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Dec. 16—One writer called them "dances of mystery" — public performances cloaked in a sense of privacy. The traditional cultural dances performed by many of New Mexico's pueblos around ...
Symbols of the Southwest: a string of dried chile pepper pods (a ristra) and a bleached white cow's skull hang in a market near Santa Fe. The flag of New Mexico, which is among the most recognizable in the U.S., [1] reflects the state's eclectic origins, featuring the ancient sun symbol of the Zia, a Puebloan tribe, with the scarlet and gold coloration of the Spanish flag.
Sep. 7—Rejoice, sports fans and New Mexicans! It doesn't any get better than this. As a lifelong sports junkie and New Mexico native, the first weekend of September is always circled on my calendar.
Specific traditions culturally integral to one or more seasons, ... New Year celebrations (13 C, 132 P, ...
"Christmas," a relatively new tradition originating in the 1980s, [32] is a request for both (one side covered with green, the other with red). [33] New Mexico red and green chile have such a rich and distinctive flavor that traditional preparations require few additional flavoring ingredients.
New Mexico is a state of the Southwest United States.The state has music traditions dating back to the ancient Anasazi and Pueblo people, Navajo, Apache, and the Spanish Santa Fe de Nuevo México; these old traditions are found in both their original folk forms and as a modern folk genre known as New Mexico music.
Christmas trees and wreaths, made from local pine trees, were brought to New Mexico by German immigrants and German-Americans from the Midwest. Chiles red and green in color often hang from rooftops over porches. [citation needed] Luminarias are large bonfires made of pinyon logs.
Indeed, they are now considered the best horticulturists in the country, furnishing most of the fruits and a large portion of the vegetable supplies that are to be found in the markets. They were until very lately the only people in New Mexico who cultivated the grape. They also maintain at the present time considerable herds of cattle, horses ...