I LIKED THIS WEEKEND AT SONOMA COUNTY FAIR BOTH DAYS. I FOUND SOME GOOD EXHIBITS AND DISPLAYS. ONE WAS ABOUT ALL THE CRAFTS AND PAINTINGS. THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO MADE SOME EXHIBITS IN THE HALL OF FLOWERS LOOK VERY ORIENTAL WITH WATERFALLS AND AND THEY WERE VERY DECORATIVE WITH FOREIGN PLANTS. ONE OF THE 11 SMALL EXHIBITS THERE HAD A SMALL TRAIN GOING THROUGH SOME UPPER LEVEL TUNNELS!. IN TH E CENTER OF THE HALL THERE WAS A LARGE WATERFALL. THE ENTIRE HALL HAD DEHUMIDIFIERS AS THERE WERE SO MANY WATERFALLS THERE.
I SAW SOME EASTERN INDIANS IN THE INTERACTIVE CHILDREN'S AREA WHERE THEY ALSO TAUGHT A BOUT THE ENVIRONMENT. THEY SAID THEY BELIEVED IN REINCARNATION. I STILL DID NOT SEE ALL THE EXHIBITS! IT WAS JUST A BIG FAIR. I SAW SMALL A SMALL MEN'S CHOIR AND A MUSICAL GROUP BY THE MILKING BARN.
ONE LADY MADE PANCAKES FROM ZUCCHINI , FLOUR AND ORANGE JUICE AND HAD US SAMPLE SOME. IT WAS PRETTY GOOD. I LOVED THE BUTTERFLY EXHIBIT HOUSE WHERE WE GOT TO SEE AND FEED MONARCHS AND SOME AND SOME AMERICAN BUTTERFLIES. THEY LET A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE WHERE 800 BUTTERFLIES WERE ON PLANTS. WE VIEWED THEIR PROBISCUS -TONGUE AS THEY SUCKED UP FRUIT JUICE. I ALSO LIKED THE PETTING ZOO. AND WATCHING CHILDREN FEED THE SMALL FARM ANIMALS AND THEY HAD A NICE SMALL BABY MARSUPIAL FROM AUSTRALIA.
I ENJOYED THE MEXICAN DANCING AND WATCHING THE RODEO HORSES AS WELL AS THE MILKING OF COWS. I HAD A GOOD TIME SITTING IN A LUXURIOUS MASSAGE CHAIR. THE SELLERS ARENA HAD A CHEF TRYING TO SELL SOME EXPENSIVE COOKWARE AND HE FED US WELL. HE DESCRIBED ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE USE OF STELL COOKWARE AND ALUMINUM AND IRON POTS. THE LAST TWO CAUSE SOME EXCESS MINERALS YOUR BODY DOES NOT NEED.
THEY ALSO HAD SOME LOUD SINGERS IN THE MAIN OUTDOOR ARENA.
I HOPPED OVER TO SEE THE GROUP OF MEXICAN DANCERS ALL DRESSED UP ON ONE STAGE DANCING TO THE HISPANIC CHEERFUL MUSIC.
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
GREECE CULTURE
GREECE IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR ATTRACTIONS IN THE WORLD. THERE ARE 60 ISLANDS WITH A POPULATION HERE FOR OVER 4 MILLENIA. EVEN DESPITE THE OLDEST DEBT CRISES, GREECE IS AS POPULAR AS EVER.
MOUNT ATHOS IN NORTHERN GREECE HOUSES 1400 MONKS IN 20 MONASTERIES. THERE ARE MEDIEVAL RUINS IN ANCIENT SPARTA NEARBY AND THE SITE WAS ABANDONED IN 1832, IT IS IN A BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENT.
LINDOS IS A MEDIEVAL VILLAGE ON RHODES ISLAND MADE UP OF COBBLED STREETS AND WHITE WASHED HOUSES. A NET ABOVE THE TOWN OFFERS VIEWS OF SURROUNDING HARBORS AND COASTERS OFFERS SPECTACULAR VIEWS OF SURROUNDING HARBORS AND COASTLINE. LINDOS BEACH IS NEARBY THE TOWN CENTER.
SAMARIA GORGE IS A 10 MILE LONG CANYON SOUTHWEST OF CRETE. WALKING THE GORGE IS POPULAR AS A QUARTER MILLION TOURISTS DO EACH YEAR. IT TAKES 4 TO 7 HOURS OF AND PASSES THROUGH FORESTS OF ANCIENT CYPRESS AND PINES. THE GORGE HAS VERTICAL CLIFFS THROUGH MOUNTAINS.
MYRTOS BEACH IS WORLD FAMOUS FOR MAGICAL COLORS OF THE WATERS. THE BLUE AND TURQUOISE COLORS OF THE SEA CONTRAST SHARPLY WITH THE BRIGHT MARBLE PEBBLES OF THE BEACH. THERE ARE TALL CLIFFS BY MYRTOS BEACH AND IT HAS BEEN VOTED AS GREECE'S BEST BEACH.
THE ANCIENT DELPI THEATRE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT SITE IN ANCIENT GREEK RELIGION. THIS IS HOME TO A SANCTUARY OF APOLLO. IT IS WITH AN ARC WITH SEATING OF 5000 FOLKS. TODAY IT IS ONE OF THE TOP ATTRACTIONS HERE.
METORA IN CENTRAL GREECE IS A COLLECTION OF 6 MONASTERIES IN SEVERAL ROCK PILLARS. THE FIRST MONASTERY IN METORA WAS FASCINATED IN THE 14TH CENTURY. ACCESS TO THE MONASTERIES WAS DIFFICULT WITH LONG LADDERS OR LARGE NETS USED TO HAUL UP BOTH GOODS AND PEOPLE THIS REQUIRED A LEAP OF FAITH - THE ROPES WERE REPLACED WHEN THE LORD LET THEM BREAK.
THE PARTHENON ON TOP OF THE ACROPOLIS IS A FAMOUS GREEK TOURIST TOURIST ATTRACTION. IN ATHENS. MOST FOLKS UNDER 40 YEARS OLD SPEAK GREECE HERE. THE PARTHENON WAS BUILT IN 447 B.C. REPLACING OLDER TEMPLES THAT WERE DESTROYED BY PERSIANS. IT SERVED AS A TEMPLE FORTRESS , CHURCH, MOSQUE, AND POWDER MAGAZINE.
SANTATORINI IS A VOLCANIC ISLAND IN THE CYCLADES GROUP OF GREEK ISLANDS. IT IS FAMOUS FOR IT'S STUNNING VIEWS. IT IS THE MARRIAGE OF THE WHITE COBBLESTONE STREETS. GREEK SHOPS AND CAFES CLING TO THE EDGE OF 400 METER HIGH CLIFFS.
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MOUNT ATHOS IN NORTHERN GREECE HOUSES 1400 MONKS IN 20 MONASTERIES. THERE ARE MEDIEVAL RUINS IN ANCIENT SPARTA NEARBY AND THE SITE WAS ABANDONED IN 1832, IT IS IN A BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENT.
LINDOS IS A MEDIEVAL VILLAGE ON RHODES ISLAND MADE UP OF COBBLED STREETS AND WHITE WASHED HOUSES. A NET ABOVE THE TOWN OFFERS VIEWS OF SURROUNDING HARBORS AND COASTERS OFFERS SPECTACULAR VIEWS OF SURROUNDING HARBORS AND COASTLINE. LINDOS BEACH IS NEARBY THE TOWN CENTER.
SAMARIA GORGE IS A 10 MILE LONG CANYON SOUTHWEST OF CRETE. WALKING THE GORGE IS POPULAR AS A QUARTER MILLION TOURISTS DO EACH YEAR. IT TAKES 4 TO 7 HOURS OF AND PASSES THROUGH FORESTS OF ANCIENT CYPRESS AND PINES. THE GORGE HAS VERTICAL CLIFFS THROUGH MOUNTAINS.
MYRTOS BEACH IS WORLD FAMOUS FOR MAGICAL COLORS OF THE WATERS. THE BLUE AND TURQUOISE COLORS OF THE SEA CONTRAST SHARPLY WITH THE BRIGHT MARBLE PEBBLES OF THE BEACH. THERE ARE TALL CLIFFS BY MYRTOS BEACH AND IT HAS BEEN VOTED AS GREECE'S BEST BEACH.
THE ANCIENT DELPI THEATRE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT SITE IN ANCIENT GREEK RELIGION. THIS IS HOME TO A SANCTUARY OF APOLLO. IT IS WITH AN ARC WITH SEATING OF 5000 FOLKS. TODAY IT IS ONE OF THE TOP ATTRACTIONS HERE.
METORA IN CENTRAL GREECE IS A COLLECTION OF 6 MONASTERIES IN SEVERAL ROCK PILLARS. THE FIRST MONASTERY IN METORA WAS FASCINATED IN THE 14TH CENTURY. ACCESS TO THE MONASTERIES WAS DIFFICULT WITH LONG LADDERS OR LARGE NETS USED TO HAUL UP BOTH GOODS AND PEOPLE THIS REQUIRED A LEAP OF FAITH - THE ROPES WERE REPLACED WHEN THE LORD LET THEM BREAK.
THE PARTHENON ON TOP OF THE ACROPOLIS IS A FAMOUS GREEK TOURIST TOURIST ATTRACTION. IN ATHENS. MOST FOLKS UNDER 40 YEARS OLD SPEAK GREECE HERE. THE PARTHENON WAS BUILT IN 447 B.C. REPLACING OLDER TEMPLES THAT WERE DESTROYED BY PERSIANS. IT SERVED AS A TEMPLE FORTRESS , CHURCH, MOSQUE, AND POWDER MAGAZINE.
SANTATORINI IS A VOLCANIC ISLAND IN THE CYCLADES GROUP OF GREEK ISLANDS. IT IS FAMOUS FOR IT'S STUNNING VIEWS. IT IS THE MARRIAGE OF THE WHITE COBBLESTONE STREETS. GREEK SHOPS AND CAFES CLING TO THE EDGE OF 400 METER HIGH CLIFFS.
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VIENNA AUSTRIA
VIENNA IS THE CAPITAL OF THE LARGEST CITY IN AUSTRIA. IT HAS 20% OF THE AUSTRIAN POPULATION. UNTIL 1900'S IT WAS THE LARGEST GERMAN SPEAKING CITY IN THE WORLD.
THE CITY LIES NEAR BRATISLAVA AND IT IS CALLED THE CITY OF MUSIC. HISTORICALLY THE CITY HAS ROOTS IN CELTIC AND ROMAN SETTLEMENTS. THE CITY HAS NICE ARCHITECTURE AND BAROQUE CASTLES AND GARDENS. IT IS KNOWN AS A GREAT CITY WORLD WIDE. IT IS VERY INNOVATIVE CITY AND HOSTS URBAN PLANNING CONFERENCES AND IS USED AS A CASE STUDY BY URBAN PLANNERS FOR CONFERENCES. VIENNA IS FROM THE CELTIC NAME WREN MEANING BRIGHT OR FAIR.
THE CITY WAS SETTLED BY THE CELTS ON THE DANUBE RIVER IN 500 B.C. IN 1485 TO 1490 HUNGARY OCCUPIED THE CITY. THEN IN 1680 A PLAGUE KILLED 1/3 OF THE POPULATION.
DURING THE LATE 1800'S IT BECAME A CITY OF CLASSICAL MUSIC. DURING LATE 1900'S THE CITY POPULATION GREW DRAMATICALLY. IT BECAME A CENTER OF HIGH CULTURE AND MODERNISM. IT BECAME A CENTER OF CLASSICAL MUSIC. DURING THE LATE 1900'S THE CITY POPULATION GREW DRAMATICALLY. IT BECAME A CENTER OF HIGH CULTURE AND MODERNISM. BY1919 IT WAS A REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA.
AFTER WORLD WAR II VIETNAM WAS PART OF SOVIET OCCUPIED EASTERN AUSTRIA. THE GOVERNMENT LAID DOWN METAL LANDING MATS AT SCHIOENBERG. FINALLY BY 1955 THE RUSSIANS RELINGUSHED OCCUPATION ZONES IN EASTERN AUSTRIA JUST. THE CITY IS JUST EAST OF THE ALPS AND HAS MUCH WINTER SNOW.
VIENNA HAS MANY ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHES. THE POPULATION OF THE CATHOLICS DROPPED TO ONLY 40% IN 2012. MUSIC IS ONE OF VIENNA'S LEGACIES WITH MANY HISTORIC FAMOUS MUSICIANS. THEY HAVE MANY OPERA HOUSES AND 100'S OF MUSICIANS.
THEY HAVE BUILT HUGE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE BUILDINGS TO MODERN ARCHITECTURE. ONE OF THEIR MOST POPULAR ATTRACTIONS IS HUNDERTAUTASSERHAUG. THE NUMBER OF HIGH RISE BUILDINGS IS KEPT LOW FOR PRESERVING GREEN AREAS AS WELL AS WORLD CULTURAL SITES.
VIENNA IS WELL KNOWN FOR SCHITZEL, VEAL CUTLETS THAT IS SCHITZEL, VEAL CUTLETS THAT ARE COATED AND FRIED IN BUTTER . THEY EAT HEAVY MEALS OF BEEF AND POTATOES. VIENNA HAS HAS A LONG TRADITION OF PRODUCING FINE CAKES AND DESSERTS. THEY OFTEN PRODUCE SAUSAGES ALSO. THEY DRINK MUCH WINE AND BEER.
THE COFFEE SHACKS ARE FIXTURES OF VIENNA. THESE ARE PLACES OF SOCIALIZING WHERE AUSTRIAN BEER AND WINE HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 700 B.C.
THE COFFEE SHACKS ARE A FIXTURE OF VIENNA WHERE PEOPLE SOCIALIZE. AUSTRIA BEER AND WINE HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 700 B.C.
MAJOR TOURIST ATTRACTIONS INCLUDE THE IMPERIAL PALACES AND THE WORLDS OLDEST ZOO.
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THE CITY LIES NEAR BRATISLAVA AND IT IS CALLED THE CITY OF MUSIC. HISTORICALLY THE CITY HAS ROOTS IN CELTIC AND ROMAN SETTLEMENTS. THE CITY HAS NICE ARCHITECTURE AND BAROQUE CASTLES AND GARDENS. IT IS KNOWN AS A GREAT CITY WORLD WIDE. IT IS VERY INNOVATIVE CITY AND HOSTS URBAN PLANNING CONFERENCES AND IS USED AS A CASE STUDY BY URBAN PLANNERS FOR CONFERENCES. VIENNA IS FROM THE CELTIC NAME WREN MEANING BRIGHT OR FAIR.
THE CITY WAS SETTLED BY THE CELTS ON THE DANUBE RIVER IN 500 B.C. IN 1485 TO 1490 HUNGARY OCCUPIED THE CITY. THEN IN 1680 A PLAGUE KILLED 1/3 OF THE POPULATION.
DURING THE LATE 1800'S IT BECAME A CITY OF CLASSICAL MUSIC. DURING LATE 1900'S THE CITY POPULATION GREW DRAMATICALLY. IT BECAME A CENTER OF HIGH CULTURE AND MODERNISM. IT BECAME A CENTER OF CLASSICAL MUSIC. DURING THE LATE 1900'S THE CITY POPULATION GREW DRAMATICALLY. IT BECAME A CENTER OF HIGH CULTURE AND MODERNISM. BY1919 IT WAS A REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA.
AFTER WORLD WAR II VIETNAM WAS PART OF SOVIET OCCUPIED EASTERN AUSTRIA. THE GOVERNMENT LAID DOWN METAL LANDING MATS AT SCHIOENBERG. FINALLY BY 1955 THE RUSSIANS RELINGUSHED OCCUPATION ZONES IN EASTERN AUSTRIA JUST. THE CITY IS JUST EAST OF THE ALPS AND HAS MUCH WINTER SNOW.
VIENNA HAS MANY ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHES. THE POPULATION OF THE CATHOLICS DROPPED TO ONLY 40% IN 2012. MUSIC IS ONE OF VIENNA'S LEGACIES WITH MANY HISTORIC FAMOUS MUSICIANS. THEY HAVE MANY OPERA HOUSES AND 100'S OF MUSICIANS.
THEY HAVE BUILT HUGE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE BUILDINGS TO MODERN ARCHITECTURE. ONE OF THEIR MOST POPULAR ATTRACTIONS IS HUNDERTAUTASSERHAUG. THE NUMBER OF HIGH RISE BUILDINGS IS KEPT LOW FOR PRESERVING GREEN AREAS AS WELL AS WORLD CULTURAL SITES.
VIENNA IS WELL KNOWN FOR SCHITZEL, VEAL CUTLETS THAT IS SCHITZEL, VEAL CUTLETS THAT ARE COATED AND FRIED IN BUTTER . THEY EAT HEAVY MEALS OF BEEF AND POTATOES. VIENNA HAS HAS A LONG TRADITION OF PRODUCING FINE CAKES AND DESSERTS. THEY OFTEN PRODUCE SAUSAGES ALSO. THEY DRINK MUCH WINE AND BEER.
THE COFFEE SHACKS ARE FIXTURES OF VIENNA. THESE ARE PLACES OF SOCIALIZING WHERE AUSTRIAN BEER AND WINE HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 700 B.C.
THE COFFEE SHACKS ARE A FIXTURE OF VIENNA WHERE PEOPLE SOCIALIZE. AUSTRIA BEER AND WINE HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 700 B.C.
MAJOR TOURIST ATTRACTIONS INCLUDE THE IMPERIAL PALACES AND THE WORLDS OLDEST ZOO.
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Friday, July 26, 2013
KEY WEST AS A VACATION SPOT
OUR FAMILY TRAVELED TO SEE OUR RELATIVES IN FLORIDA. WE DECIDED TO GO TO KEY WEST AND STAY FOR SEVERAL DAYS. ONE OUTSTANDING ATTRACTION WAS THE KEY WEST BUTTERFLY AND NATURE CONSERVATORYWHERE THEY RAISED 100'S OF BUTTERFLY TYPES. THEY HAD ALSO SOME SMALL BIRDS. THEIR PICTORIALS DEFINE HOW REPRODUCE BUTTERFLIES. WE TOOK MANY PHOTOS.
WHEN WE TRAVELLED THERE THE WINDS WERE STRONG AND IT WAS TOO COLD TO SWIM AT MOST BEACHES. OUR HOTEL ALSO GAVE US SOME BIKES SO WE BIKED AROUND THE TOWN AND WENT TO SEVERAL BEACH TOWNS NOT TO FAR AWAY FROM OUR HISTORIC BED AND BREAKFAST.
IT RAINED ONE DAY AND TOOK PHOTOS WHERE WE WENT. WE MISSED THESAINT MARY STAR OF THE SEA. IT IS A BIG BEAUTIFUL CATHOLICCHURCH ON THE ISLAND. SOME FOLKS SAY IT IS THE PRETTIEST CHURCH THEY HAVE SEEN. THE GARDENS ARE WELL KEPT AND PRETTY NICE.
IN KEY WEST THEY ALSO HAVE DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK, THAT IS THE 4TH GREATEST ATTRACTION HERE. IT IS 100 SQUARE MILE PARK OPEN WITH 7 SMALL ISLANDS. YOU MUST BOAT THERE. WE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT IT . IT IS WORLDWIDE KNOWN AS FORT JEFFERSON WITH CORAL REEFS AND MARINE LIFE.
IT IS 70 MILES WEST OF KEY WEST AND WAS AN 1800'S FORT. IT WAS USED BY SPANISH EXPLORERS AND MERCHANTS TRAVELING ALONG THE GULF COAST. THEY HAVE SNORKELING AND VERY CLEAN WATERS. THE CITY HAS MANY TOURIST ATTRACTIONS THAT OUR FAMILY MISSED. THEY HAVE MANY UNIQUE THEATRES.
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WHEN WE TRAVELLED THERE THE WINDS WERE STRONG AND IT WAS TOO COLD TO SWIM AT MOST BEACHES. OUR HOTEL ALSO GAVE US SOME BIKES SO WE BIKED AROUND THE TOWN AND WENT TO SEVERAL BEACH TOWNS NOT TO FAR AWAY FROM OUR HISTORIC BED AND BREAKFAST.
IT RAINED ONE DAY AND TOOK PHOTOS WHERE WE WENT. WE MISSED THESAINT MARY STAR OF THE SEA. IT IS A BIG BEAUTIFUL CATHOLICCHURCH ON THE ISLAND. SOME FOLKS SAY IT IS THE PRETTIEST CHURCH THEY HAVE SEEN. THE GARDENS ARE WELL KEPT AND PRETTY NICE.
IN KEY WEST THEY ALSO HAVE DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK, THAT IS THE 4TH GREATEST ATTRACTION HERE. IT IS 100 SQUARE MILE PARK OPEN WITH 7 SMALL ISLANDS. YOU MUST BOAT THERE. WE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT IT . IT IS WORLDWIDE KNOWN AS FORT JEFFERSON WITH CORAL REEFS AND MARINE LIFE.
IT IS 70 MILES WEST OF KEY WEST AND WAS AN 1800'S FORT. IT WAS USED BY SPANISH EXPLORERS AND MERCHANTS TRAVELING ALONG THE GULF COAST. THEY HAVE SNORKELING AND VERY CLEAN WATERS. THE CITY HAS MANY TOURIST ATTRACTIONS THAT OUR FAMILY MISSED. THEY HAVE MANY UNIQUE THEATRES.
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JAMAICA CULTURE
THE ORIGINAL TAINO SETTLERS WERE FOLLOWED BY SPANISH SETTLERS. THEY DIFFERED AND BLACKS AND SLAVES DOMINANT CULTURE AND THEY SUFFERED HARSH CONDITIONS OF FORCED LABOR. CHINES AND INDIAN MIGRANTS WERE TRANSPORTED TO THE ISLAND AS INDENTURED WORKERS. THEIR LANGUAGE IS ENGLISH WITH PATOISE SPOKEN. ARAWAKS WERE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS. THEY SERVED THE INHABITANTS OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPEANS. THERE ARE NO ARAWAK COMMUNITIES LEFT IN JAMAICA WHO RECOVERED TRACES OF THEIR ORIGINAL CULTURE.
THE LARGEST RELIGION IN JAMAICA IS THE CHRISTIAN FAITH. THEY HAVE A BAPTIST SECTOR. 80% OF THE POPULATION SEEK THE SERVICES OF TRADITIONAL AFRICAN RELIGIOUS HEALERS.
JAMAICAN CELEBRATION IS CALLED NINE NIGHT. IT IS A COMMENDATION OF THE DEAD SO THEY DON'T HARM THE LIVING IN EVIL.
THE BAHAI FAITH IN JAMAICA BEGAN IN IN 1942 WHEN MALCOLM KING CAME HERE. THEY ALSO HAVE BUDDHISM, HINDUISM, AND ISLAM.
RASTAFARIAN BELIEF IS BASED ON THE OLD TESTAMENT AND BOOK OF REVELATION. THEY BELIEVE IN THE DIVINITY OF THE EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE OF ETHIOPIA. THE MOST POPULAR RASTAFARIAN WAS BOB MARLEY WHO EXPRESSED HIS BELIEF THROUGH REGGAE MUSIC. IN THE 1970 -2004. THEIR COMMUNITY IS SHARED THROUGH SONG AND CHANTS . CANNABIS IS PROHIBITED IN JAMAICA MAKING RASTAS IN A STATE OF TENSION WITH POLICE.
JAMAICA CUISINE INCLUDES MANY MIXES OF COOKING - SPANISH, BRITISH, AFRICANS, INDIANS, AND CHINESE INTO THE ISLAND. ITS BY THE TROPICAL FRUITS AND MEATS ARE AVAILABLE. MANY DISHES INCLUDE CURRY AND GOAT, COD, RICE, AND PEAS. THEY MAKE MANY BREADS AS WELL AS FRUIT BEVERAGES AND RUM.
DANCE HAS ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT FROM COLONIAL TIMES TO PRESENT. FOLK RHYTHMS AND MOVEMENT ARE ENHANCED TO CHRISTIAN RHYTHMS. AND CELEBRATIONS. THE DANCES ARE IMPORTANT HERE. AFTER 1800'S THEY ABOLISHED SLAVERY. THEN THE JAMAICANS FUSED MUSIC AND FOLKLORE. SOME OF THEM EVOLVED INTO TALES OF SEXUAL INNUENDOS.
JAMAICA IS HOME TO MANY EXCELLENT FURNITURE FACTORIES DATING FROM COLONIAL TIMES
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THE LARGEST RELIGION IN JAMAICA IS THE CHRISTIAN FAITH. THEY HAVE A BAPTIST SECTOR. 80% OF THE POPULATION SEEK THE SERVICES OF TRADITIONAL AFRICAN RELIGIOUS HEALERS.
JAMAICAN CELEBRATION IS CALLED NINE NIGHT. IT IS A COMMENDATION OF THE DEAD SO THEY DON'T HARM THE LIVING IN EVIL.
THE BAHAI FAITH IN JAMAICA BEGAN IN IN 1942 WHEN MALCOLM KING CAME HERE. THEY ALSO HAVE BUDDHISM, HINDUISM, AND ISLAM.
RASTAFARIAN BELIEF IS BASED ON THE OLD TESTAMENT AND BOOK OF REVELATION. THEY BELIEVE IN THE DIVINITY OF THE EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE OF ETHIOPIA. THE MOST POPULAR RASTAFARIAN WAS BOB MARLEY WHO EXPRESSED HIS BELIEF THROUGH REGGAE MUSIC. IN THE 1970 -2004. THEIR COMMUNITY IS SHARED THROUGH SONG AND CHANTS . CANNABIS IS PROHIBITED IN JAMAICA MAKING RASTAS IN A STATE OF TENSION WITH POLICE.
JAMAICA CUISINE INCLUDES MANY MIXES OF COOKING - SPANISH, BRITISH, AFRICANS, INDIANS, AND CHINESE INTO THE ISLAND. ITS BY THE TROPICAL FRUITS AND MEATS ARE AVAILABLE. MANY DISHES INCLUDE CURRY AND GOAT, COD, RICE, AND PEAS. THEY MAKE MANY BREADS AS WELL AS FRUIT BEVERAGES AND RUM.
DANCE HAS ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT FROM COLONIAL TIMES TO PRESENT. FOLK RHYTHMS AND MOVEMENT ARE ENHANCED TO CHRISTIAN RHYTHMS. AND CELEBRATIONS. THE DANCES ARE IMPORTANT HERE. AFTER 1800'S THEY ABOLISHED SLAVERY. THEN THE JAMAICANS FUSED MUSIC AND FOLKLORE. SOME OF THEM EVOLVED INTO TALES OF SEXUAL INNUENDOS.
JAMAICA IS HOME TO MANY EXCELLENT FURNITURE FACTORIES DATING FROM COLONIAL TIMES
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CALIFORNIA INDIAN BURNING
THE CALIFORNIA INDIANS HAD A METHOD OF SMALL UNDERSTORY BURNING IN ORDER TO CONTROL DUFF AND SMALL LIMBS AND CONTROL INSECTS AND PATHOGENS TO OTHER TREES. BY CONTROLLED SMALL FIRES THEY DID NOT EXPERIENCE THE LARGE WILDFIRES THAT HAVE SPREAD THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA IN RECENT TIMES.
SOME ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE STUDIED HOW THE PREHISTORIC BASKETS HAVE BEEN MADE WITH STRAIGHT WILLOW WITHS AND SEDGES WHICH FORMED ONLY BY UNDERSTORY BURNING, THROUGH BURNING THEY ALSO ALLOWED THE DEER TO COME INTO THEIR NEARBY VILLAGES SO THEY COULD WALK ON THE DEER TRAILS AND BE SEEN BY HUNTERS. THE FIRES ALSO INCREASED NATIVE SEEDS AND WILDFLOWERS THAT THEY USED FOR FOOD AND MEDICINE. BURNING ALSO OPENED UP SOME TREE SEED CONES SO THEY COULD REPRODUCE . APPARENTLY SUGAR PINE GROWS NICELY WITH UNDERSTORY BURNS. INDIANS COLLECTED NUTS FOR FOOD AND JEWELRY.
SOME ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE STUDIED HOW THE PREHISTORIC BASKETS HAVE BEEN MADE WITH STRAIGHT WILLOW WITHS AND SEDGES WHICH FORMED ONLY BY UNDERSTORY BURNING, THROUGH BURNING THEY ALSO ALLOWED THE DEER TO COME INTO THEIR NEARBY VILLAGES SO THEY COULD WALK ON THE DEER TRAILS AND BE SEEN BY HUNTERS. THE FIRES ALSO INCREASED NATIVE SEEDS AND WILDFLOWERS THAT THEY USED FOR FOOD AND MEDICINE. BURNING ALSO OPENED UP SOME TREE SEED CONES SO THEY COULD REPRODUCE . APPARENTLY SUGAR PINE GROWS NICELY WITH UNDERSTORY BURNS. INDIANS COLLECTED NUTS FOR FOOD AND JEWELRY.
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