Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA, is one of the larger cities in
New Mexico, but still small in comparison to what one would
think of as a "city". It still maintains its small town
flavor and friendship, and is home to desert people, families
from the local U.S. air base, Germans from the local German
air base, astronomers from the observatories, and families
of caucasian, Spanish, and American Indian descent.
So, you can expect the annual Earth Day celebration to be
something of special interest to everyone here... and it is.
It is celebrated on the grounds of the Alamogordo Zoo, where
this year, over 70 booths were set up to demonstrate eco-friendly,
"green-living" methods, energy-saving aids and instruction,
solar- wind- and other energy producing devices. Plants and
seeds that are native to the desert environment are sold or
given away, information about and the refreshments of the
different cultures are provided, as is live entertainment
from the different cultures.
In order to keep this target from being so broad in scope
that it would cover everything, I have narrowed it to
only one of the live (and livlier) entertainment features,
and will provide feedback on that, as well as the location.
Doing so should make this a good practice target for every
level of viewer training and experience, as well as those
with none, who are just curious about their own remote
viewing abilities.
FEEDBACK FOR THE TASKED ACTIVITY
EL JARABE
So, the "activity" part of this week's target is the Mexican dance,
El Jarabe (Pronounced, "El hah-RAH-beh".
The dance is characterized by the full, swirling and highly
colorsul skirts of the dancers, patterned after the festive
costumes of Old Mexico. The dance is customarily danced to
the music, "El Jarabe Tapatio" (Tah-pah-TEE-oh" To hear
the most famous portion of that, click the audio start
button here:
NOTE: I cannot find a way to make it play less than
full volume.
You may want to slide the volume (right side) slider to
the middle before you play it.)
The skirts present a swirl of color.
And the next generation of dancers
will carry on the cultural traditions
in fine style.
"Esta es mi hija!"
(That's my daughter!)
FEEDBACK FOR THE LOCATION
The location is the Alameda Park Zoo, in Alamogordo,
New Mexico, U.S.A., which is almost completely
outdoors. The entire event was surrounded by
large animal areas on one side, and on the other, the
main city street. In between, where the Earth Day
celebration was located, is a large park-like area
with some of the best (and almost only) shade trees
in town. The park-like area was filled with over 70
booths, selling desert-adapted plants, providing information
about life and wildlife in the region, serving refreshments,
and giving demonstrations of solar, wind, and other alternate
forms of power. Both the U.S. and German Airforces had
booths, providing information and souveniers for the
more than 30,000 attendees over the weekend.
Yes, that's a snake curled around her neck, and the cases
along the front of the booth are filled with tarantulas,
scorpions, vinegaroons (non-poisonous scorpions that
kill and eat the poisonous ones) and the
other very scary looking things we run into around here.
This booth was set up to educate people about the snakes,
spiders, and other venomous and non-venomous
creatures that share Alamogordo's very dry part of the
earth - and how to tell the difference between them.
And one booth over, my neighbor's friend is showing one of
his pet falcons - which, by the way, is fond of killing
and eating snakes (and it is definitely looking towards
the snake in the next booth over).
Every Earth Day celebration around the country is set up to
help people understand the part of the Earth local to it,
as well as to educate them about that region's relationship
to the rest of the Earth. They show us our responsibility
to the Earth, both locally and globally. Next Earth Day,
be sure to attend such a celebration in your area. You'll
be glad you did.
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