An Indo-European base root for culture is to revolve and to dwell. Images represented showcase persons, places, events, and visual symbols. It’s the doing, repeating, preserving, and infusing beliefs. A significance is assigned and embodied. Traditions assign meaning and create touchstones. Participation creates culture. Culture invokes remembrance
Exploring indigenous, southwestern, and differing heritages drive me. I wander ancient lands, habitats, and communal ceremonies. Remembrance is culture.
NM community petitioned and renamed back to Los Ojos.
For 40years small PieTown held a festival named for a bakery.
Harvesting pinon is a tradition and a cash crop both rewarding and iffy as good yields dependent on rain.
Inca Indians cultivated potatoes in Peru circa five to eight thousand B.C.4,000 varieties adapted to the Andean highlands.
Casket bearers would rest, say prayers for the deceased, and place a cross .
Santuario de Chimayo is a National Historic Landmark.
Los Ultimos Y Bernardo serenaded vendors and patrons alike in an open field market.
Solstice Chaco Canyon
The Sacred Valley is formed by the Urubamba River and bounded by Sahuasiray and Veronica Mountains.