Monday, October 31, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Peru celebrates Criolla Music Day
Although hundreds of children will be celebrating Halloween by collecting candy door to door, a large number of Peruvians will celebrate tonight the National Day of Criolla Music, a Peruvian genre of music, which combines mainly African, Spanish and Andean influences.
Throughout Latin America, the term "criolla" originally referred to the descendants of Spanish settlers, but it subsequently came to designate that which was distinctively local.
In the case of Peru, it designates the people and culture of the coastal region (as opposed to the Andean highlands) and of Lima in particular. It was on the coast that the Spaniards that founded their capital, where most of their settlement was concentrated and where their culture took deepest root.
The most popular style of Peru's "criolla" music is the Marinera, said to be the national dance of Peru. Other main genres are the Peruvian Waltz, Tondero, Festejo, Polka, Zamacueca, Landó, among other traditional dances.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
SPOOKY HI....
WISHING YOU A SPOOKY HALLOWEEN WITH ALL YOUR PALS......!!!!!!!!!!!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Now using these terms can you share with us who has ENTERED in your life lately?,
what are you SCANNING for being better?,
what thoughts will you EDIT soon ?,
Are you DOWNLOADING any resolutions for these last two months?,
What bad attitudes are you going to DELETE from your life?,
and finally what information are you really going to SAVE from this 2011?
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
PERUVIAN SOCCER TEAM
WE ARE ALL ONE HEART TODAY...WE ARE WITH YOU ....
WE ARE SENDING ALL THE BEST ENERGY...
PERU...PERU...PERU...PERU...PERU...PERU....
Monday, October 10, 2011
Alert..the former one was incomplete ...
Hello guys don't know what happened but the sentence went through incomplete
so I am resending it again:
< Jim,while Rick had had had had had had had had had had had the most amazing
rewarding from your teacher>
This is the complete sentence and task...
so I am resending it again:
< Jim,while Rick had had had had had had had had had had had the most amazing
rewarding from your teacher>
This is the complete sentence and task...
SOMETHING TO THINK OF>A NEW TASK ...PUNCTUATE CORRECTLY AND EXPLAIN ITS MEANING:
HAD A WONDERFUL REWARDING APPRECIATION FROM YOUR
TEACHER>
This will be very nice for your 3rd grade pupilsa different way to start your classes...
I have others to share with you but will be sending one by one...
Dare to try it...!!!!
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Friday, October 7, 2011
Second Part
Time Management (second part);
Hello Dear All,
Here again now with the second part of what I have started some days before let's see...
16. Look ahead in your month and try and anticipate what is going to happen so you can better
schedule your time.
17. Try rewarding yourself when you get things done as you had planned, especially the
important ones.
18. Do FIRST things FIRST.
19. Have confidence in yourself and in your judgement of priorities and stick to them not
matter what.
20.When you catch yourself procrastinating-ask yourself what am I avoiding?
21. Start with the most difficult parts of projects, then either the worst is done or you may find
you don'thave to do all the other small tasks.
22. Catch yourself when you are involved in unproductive projects and stop as soon as you can
23. Find time to concentrate on high priority items or activities.
24. Concentrate on one thing at a time.
25. Put your effort in areas that provide long term benefits.
26. Push yourself and be persistent,especially when you know you are doing well.
27. Think on paper when possible-it makes it easier to review and revise.
28. Be sure and set deadlines for yourself whenever is possible.
29. Delegate responsibilities whenever possible.
30. Ask for advice when needed.
Hope all these ideas help you to be more organized and pleased with whatever you manage to get but avoid getting frustrated if it doesn't work at first just keep trying soon after that
you will see the benefits and would be surprised of yourselves.
GOOD LUCK!!!
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Something Useful for our Daily Life..
Time Management....
Hello guys this time I want to share with you something that will be useful for your personal life and then of course for your professional life style, just read these first 15 hints about
TIME and you will see...
1° Count all your time to be used making every attempt to get satisfaction out of every moment
2°Find something to enjoy in whatever you do.
3°Try to be an optimist and seek out the good in your life.
4°Find ways to build on your successes.
5°Stop regretting from your failures and start learning from your mistakes.
6°Remind yourself. There is always enough time for the important things. "If it is important,you
should be able to make time.
7°Continually look at ways of freeing up your time.
8° Examine your old habits and search fro ways to change or eliminate them.
9°Try to use waiting time-review notes or do practice problems
10°Keep paper or a calendar with you to jot down the things you have to do or notes yourself.
11°Examine & revise yout lifetime goals ona monthly basis and be sure to include porgress
towards those goals on a daily basis.
12° Put up reminders in your home or office about your goals.
13° Always keep those long term goals in mind.
14°Plan your day each morning or the night before and set priorities fro yourself.
15° Maintain and develop a list of specific things to be done each day,set your priorities and
get the most important ones done as soon in the day as you can,evaluate your progress
at the end of the day briefly.........
TO BE CONTINUE ...
SECOND PART (15 MORE HINTS) IS COMING SOON...
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Cravings?
October, the "purple" month, the month of The Lord of Miracles, the Criolla music and more, it is also the perfect time to taste these scrumptious dishes...enjoy them!
PURPLE???
For you..
Beauty and Calm
Fresh Nature in our Hearts...
Blessings to your Path...And Thanks for Walking by my side...
October the PURPLE month
"OCTOBER THE PURPLE MONTH IN PERU"
October is known as "El mes Morado, The Purple Month." Why?
Purple is the color worn by the faithful who follow the processions of the most venerated religious image in Peru " El Señor de los Milagros, the Lord of Miracles," a uniquely Peruvian image of Jesus Christ.
During October, in the colonial center of Lima, this image is taken from its home church, Las Nazarenas, in a series of processions to other historic colonial churches. The smell of incense,the chorals sung, the melody of the musical intruments, and the footsteps of the faithful accompany these processions which wend their way along the narrow streets of colonial Lima as they have for hundreds of years.
The origins of this image of Christ date back to 1651. According to religous belief, in that year, there was a group of African slaves from Angola living in the area known as Pachacamilla, where Las Nazarenas Church now stands.
The slaves had been converted to Christianity and one of them, unnamed in the history books, painted an image of Christ on a wall of a building where the new converts converged to pray.
The image struck a chord among the slaves, who began to bring offerings to leave before it. In 1655, an earthquake of such magnitude struck Lima that most of the city was destroyed. The building where this image of Christ was housed collapsed except for one wall: the wall where a few years earlier that Angolan slave had painted the image.
For 15 years, the wall with this image of Christ was abandoned to the elements. In 1670, a neighbor found the image and began to worship there. He rebuilt the shrine for the image and according to belief, as a result, the man was cured of life-threatening tumor. From that point on, the entire Pachacamilla district began to worship the image, believing it to be miraculous.
Most of the faithful were descendants of those Africans brought as slaves to the plantations of coastal Peru. One of the rituals that began during this period was that every Friday evening people would gather at the site of this image, bringing flowers, lighting candles, burning incense, and playing music on harps and with the traditional Peruvian cajón.
Within time, these celebrations reached the ears of Church leaders in the Archbishop's Palace, where they were seen as a threat to the established order. The Viceroy himself ordered the image painted over in 1671. The legend of El Señor de los Milagros continues: an Indian man was brought under guard to the site where the image was being
venerated in order to paint it over.
As he approached the image, brush in hand, the man began to tremble and shake. He was unable to carry out the order. Another painter was brought in, this one a soldier, and he too was unable to paint it over. The more the authorities tried to paint over the image, the more the local people protested. Finally, the Viceroy revoked the order and ordered a proper chapel built on the site.
Since that time, the image became a focal point for popular veneration. In 1687, another earthquake struck Lima, once again destroying much of the colonial center, including the chapel that had been built to house the image. Once again, the one wall with the image remained standing while the other ones collapsed.
Popular fervor led church leaders to order a painting of the image, which was taken out in a procession for the first time the 18th, 19th, and 28th of October, 1687. Since that year, the image has been taken out of its home church in a series of processions to other colonial churches during those dates.
El Señor de los Milagros was named the patron of Lima in 1715. That was also the first year the image was given the title by which it is known today: El Señor de los Milagros de Nazarenas.
So, what does this have to do with food? Well, as to be expected, there are special foods associated with such an important religious occasion. Three of the most traditional Peruvian foods eaten at this time are turrón, anticuchos, and picarones.
No one really knows the origin of the sweet layered pastry popularly called turrón de Doña Pepa. Legend has it that was invented by the lady in a wealthy Lima family, although others claim that its origins are with a cook of African descent known as 'Doña Pepa.
What is known about this unique style of turrón (since there is a similarly named dish in other Spanish-speaking countries, although all are different from one another) is that it has long been associated with the celebrations in honor of El Señor de los Milagros, when this sweet is consumed with almost religious devotion.
Anticuchos, grilled meat on a skewer, is another popular food during the month of October. According to researchers, the name comes from the Quechua word antikucho, meaning 'Andean cut' or 'Andean mix'. Prior to the arrival of the Spanish, these types of brochettes were made with llama or other local meats. In the 1500s, the Spanish began preparing something similar to the modern day anticucho, substituting beef for llama.
Once again the influence of Africans resonates in Peruvian culinary and cultural history.
The Spanish would give their African slaves the parts of the cow they wouldn't eat themselves. This included the beef heart. The slaves took the beef heart and seasoned it heavily prior to marinating it and then grilling it in imitation of their masters. Over time, the beef heart anticuchos would become the Peruvian favorite. They are still one of the most popular street foods available in Peru, and during El Señor de los Milagros, anticucho sellers set up grills in the late afternoon, tempting passersby with the aromatic smells of seasoned grilled meats.
Finally, picarones are pumpkin fritters that are also eaten as late-afternoon street food during El Señor de los Milagros celebrations. This is another dish that has its origins in the colonial period. Some believe they are a local adaptation of Spanish buñuelos. Picarones are made of squash or pumpkin dough and sweetened with chancaca, raw cane sugar melted into a syrup.
During the purple month, Peruvians demonstrate their loyalty not only to their religious beliefs but also to their culinary traditions.
Hello guys here sharing this article to get to know more about the origen of the called "OCTOBER THE PURPLE MONTH" IN PERU.
Wishing you a special time and expecting all your wishes come true with the Blessings of
Our Lord Miracle the Purple Christ.
October is known as "El mes Morado, The Purple Month." Why?
Purple is the color worn by the faithful who follow the processions of the most venerated religious image in Peru " El Señor de los Milagros, the Lord of Miracles," a uniquely Peruvian image of Jesus Christ.
During October, in the colonial center of Lima, this image is taken from its home church, Las Nazarenas, in a series of processions to other historic colonial churches. The smell of incense,the chorals sung, the melody of the musical intruments, and the footsteps of the faithful accompany these processions which wend their way along the narrow streets of colonial Lima as they have for hundreds of years.
The origins of this image of Christ date back to 1651. According to religous belief, in that year, there was a group of African slaves from Angola living in the area known as Pachacamilla, where Las Nazarenas Church now stands.
The slaves had been converted to Christianity and one of them, unnamed in the history books, painted an image of Christ on a wall of a building where the new converts converged to pray.
The image struck a chord among the slaves, who began to bring offerings to leave before it. In 1655, an earthquake of such magnitude struck Lima that most of the city was destroyed. The building where this image of Christ was housed collapsed except for one wall: the wall where a few years earlier that Angolan slave had painted the image.
  Photo: RPP Noticias |
For 15 years, the wall with this image of Christ was abandoned to the elements. In 1670, a neighbor found the image and began to worship there. He rebuilt the shrine for the image and according to belief, as a result, the man was cured of life-threatening tumor. From that point on, the entire Pachacamilla district began to worship the image, believing it to be miraculous.
Most of the faithful were descendants of those Africans brought as slaves to the plantations of coastal Peru. One of the rituals that began during this period was that every Friday evening people would gather at the site of this image, bringing flowers, lighting candles, burning incense, and playing music on harps and with the traditional Peruvian cajón.
Within time, these celebrations reached the ears of Church leaders in the Archbishop's Palace, where they were seen as a threat to the established order. The Viceroy himself ordered the image painted over in 1671. The legend of El Señor de los Milagros continues: an Indian man was brought under guard to the site where the image was being
venerated in order to paint it over.
As he approached the image, brush in hand, the man began to tremble and shake. He was unable to carry out the order. Another painter was brought in, this one a soldier, and he too was unable to paint it over. The more the authorities tried to paint over the image, the more the local people protested. Finally, the Viceroy revoked the order and ordered a proper chapel built on the site.
Since that time, the image became a focal point for popular veneration. In 1687, another earthquake struck Lima, once again destroying much of the colonial center, including the chapel that had been built to house the image. Once again, the one wall with the image remained standing while the other ones collapsed.
Popular fervor led church leaders to order a painting of the image, which was taken out in a procession for the first time the 18th, 19th, and 28th of October, 1687. Since that year, the image has been taken out of its home church in a series of processions to other colonial churches during those dates.
El Señor de los Milagros was named the patron of Lima in 1715. That was also the first year the image was given the title by which it is known today: El Señor de los Milagros de Nazarenas.
So, what does this have to do with food? Well, as to be expected, there are special foods associated with such an important religious occasion. Three of the most traditional Peruvian foods eaten at this time are turrón, anticuchos, and picarones.
  Turrón de Doña PepaPhoto: De Pan y Todo |
No one really knows the origin of the sweet layered pastry popularly called turrón de Doña Pepa. Legend has it that was invented by the lady in a wealthy Lima family, although others claim that its origins are with a cook of African descent known as 'Doña Pepa.
What is known about this unique style of turrón (since there is a similarly named dish in other Spanish-speaking countries, although all are different from one another) is that it has long been associated with the celebrations in honor of El Señor de los Milagros, when this sweet is consumed with almost religious devotion.
Anticuchos, grilled meat on a skewer, is another popular food during the month of October. According to researchers, the name comes from the Quechua word antikucho, meaning 'Andean cut' or 'Andean mix'. Prior to the arrival of the Spanish, these types of brochettes were made with llama or other local meats. In the 1500s, the Spanish began preparing something similar to the modern day anticucho, substituting beef for llama.
Once again the influence of Africans resonates in Peruvian culinary and cultural history.
  Picarones with syrupPhoto: RPP Noticias |
The Spanish would give their African slaves the parts of the cow they wouldn't eat themselves. This included the beef heart. The slaves took the beef heart and seasoned it heavily prior to marinating it and then grilling it in imitation of their masters. Over time, the beef heart anticuchos would become the Peruvian favorite. They are still one of the most popular street foods available in Peru, and during El Señor de los Milagros, anticucho sellers set up grills in the late afternoon, tempting passersby with the aromatic smells of seasoned grilled meats.
Finally, picarones are pumpkin fritters that are also eaten as late-afternoon street food during El Señor de los Milagros celebrations. This is another dish that has its origins in the colonial period. Some believe they are a local adaptation of Spanish buñuelos. Picarones are made of squash or pumpkin dough and sweetened with chancaca, raw cane sugar melted into a syrup.
During the purple month, Peruvians demonstrate their loyalty not only to their religious beliefs but also to their culinary traditions.
Hello guys here sharing this article to get to know more about the origen of the called "OCTOBER THE PURPLE MONTH" IN PERU.
Wishing you a special time and expecting all your wishes come true with the Blessings of
Our Lord Miracle the Purple Christ.
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