CAME IN THE 5TH AND 6TH CENTURIES. BY 1140 PORTUGAL WAS IN THE WAS AN INDEPENDENT KINGDOM. BY THE 15TH CENTURY THE PORTUGUESE CALLED THEIR ENTERPRISE A SEABORN EMPIRE AT THE AGE OF DISCOVERY. THE LOSS OF BRAZIL IN 1822 AND A SERIES OF POLITIC CRISIS LED TO A DECLINE IN THE WORLD POSITION OF THE NATION IN THE 19TH CENTURY. UP UNTIL 1994 LISBON SERVED AS THE EUROPEAN CAPITAL. IN 1999 IT TURNED OVER IT'S ADMINISTRATION TO CHINA! BY 1143 IT WAS INDEPENDANT FROM SPAIN WITH ABOUT 100,000 FOLKS.
PORTUGAL HAS A GYPSY POPULATION LIVING APART IN THE SOUTH. ONLY 35% OF THE POPULATION IS URBAN. PORTUGUESE ARCHITECTURE HAS AZULJOS OR GLAZED CERAMIC TILES. THEY COVER THE FACADES OF CHURCHES AND PRIVATE HOMES. SOME PATTERNS ARE GEOMETRIC SOME PATTERNS ARE GEOMETRIC AND OTHERS ARE HISTORIC OR RELIGIOUS SCENES IN CHURCHES OR HOMES. ANOTHER ARCHITECT STYLE HERE IS CALLED MANUELINE - IT HAS ORNAMENTS WITH ROPES, SHELLS, AQUATIC IMAGERY REFLECT ING THE NATION'S PAST. IN RURAL HOMES ALL HAD VERANDAS. THEY HAVE A HEARTH IN THE KITCHEN THAT IS THE CENTER OF FAMILY SPACE. THEY ARE BUILT TO KEEP OUT SUMMER HEAT.
THE AREA'S CUISINE VARIES BY REGION. IN THE NORTH KALE/POTATOE SOUP IS FLAVORED WITH SPICY SAUSAGE.. THEY LIKE GRILLED FISH. THEY MAKE A TRADITIONAL WINE. IN THE NORTHEAST THEY MAKE A STEW OF MEAT AND CALL IT COZIDA, IN PORTUGUESE. IN CENTRAL PORTIGAL CHEESE IS COMMON WITH FISH. GAZPACHO WITH BREAD AND PORK IS EATEN. THEY EXPORT WINE.
IN LATE DECEMBER OR JANUARY THEY HAVE A CEREMONY FOR PRESERVING A PIG. THEY MAKE SAUSAGE, HAM, AND SALT OTHER PARTS OF THE PIG.
IN 2000 60% OF THE POPULATION WORKS IN SERVICE INDUSTRIES, 12% IN AGRICULTURE, 36% IN INDUSTRY. TOURISM ISIMPORTANT PART OF SERVICES. COMPEITION IN THE CONTEXT OF EUROPE HAS CHANGED THEIR SUBSISTENCE. THEY MUST IMPORT OIL AND GAS! THERE ARE MANY WOMEN LANDLESS LABORERS. THEY FORM COMMUNAL OWNERSHIP AND COMMUNUAL OWNERSHIP AND FARMING. THIS ISLAND HAS FEW WELFARE BENEFITS.
AT ONE TIME WOMEN WERE RESTRICTED TO HOUSEHOLD CHORES VS. RECEIVING ADVANCED EDUCATION TODAY. SINCE THE 1960'S WOMEN HAVE OUTPACED MEN IN HIGHER DEGREES.SOME WOMEN HHOLD IMPORTANTANT RELIGIOUS POSITIONS. BUT MOSTLY ARE HELD BY MEN.
MARRIAGE ROLES HAVE VARIED BY IME AND SPACE. SOME FOLKS PREFER EVEN AFTER HAVING CHILDREN. SOME PEOPLE MARRY LATE VS. EARLY. MANY HOUSES HAVE THREE GENERATIONS IN THEM. HOUSEHO;DS ARE GENERALLY RULED BY A MAN. KIN ARE SELECTED AS GODPARENTS EARLY IN LIFE. MOST FOLKS ARE CATHOLIC.
LOCAL VILLAGE LIFE HONORS THE SAINTS SUCH AS THE VIRGIN MARY. THEY ALSO CELEBRATE AN ANNUAL FIESTA! THEY HAVE A PROCESSION. THEIR FAMPOUS SHRINE IS FATINA WHERETHE VIRGIN OF ROSARY APPEARRED TO THREE SMALL CHILDREN IN 1917. THEY HVE IMPORTANT PILGRAMAGE SITES AS WELL. ALL SAINTS DAYS IS LIKE OUR MEMORIAL DAY TO THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED ON. FOLK MEDICINE IS USED IN PARTS. THEY PERFORM DANCES THAT HAVE HISTORICAL ORIGIN. THEY LIKE BULL FIGHTING..
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PORTUGUESE FOLKS SPREAD TO ASIA, S. AMERICA,. AFRICA, AUSTRALIA AND EUROPE. THEIR POPULATION IN 2000 WAS 9.9 MILLION. MANY EMIGRATED TO EUROPE PORTUGUESE. PORTUGUESE IS A ROMANCE LANGUAGE WITH SOME WORDS OF ARABIC. FRENCH USED TO BE USED BY ARISTOCRACY
SPANIARDS RULED PORTUGAL FROM 1580 - 1640. THEY HAVE A POPULAR SONG THAT GENERALLY EXPRESSES SADNESS, LONGING, AND REGRET. PORTUGAL WAS SETTLED SINCE PALEOLITHIC TIMES IN 3RD MILLENIUM. CELTIC PEOPLE MOVED IN AND ROMAN ARMIES INVADED THE COUNTRY ABOUT 212 B.C. AND ESTABLISHED TOWNS. GERMAN TRIBES CAME IN THE 5TH AND 6TH CENTURIES. BY 1140 PORTUGAL WAS IN THE WAS AN INDEPENDENT KINGDOM. BY THE 15TH CENTURY THE PORTUGUESE CALLED THEIR ENTERPRISE A SEABORN EMPIRE AT THE AGE OF DISCOVERY. THE LOSS OF BRAZIL IN 1822 AND A SERIES OF POLITIC CRISIS LED TO A DECLINE IN THE WORLD POSITION OF THE NATION IN THE 19TH CENTURY. UP UNTIL 1994 LISBON SERVED AS THE EUROPEAN CAPITAL. IN 1999 IT TURNED OVER IT'S ADMINISTRATION TO CHINA! BY 1143 IT WAS INDEPENDANT FROM SPAIN WITH ABOUT 100,000 FOLKS.
PORTUGAL HAS A GYPSY POPULATION LIVING APART IN THE SOUTH. ONLY 35% OF THE POPULATION IS URBAN. PORTUGUESE ARCHITECTURE HAS AZULJOS OR GLAZED CERAMIC TILES. THEY COVER THE FACADES OF CHURCHES AND PRIVATE HOMES. SOME PATTERNS ARE GEOMETRIC SOME PATTERNS ARE GEOMETRIC AND OTHERS ARE HISTORIC OR RELIGIOUS SCENES IN CHURCHES OR HOMES. ANOTHER ARCHITECT STYLE HERE IS CALLED MANUELINE - IT HAS ORNAMENTS WITH ROPES, SHELLS, AQUATIC IMAGERY REFLECT ING THE NATION'S PAST. IN RURAL HOMES ALL HAD VERANDAS. THEY HAVE A HEARTH IN THE KITCHEN THAT IS THE CENTER OF FAMILY SPACE. THEY ARE BUILT TO KEEP OUT SUMMER HEAT.
THE AREA'S CUISINE VARIES BY REGION. IN THE NORTH KALE/POTATOE SOUP IS FLAVORED WITH SPICY SAUSAGE.. THEY LIKE GRILLED FISH. THEY MAKE A TRADITIONAL WINE. IN THE NORTHEAST THEY MAKE A STEW OF MEAT AND CALL IT COZIDA, IN PORTUGUESE. IN CENTRAL PORTIGAL CHEESE IS COMMON WITH FISH. GAZPACHO WITH BREAD AND PORK IS EATEN. THEY EXPORT WINE.
IN LATE DECEMBER OR JANUARY THEY HAVE A CEREMONY FOR PRESERVING A PIG. THEY MAKE SAUSAGE, HAM, AND SALT OTHER PARTS OF THE PIG.
IN 2000 60% OF THE POPULATION WORKS IN SERVICE INDUSTRIES, 12% IN AGRICULTURE, 36% IN INDUSTRY. TOURISM ISIMPORTANT PART OF SERVICES. COMPEITION IN THE CONTEXT OF EUROPE HAS CHANGED THEIR SUBSISTENCE. THEY MUST IMPORT OIL AND GAS! THERE ARE MANY WOMEN LANDLESS LABORERS. THEY FORM COMMUNAL OWNERSHIP AND COMMUNUAL OWNERSHIP AND FARMING. THIS ISLAND HAS FEW WELFARE BENEFITS.
AT ONE TIME WOMEN WERE RESTRICTED TO HOUSEHOLD CHORES VS. RECEIVING ADVANCED EDUCATION TODAY. SINCE THE 1960'S WOMEN HAVE OUTPACED MEN IN HIGHER DEGREES.SOME WOMEN HHOLD IMPORTANTANT RELIGIOUS POSITIONS. BUT MOSTLY ARE HELD BY MEN.
MARRIAGE ROLES HAVE VARIED BY IME AND SPACE. SOME FOLKS PREFER EVEN AFTER HAVING CHILDREN. SOME PEOPLE MARRY LATE VS. EARLY. MANY HOUSES HAVE THREE GENERATIONS IN THEM. HOUSEHO;DS ARE GENERALLY RULED BY A MAN. KIN ARE SELECTED AS GODPARENTS EARLY IN LIFE. MOST FOLKS ARE CATHOLIC.
LOCAL VILLAGE LIFE HONORS THE SAINTS SUCH AS THE VIRGIN MARY. THEY ALSO CELEBRATE AN ANNUAL FIESTA! THEY HAVE A PROCESSION. THEIR FAMPOUS SHRINE IS FATINA WHERETHE VIRGIN OF ROSARY APPEARRED TO THREE SMALL CHILDREN IN 1917. THEY HVE IMPORTANT PILGRAMAGE SITES AS WELL. ALL SAINTS DAYS IS LIKE OUR MEMORIAL DAY TO THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED ON. FOLK MEDICINE IS USED IN PARTS. THEY PERFORM DANCES THAT HAVE HISTORICAL ORIGIN. THEY LIKE BULL FIGHTING..
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Friday, April 12, 2013
HOW TO MAKE PINOLE
IN ORDER TO MAKE PINOLE THEY USED MANY GRASS SEEDS, SUNFLOWERS AND OTHER SEEDS. THEY COLLECTED BLACK GRAINS OR TARWEED SEEDS. THE COAST MIWOK MADE SWEET GOOD PINOLE FROM O'WAH OR YELLOW TARWEED. ANOTHER FAMILY WAS COLLECTED IN PREHISTORIC TIMES IN SOUTH AMERICA AS WELL. IT'S LIKELY THIS WEED ORIGINATED IN NORTH AMERICA. THE NUTRITIOUS SEED IS IMPORTANT FOR POMO PINOLE. PINOLE IS A NATIVE AMERICAN WORDFOR A KIND OF FLOUR MADE FROM VARIOUS SEEDS OF MAIZE , CHIA, AND VARIOUS OTHER GRASSES AND HERBS. THERE IS A THRIVING CITY ON SAN PABLO BAY KNOWN AS PINOLE. PINOLE WAS ALSO USED BY AZTECS FOR A GUEL. THEY MADE OF VARIOUS TOASTED SEEDS. THE SEEDS ARE PLACED IN LARGE BASKETS IN LARGE BASKETS BY SMALL HEATED STONES. THEY SHAKE THE BASKET THAT REMOVES THE SHAFT FROM THE SEED. MAKES THE SEED MORE FLAVORFUL. THE SEEDS COULD BE EATEN BY HAND OR GROUND WITH A METATE AND GRINDING SLICKS AND THE REMAINING FLOUR COULD BE MOISTENED AND EATEN WITH THE FINGERS OR FORMED INTO A BALL, OR BAKED IN BREAD. FOR THE POMO THERE WERE MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF PINOLE SEEDS.
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KAT ANDERSON - TENDING THE WILD
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V. K. CHESTNUT - PLANTS OF MENDOCINO COUNTY
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