4/03/2012

Lakota people

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Lakota Sioux

***** Location: North America
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The Lakota (also known as Teton, Tetonwan ("dwellers of the prairie"), Teton Sioux ("snake, or enemy") are a Native American tribe. They are part of a confederation of seven related Sioux tribes (the Oceti Šakowiŋ or seven council fires) and speak Lakota, one of the three major dialects of the Sioux language.



The Lakota are the western-most of the three Sioux-language groups, occupying lands in both North and South Dakota. The seven bands or "sub-tribes" of the Lakota are:

Sicaŋǧu (a.k.a. Brulé, Burned Thighs)
Oglala (Scatters Their Own)
Itazipco (a.k.a. Sans Arc, Without Bows)
Huŋkpapa (Camps at the End of the Camp Circle)
Miniconjou (Planters by the Water)
Sihasapa (Blackfoot Sioux)
Oóhenuŋpa (Two Kettles)

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Moon Names of the Lakota Sioux

January: The Hardship Moon;
February: The Raccoon Moon, The Dead Moon;
March: The Sore Eyes Moon;
April: The Ducks Come Together Moon;
May: The Having Tree Leaves Moon;
June: The Wild Turnip Moon;
July: The Black Chokecherry Moon;
August: The Red Plums Moon;
September: The Leaves Turn Yellow Moon;
October: The Tree Leaves Shaken Off Moon;
November: The Time of Snow Being Moon;
December: The Snow Being Moon, The Middle Moon.


The old Lakota year generally began with the "Ducks Come Together Moon," the time when ducks returned from their wintering in more southern regions.

List of David Coomler :
source : www.tempslibres.org


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In the Lakota Medicine Wheel
(ongoing pattern of life and death):




Yellow
- the color of the East, rising sun, Morning Star, Wisdom

Red
- the color of the South, warmth, happiness, generosity; connected with the afterlife; nourishment of every kind comes from the south

Black - the color of the West, connected with the power of rain and the purity of water: growth follows the rain... releasing ignorance; home of the Thunder-being whose wings produce thunder and lightening flashes from his eyes... stands against evil, ensuring respect of others

White
- the color of the North, home to winter, promotes good health; those who misbehave look to the north for widom to walk a straight path


The medicine wheel is a sacred symbol used by Plains tribes and others to represent all knowledge of the universe.

The medicine wheel consists of a circle with horizontal and vertical lines drawn through the circle's center. Sometimes, an eagle feather is attached in the wheel's center.

source : www.aktalakota.org






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google search
makes it possible -
Lakota haiku


Gabi Greve



look what I found

Lakota Haiku When Translated In English

Tokatakiya Ta Wakanyeja Wana Wocekiya Po.
Oyate Tenza Blacin He Yelo.
Mitatioyspaye Sloyesni Yelo.


WAWOKIYA OYATE WICHASHA


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Dances with Wolves : As
Kevin Costner’s white guilt grows,
so does his mullet.


Posted by clearbackpack
source : The Haiku Diary


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3/31/2012

Earth Hour

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Earth Hour

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***** Season: Spring
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Conceived by the World Wide Fund for Nature in 2007, Earth Hour is a worldwide event held on the last Saturday of March annually, encouraging people to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour to raise awareness on climate change.
Earth Hour 2012 will start at 8:30 pm,
at participant's local time.


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Earth Hour Party:
my niece begins to lose
count of the stars


Chen-ou Liu
Canada


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earth hour...
sixty minutes of
reminiscence


Kumarendra Mallick
Hyderabad, India


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earth hour
a candle flickers
from the bathroom


Michael Rehling
Michigan


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Earth Hour --
the worm tries out
a moon spot


Heike Gewi
Yemen


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3/30/2012

Al Khallool flute

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Al Khallool flute

***** Location: Yemen
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The metre-long khallool
may look like a cudgel or a walking stick, but actually it's a flute. It is played in the Tihama area and has probably changed little during the last 500 years. There are just two holes - at the far end of the instrument.



Unfortunately, no one knows where the instrument originated. This instrument was used by the farmers and the Tihama people in their festivals, celebrations and entertainments. It was quite puzzling to hear that this instrument has been in use even long before the Turkish conquest. In fact, the owner claims with surprising confidence that the flute in his hand is of the same type used by the Prophet David around 3000 years ago. There is no way to verify such claims.

This instrument was used in nightly entertainment which often lasted until the next morning. The exciting thing about this instrument is that it produces excellent music, with a sad thick sound that can not be separated from the poetry. Once I listened to its music, it gave me a feeling of the past, the memories, the old history, and the simplicity of the life of the Tihamian people. While playing with its tones, the Tihami person using it had been trying to get a sound like "Da'ood' which is the name of Prophet David in Arabic.
It was quite true, it did speak the word "Dawood' in a sad and magical manner.

The sound of Al-Khallool will definitely stay in my mind forever, reminding me of the sounds of the past.
source - www.sabanews.net


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Bab Al-Yemen
listening to Al-Khallol
one caravan long

Heike Gewi, Yemen



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3/26/2012

day of silence - nyepi

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Day of silence - nyepi

***** Location: Indonesia
***** Season: Non-seasonal Topic
***** Category: Observance


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Nyepi is a Balinese "Day of Silence"
that is commemorated every Isaawarsa (Saka new year) according to the Balinese calendar (in 2012, it falls on March 23rd). It is a day of silence, fasting, and meditation.
The day following Nyepi is also celebrated as New year.

Observed from 6 a.m. until 6 a.m. the next morning, Nyepi is a day reserved for self-reflection and as such, anything that might interfere with that purpose is restricted. The main restrictions are: no lighting fires (and lights must be kept low); no working; no entertainment or pleasure; no traveling; and for some, no talking or eating at all. The effect of these prohibitions is that Bali’s usually bustling streets and roads are empty, there is little or no noise from TVs and radios, and few signs of activity are seen even inside homes. The only people to be seen outdoors are the Pecalang, traditional security men who patrol the streets to ensure the prohibitions are being followed.



Although Nyepi is primarily a Hindu holiday, non-Hindu residents of Bali observe the day of silence as well, out of respect for their fellow citizens. Even tourists are not exempt; although free to do as they wish inside their hotels, no one is allowed onto the beaches or streets, and the only airport in Bali remains closed for the entire day. The only exceptions granted are for emergency vehicles carrying those with life-threatening conditions and women about to give birth.

On the day after Nyepi, known as Ngembak Geni, social activity picks up again quickly, as families and friends gather to ask forgiveness from one another, and to perform certain religious rituals together.

The Melasti Ritual
The Bhuta Yajna Ritual
the Nyepi Rituals
the Yoga/Brata Ritual
the Ngembak Agni/Labuh Brata Ritual

finally,
The Dharma Shanti Rituals

2012 is the Balinese Year 1934.
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day of silence -
with incense in my room
my thoughts are quiet

Di hari nyepi
Dengan dupa di ruangan
Pikiran tenang


MiRa Kusuma


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3/24/2012

World Tuberculosis Day

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World Tuberculosis Day

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***** Season: Spring
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World Tuberculosis Day, falling on March 24 each year, is designed to build public awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis and efforts to eliminate the disease. Today tuberculosis causes the deaths of about 1.7 million people each year, mostly in the Third World.

March 24 commemorates the day in 1882 when Dr Robert Koch astounded the scientific community by announcing that he had discovered the cause of tuberculosis, the TB bacillus. At the time of Koch's announcement in Berlin, TB was raging through Europe and the Americas, causing the death of one out of every seven people. Koch's discovery opened the way toward diagnosing and curing tuberculosis.

Theme for 2012

Stop TB in my lifetime
Call for a world free of TB.


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Tuberculosis -
Why This Ancient Disease Remains a Global Health Threat
source : /www.stoptb.org


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. Masaoka Shiki, Nobo san 正岡子規 .


. Kawabata Bosha 川端茅舎 .


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tuberculosis day --
I go for diagnosis
to a hospital


John Maina, Kenya
March 2012

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3/17/2012

Trash Garbage

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Trash, Garbage and Trash Day

***** Location: Indonesia, worldwide
***** Season: Non-seasonal Topic
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Volunteers collect trash at the Muara Angke mangrove forest in North Jakarta on Sunday. The exercise, sponsored by Coca Cola Indonesia and Jakarta Green Monster, was part of celebrations for Earth Day, which falls on April 22.

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gomi ゴミ
akuta 芥

野分けすぎ 葉山の海はゴミだらけ    
nowake sugi Hayama no umi wa gomi-darake

after the typhoon ...
the beach of Hayama
is full of garbage 

nach dem Taifun -
der Strand in Hayama
ist voller Muell !


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trash collection day -
the antique table by the roadside
now belongs to me

Di Hari sampah
Meja antik di jalan
Pemilik baru



MiRa
Taman Haiku Miryanti
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warm day
hidden by snow
trash is bared 

after thaw
gifts of winter
a pile of trash


Gennady Nov, Russia




plastic bag...
bottles and other trash
all hauled into one 

a pile of trash
stray cats... and flies
hover about


Bos Tsip, Manila




sad old house
recycled from trash . . .
almost new


Elaine Andre, USA




trash
or treasure?
eBay


Dennis Chibi, USA





he trolls the streets
before trash pick-up time
someone's doll


Pris Campbell, USA




earth day cleanup
helping children on roadside
oh my! a snake

Marty Smith ‎


- Shared at Joys of Japan
March 2012

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3/16/2012

Black Forest

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Black Forest

***** Location: Australia
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There is more than one BLACK FOREST in Australia.

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Black Forest is an inner southern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
It is located in the City of Unley.

Forest Reserve is located near the centre of Black Forest. There is another small park on Byron Road.

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Black Forest Road Woodend, Victoria


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Woodend (including Hanging Rock)
Quiet town near the famous Victorian 'Hanging Rock'
Woodend is located 69 km north-west of Melbourne at an elevation of 560 metres.
It was literally named 'wood end' because it is where the Black Forest ended and consequently was a place where, in the 1850s and 1860s, prospectors, headed north to the goldfields around Bendigo, could feel that they were out of the reach of bushrangers who hid in the woodlands waiting to prey on them.
A township coalesced around inns, shops and services which emerged to cater to the passing trade. Prior to European settlement the area is thought to have been occupied by the Woiwurung people.

Today the town is a prosperous rural centre of some 3000 people with a number of interesting old buildings. The highlight of any visit is to climb Hanging Rock which was a vital part of Joan Lindsay's hugely successful novel 'Picnic at Hanging Rock'.
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Germany

Schwarzwald


The Black Forest (German: Schwarzwald) is a wooded mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany.
It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south. The highest peak is the Feldberg with an elevation of 1,493 metres (4,898 ft).
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Black Forest -
he pushes a pram through
sunshine


- Shared by Myron Lysenko
Woodend, Victoria, Australia.
Joys of Japan, March 2012


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3/15/2012

Best of the year list

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Best of the year list

***** Location: USA
***** Season: New Year
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"Best of the year list", "ten best," ten best list,"
"Top 10 List", etc.,

The New Year is the season at which they mostly appear, and the theme of taking stock seems to me appropriate to the end of one year and the beginning of another. The list can enumerate the "ten best" of any category.

William Kenney

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za besuto ten ザ・ベストテン best ten list
ベスト10 - ベスト・テン

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year's end
8 movies
on my 10-best list


William Kenney
New York



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2/22/2012

George Washington

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George Washington

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George Washington
(February 22, 1732 - December 14, 1799)
[O.S. February 11, 1731]

the first President of the United States of America,
serving from 1789 to 1797, and dominant military and political leader of the United States from 1775 to 1799.



He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of the Constitution in 1787.

Washington became the first president by unanimous choice, and oversaw the creation of a strong, well-financed national government that maintained neutrality in the wars raging in Europe, suppressed rebellion and won acceptance among Americans of all types. His leadership style established many forms and rituals of government that have been used since, such as using a cabinet system and delivering an inaugural address.

Washington is universally regarded as the "Father of his country".

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George Washington birthday---
a man stares at
a dollar bill


Shared by Fred Masarani
Joys of Japan, February 2012


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2/20/2012

Family Day Canada

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Family Day

***** Location: Canada, worldwide
***** Season: Various
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Family Day is the name of a public holiday in South Africa, in the
Canadian provinces of Alberta, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Prince Edward Island
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in the American states of Arizona and Nevada, in Vanuatu, in Vietnam and (as "Family & Community Day") in the Australian Capital Territory.

Australian Capital TerritoryFamily & Community Day was celebrated on the first Tuesday of November in 2007, 2008 and 2009, coinciding with the Melbourne Cup.

South Africa
After 1995, Easter Monday was renamed Family Day.

United States
Family Day is a state holiday in Nevada, celebrated on the day after Thanksgiving, i.e. the Friday following the fourth Thursday in November.

Vanuatu
Family Day in Vanuatu is celebrated annually on December 26, traditionally Boxing Day,

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Nearly 60% of Canadians observe a statutory holiday on
the third Monday of February.
The holiday is called Family Day in three provinces (Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Ontario), Louis Riel Day in Manitoba, and Islander Day in Prince Edward Island. There is no federally-established Family Day.

Family Day is unrelated to National Family Week, a campaign put on each October by the Canadian Association of Family Resource Programs, a non-profit organization. It is not a statutory holiday, but is generally recognized and celebrated by community organizations across the country.

This holiday was first observed in Alberta in 1990, followed by Saskatchewan in 2007 (where it was originally "cousin day") and Ontario in 2008. Family Day becomes an official holiday in British Columbia in 2013.

In parts of Canada, Family Day is a statutory holiday occurring on the third Monday in February. In the provinces of Manitoba and Prince Edward Island, the statutory holiday on this date is instead termed Louis Riel Day and Islander Day, respectively. The timing of Family Day coincides with Presidents Day in the United States.
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family day...
the malls fill with
family members


Vaughn Seward


Alberta Family Day is celebrated on the third Monday of February.
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Family Day
they sit side by side
watching TV


Chen-ou Liu
Canada

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