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2009-12-31T23:58:00.000-08:00

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Lailatul Qadr

2008-09-27T15:25:00.000-07:00

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Lailatul Qadr : The Night of Power

***** Location: Yemen
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Lailat-Ul-Qadr : Night of Decree

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Lailatul Qadr : The Night of Power

Qadr means honour and dignity. Lailatul Qadr means the night of honour and dignity. It is this night in which the first Divine Revelation came to the Prophet sallalahu alayhi wasallam, when he was in prayer in the cave of Hira. Since this night enjoys the honour of having the first revelation brought to the Prophet sallalahu alayhi wasallam, it has been named Lailatul Qadr.

This is one of the holiest and most blessed nights, which is likely to occur on one of the odd nights on the last ten days of Ramadhan and most likely to be the 27th. The reward of worship on this night is better than the worship of a thousand months of worship, equivalent to a person's lifetime. So, on this night one should pray nafil namaz, recite the Quran, do Tasbih, Zikr, Duas, etc as much as possible.

This night had already opened its gates of treasures when the angel for the first time had come with the Divine Message in the cave of Hira, but its auspiciousness has continued to be with us permanently. Every year in the month of Ramadhan, this night is given to the Ummah. Muslims engage in prayers, recitation of Quran and praying to Allah, as the Prophet sallalahu alayhi wasallam said: "The person who offered prayers to Allah in the night of Dignity with faith and with hope of reward from Allah, all his past sins have been forgiven." (Bukhaari)

As the rainy season is suitable for farming, similarly for the attainment of nearness to Allah, specific times , specific days and specific nights are most suitable, e.g. the time of Tahajjud prayers, Friday prayers, month of Ramadhan, the Day of Arafah, etc. So also the Night of Power is the most suitable night for attaining nearness to Allah.

source : 　www.kingstonmosque.org.uk

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Lailatul Qadr -
A million stars unwatched
over the Holy Book

Heike Gewi, Yemen, September 2008

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***** Ramadan

***** Idd ul Fitr (Ramadan ends) Kenya. Eid Al-Fitr, Eid ul-Fitr

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Sambosa, samosa

2008-09-04T20:52:00.000-07:00

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Sambosa, samosa

***** Location: Yemen, Kenya
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Humanity

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Sambosa leaves needed to be prepared for the first meal after sunset in Ramadan - comparable with the chinese spring roll [egg roll]; an asian pastry filled with vegetables or meat deep fried.

Hours before "breakfast" everybody is trying to catch the "special offers" (discount)in the one and only shopping centre Aden Mall [the most famous shopping place in Aden].

Read in each basket
"Sambosa leaves" ...
Aden Mall

Heike Gewi, Yemen

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A samosa, a stuffed pastry, is a common snack in South Asia, in countries such as India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal. It generally consists of a fried triangular- or tetrahedron-shaped pastry shell with a savory filling of spiced potatoes, onion, peas, coriander, and sometimes fresh paneer. In a variety called chamul they are also very popular in Portugal.

Etymology
The word samosa can be traced to the Persian 'sanbosag'. The name in other countries also derives from this root, such as the crescent-shaped sanbusak or sanbusaj in Arab countries, sambosa in Afghanistan, samsa in Turkish-speaking nations, sambusa in parts of Iran and chamul in Goa and Portugal.
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Kenya

Kenyan samosas!

The folding of the dough is not quite the same though... otherwise, the looks are exactly the same -- and indeed in Kenya too they are either meat or vegetable in variety.

The Indian samosas sometimes come with a thick pastry, which is not my favourite -- but the thin, crispy pastry of the Kenyan samosa, together with its well spiced filling, and a drop of lime juice to round it off, is one of my top favourite foods!

In Kenya, I do not believe that it is at all seasonal -- we love it and enjoy it at any time of the year. Interestingly, the Kenyan samosa is something you buy, a snack for lunch or at a roadside cafe -- I do not think that I have ever eaten a home made samosa...

Isabelle Prondzynski , September 2008

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Samosas
Are nice and tasty,
Whereas
Pies are just pasty!

DAILY HAIKU #30: Francis Rodrigues Goa, India

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***** Idd ul Fitr (Ramadan ends) Kenya.
Eid Al-Fitr, Eid ul-Fitr

Ramadan

***** KENYA and Tropical Saijiki

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New England Saijiki

2008-06-24T14:58:00.000-07:00

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New England Saijiki, USA

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Kiyose compiled by Jan Jordan, June 2008

New England States located in the Northeast of the United States are
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

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.. .. SPRING (March, April, May)

.. Season
.. Heaven

.. Earth
Warmer days
Snow melts
Rivers overflow
Mud season
Spring foliage

.. Humanity
Fishing
Baseball games, Spring Training
Sugar on Snow suppers
Tapping maple trees, Sugaring off

.. Observances
Ash Wednesday (Catholic)
Memorial Day
Mother's Day
National Day of Prayer (May 1)
Palm Sunday
St. Patrick's Day
Patriots' Day (on 19th April, celebrated only in Massachusetts and Maine)
Good Friday
Easter (Catholic, Protestant)
Passover (Jewish)

.. Animals
Birds migrating north:
(Blackbirds
Bluebirds
Bobolinks
Crows, American
Doves, Mourning
Ducks
Chickens
Finches
Geese
Grackles
Hawks
Herons
Hummingbirds
Killdeers
Larks
Robins
Swallows
Thrashers, brown
Thrush
Warblers

Ants
Bears
Beavers
Cows
Coyotes
Flies
Goats
Horses
Mice
Otters
Partridges
Pigs
Porcupines
Rabbits
Raccoons
Salmon
Sheep
Skunks
Squirrels
Trout, brook
Trout, brown
Trout, rainbow
Turtles
Turkeys, wild
Wolves, gray
Worms

.. Plants_Flowers
Apple trees
Azaleas
Crocuses
Daffodils
Dandelions
Forsythia
Hyacinths
Lilacs
Lily-of-the-Valley, Lilies
Mayflowers
Mint
Pussy Willows
Skunk cabbages
Snow drops
Trilliums
Tulips
Violets

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spring cleaning...
a rainbow above
the manure spreader

spring morning:
the crow starts cawing
before the alarm clock

Mother's Day:
moose teaches calf to jump
the farmer's fence

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.. .. SUMMER
(June, July, August)

.. Season
.. Heaven

.. Earth
Strawberry suppers
Hazy, humid, hot days
Sizzling asphalt pavement
Retreat to cool mountains
Thunderstorms
Lightning
Rainbows

.. Humanity
Camping, Going to camp, Summer Camp
Farmer markets
Fireworks
Garage sales
Picnics, Cookouts
Sidewalk sales by merchants
vacation to water or mountains to hike, bike, boat, water ski, etc.
Watering the lawn or garden

.. Observances
Armed Forces Day
Flag Day
Independence Day - July 4

.. Animals
Second breeding season for many animals
Bass
Bees
Beetles
Butterflies
Deer
Frogs
Grasshoppers
Hawks
Lady bugs
Lightning bugs
Moose
Moths
Mosquitoes
Snakes
Toads
Trout, lake
Walleye

.. Plants_Flowers
Asters
Berries
Buttercups
Clover
Coneflowers
Daisies
Four o'clocks
Geraniums
Goldenrod
Hyacinth
Indian paintbrush
Iris
Laurel, mountain
Lupines
Marigolds
Morning glories
Pansies
Peas, Sweet
Peonies
Poppies
Primrose, evening
Ragweed
Rhododendron
Rose
Water hyacinth
Water lily

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sunset breeze...
an open gate joins
the lark's song

cloudburst
the laundry wetter now
than when hung up

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.. .. AUTUMN, FALL
(Late September, October, November)

.. Season
.. Heaven

.. Earth
cold nights
first frost, killing frost
snow returns

.. Humanity
"Baseball Playoffs:" "Division Series," "Pennant Race," and "World Series,"
Football
Hay rides
Soccer
Tourists view foliage
Turkey dinners

.. Observances
School year begins
Labor Day
Patriot Day
Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)
Yom Kippur (Jewish)
Columbus Day
United Nations Day
Halloween
All Saint's Day
All Soul's Day
Election Day
Veterans Day
Thanksgiving Day

.. Animals:
Caterpillars
Crickets
Geese and birds migrate south

.. Plants_flowers
Cattails
Chrysanthemums
Dahlias
Lilies
Milkweed
Mountain ash berries
Sunflowers
.. Trees
Fall foliage (maple, ash, beech, birch, larch, tamarack, hackmatack and oak trees with colored leaves: red, orange yellow or brown)
Fir, Balsam Fir

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alpine meadow...
cattle graze amid
lengthening shadows

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.. .. WINTER
(December, January, February)

. Season
.. Heaven

.. Earth
Freezing rain or freezing drizzle
Freezing temps at night
Sleigh rides
Snowfall, Blizzard

.. Humanity
Carnivals
Snow sculptures
Football Playoffs: "The Super Bowl."
Ice fishing
Ice hockey
Ice skating
Sledding, Tobaggoning
Snowboarding
Snow skiing
Snow shoeing
Snow shoveling

.. Observances
Christmas Eve, Christmas Day
Earth Day
Epiphany (Episcopal, Catholic)
Groundhog Day
Hanukkah (Jewish)
Martin Luther King Jr., Day
Lincoln's Birthday (12th February)
President's Day
Pearl Harbor Day
St. Valentine's Day
Washington's Birthday (22nd February)

.. Animals
Blue jays
Cardinals
Chickadees
Juncos
Mockingbirds, northern
Owls
Sparrows
Titmouse, tufted
Woodpeckers

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Poinsettia
Norway pines

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Winter Haiku

Ash Wednesday:
the priest blesses drivers
of snowmobiles

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.. .. NEW YEAR

.. Season
.. Heaven
.. Earth
.. Humanity

.. Observances
New Year's Eve
New Year's Day

.. Animals
.. Plants

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Jazz

2008-06-19T15:26:00.001-07:00

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Jazz music

***** Location: North America, others
***** Season: Non-seasonal Topic
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Jazz is an American musical art form which originated around the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions. The style's West African pedigree is evident in its use of blue notes, call-and-response, improvisation, polyrhythms, syncopation, and the swung note of ragtime.

From its early development until the present, jazz has also incorporated music from 19th and 20th century American popular music, which is based on European music traditions. The word jazz began as a West Coast slang term of uncertain derivation and was first used to refer to music in Chicago in about 1915; for the origin and histor.

Jazz has, from its early 20th century inception, spawned a variety of subgenres, from New Orleans Dixieland dating from the early 1910s, big band-style swing from the 1930s and 1940s, bebop from the mid-1940s, a variety of Latin-jazz fusions such as Afro-Cuban and Brazilian jazz from the 1950s and 1960s, jazz-rock fusion from the 1970s and later developments such as acid jazz.
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On Tuesday, June 17, I found myself in the heart of upscale consumerism, at the corner of 57th St. and Park Ave. in Manhattan.

Within a block there are these stores:

Coach
Mont Blanc
Dior
Chanel
Burberry
Tiffany
Tourneau

I normally don't shop at these stores, although my wife does have a Coach bag.

The reason I was there was to attend a jazz performance, hosted by Oris (watchmaker) and WBGO, the best jazz radio station in America, if not the world.

The performance took place behind the Tourneau (watches) store, in a glass-enclosed atrium, almost the size of a plaza. As usual for events like this in New York City, especially if they are free, the several hundred chairs that had been set up were filled, and there was a standing-room crowd as well.

I heard a performance by the Eric Reed Quartet, consisting of a piano, string bass, drums, and tenor sax. They played be-bop- influenced now-classic jazz.

The multi-ethnic crowd of listeners were from all walks of life.
There were the well-dressed and the casually-dressed. I was sitting next to an elderly African-American lady.

summer jazz
an old woman keeps good time
tapping her cane

©　Larry Bole
Happy Haiku Forum

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Renku ~ Jazz-ku: a 36 verse sequence

didup, radul oon
bulbuldaki ghonki gak
dipdip digdah do
az

thunkadiddy flabungus
feedle floof gaboosh kadon
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Read them all HERE
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midnight jazz
brubeck keeps time with
summer rain

While working an overnight shift for a local fire department last night, I found myself writing run reports in front of an open window, listening to 1940's jazz and driving my country-ass partner nuts.

bird parker
cool jazz on a hot
summer night

©　bob
Happy Haiku Forum, June 2008

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旅終えてよりB面の夏休み
tabi oete yori B-men no natsuyasumi

now the trip is over--
my summer holidays
start their B-side
Tr. Makoto Ueda

Mayuzumi Madoka
from her first collection, "B-men no natsu"
(Summer on the B-side)

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Chameleon

2008-06-18T17:40:00.000-07:00

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Veiled chameleon

***** Location: Yemen
***** Season: Non-seasonal Topic
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Veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus)

Veiled Chameleons (Chamaeleo calyptratus) are frequently referred to as the hardiest of the true chameleons. They are also one of the most colorful species of chameleons, making them ideal for beginners and experts alike. With proper care, they will not only survive, but thrive and breed in captivity.

Animals of both subspecies display a large, cranial fin or casque. Males of both subspecies have higher casques than those of their female counterparts. However, the casques of C. c. calyptratus males are considerably larger than those of male C. c. calcarifer. Adult male C. calyptratus can reach lengths of up to 24 inches, including tail. Females are smaller, averaging about 13 inches in total length.

Both subspecies of C. calyptratus survive in the climatically diverse area of the western coast of Yemen and the southwestern coast of Saudi Arabia.

Yemen has a low coastal plain bordered by the Red Sea. This plain rises sharply into mountain peaks with can reach altitudes of 12,000 feet. This extreme topography creates different climates. Moisture evaporating from the Red Sea is trapped by the mountains. As a result, the low plains along the coast are not only hot, but humid as well. As the moisture moves up into the mountains, it forms clouds which rain down on the western slopes.

Some areas here receive large amounts of rainfall. In Ibb, a town north of Ta'izz, the mountains receive as much as 80 inches of rain annually. This rainfall supports lush vegetation and an abundant insect population. Much of this rainfall does not reach the higher mountain regions, so the plateaus are much dryer. To the north, in Saudi Arabia, where the mountains are absent, the climate is quite arid.
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a leaf in the wind
licks dew drops..
veiled lizard

Heike Gewi, Yemen, June 2008

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.....spring rain
the chameleon busy
.....being green

©　Ernest Berry , Picton, New Zealand, 2004
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Independence Day

2008-06-11T15:19:00.000-07:00

Swallowtail Butterfly

2008-06-10T18:45:00.000-07:00

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Swallowtail

***** Location: Yemen, Japan
***** Season: Various, see below
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Yemen Swallowtail , Papilio alexanor
kigo for summer

common names: southern swallowtail
hostplant: great fennel
habitat: North Yemen
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Swallowtail butterflies are large, colorful butterflies which form the family Papilionidae. There are at least 550 species, and though the majority are tropical, members of the family are found on all continents except Antarctica. The family includes the largest butterflies in the world, the birdwing butterflies of Australia (genus Ornithoptera).

Swallowtails differ from all other butterflies in a number of anatomical traits. Most notably, their caterpillars possess a unique organ behind their heads, called the osmeterium. Normally hidden, this forked structure can be everted when the caterpillar is threatened, and emits smelly secretions containing terpenes.
The adults are often tailed, giving the insect its name.
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Japan
kigo for all spring

swallowtail, agehachoo, 鳳蝶（あげはちょう）
アゲハチョウ
black swallowtail, kuru ageha 黒あげは（くろあげは）
crow swallowtail, karasu ageha 烏あげは（からすあげは）
long-tailed swallowtail, onaga ageha 尾長あげは（おながあげは）

musk swallowtail, jakoo ageha 麝香あげは（じゃこうあげは）

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some leaves lost
the fennel...points at
a swallowtail

Heike Gewi, June 2008

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heat spell
a swallowtail butterfly
amongst the alders

©　Heather Madrone

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***** Butterfly (choo) Japan. Worldwide

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Rhode Island

2008-06-05T15:19:00.000-07:00

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Rhode Island

***** Location: USA
***** Season: Non-seasonla Topic
***** Category: Earth

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Rhode Island, officially named the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area.

The state is called Rhode Island in common usage, but most of the state lies on the North American mainland. Providence Plantations refers to the mainland, while Rhode Island is actually the official name for Aquidneck Island (now composed of the city of Newport, and the towns of Middletown and Portsmouth).

Having a history of staunch independence, Rhode Island was the first of the thirteen original American colonies to declare independence from British rule and the last to ratify the United States Constitution.

Rhode Island has long held the nickname of "Little Rhody", though the state has officially adopted the nickname of "the Ocean State," as nearly one tenth of Rhode Island's inland area is covered by salt water, and no part of the state is more than a 30-minute drive from the water's edge.
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By the WaterFire*
The poet stands oblivious
To the moon’s absence

*WaterFire – An event centered on a series of 100 bonfires that blaze just above the surface of the three rivers that pass through the middle of downtown Providence, RI.

Malini Gargeshwari, June 2008

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Ring around the moon
they say a storm is coming
Shop for bread and milk.

©　skorda : Rhode Island haiku

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Bearded Iris (Iris albicans)

2008-05-30T18:32:00.000-07:00

Dune skiing

2008-05-15T15:16:00.000-07:00

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Dune skiing, sand skiing

***** Location: Yemen
***** Season: Winter
***** Category: Humanity

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Yemen has hundreds of miles of sand dunes. The highest dunes can be found in the desert around Marib and on the edge of the Empty Quarter. Yemeni Dreams can help you discover the joy of skiing or sand boarding in these remote areas.

Yemeni Dreams uses high- end equipment and its staff can instruct you in the art of sand skiing. Yemeni Dreams is the only tour operator in Yemen that offers sand skiing.

Sand skiing was brought to Yemen by Borut Zajc, a Slovenian Adventure Hunter, in 2006. Yemeni Dreams organized his tour and he in turn taught members of the Yemeni Dreams staff how to ski the dunes.
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More photos
#1 http://www.yemeni-dreams.com/photo/showphoto.php?photo=661&cat=503
#2 http://www.yemeni-dreams.com/photo/showphoto.php?photo=680&cat=503

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desert horned viper (Cerastes cerastes)

"Common names:
Saharan horned viper, Sahara horned viper, horned desert viper.
Cerastes cerastes is a venomous viper species native to the deserts of Northern Africa and parts of the Middle East. They are ore often easily recognized by the presence of a pair of supraocular horns, although hornless individuals do occur.
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looking back
the path of a horned viper?..
dune surfing

Heike Gewi, Yemen, May 2008

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Barangay Fiesta

2008-05-13T18:25:00.000-07:00

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Barangay Fiesta

***** Location: Philippines
***** Season: Summer (hot season)
***** Category: Humanity

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Barangay Fiesta

Barangay fiesta in the city of Manila, where there is an overall ambiance of merriment. In our place, we celebrate the fiesta, or our "fiesta day", every third Sunday of the month of May... so it is going to be this coming Sunday. And usually, the whole month of May is fiesta month. And there is Santacruzan too.

Wilfredo R. Bongcaron, Manila, May 2008

Many different activities occur in the days or weeks leading up to the fiesta. These include beauty contests, discos, balls, church services, street parades and other entertainment.
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The Santacruzan

In many places in the Philippines, during the month of May, many processions are held in honor of the Virgin Mary. Sometimes, one is reminded only that it is the month of May when one meets such a procession downtown or in a sidestreet of the city. That is the Santa Cruz de Mayo. Many versions of the procession have evolved through the years. And this makes it interesting to find out what it was really like inthe time of our grandfathers.

The Santacruzan was a novena procession commemorating St. Helena's mythical finding of the cross. St. Helena was the mother of Constantine the Great. According to legends, 300 years after the death of Christ, at the age of 75, she went to Calvary to conduct a search for the Cross. After some archeological diggings at the site of the Crucifixion, she unearthed three crosses. She tested each one by making a sick servant lie on all three. The cross where the servant recovered was identified as Christ's. St. Helena's feast day falls on August 8 but the anniversary of the finding of the Cross is on May 3rd, in the Philippines, this celebration took the form of the Mexican Santa Cruz de Mayo.

As another legend puts it, Constantine the Great, facing a battle against the Mighty Roman Emperor, Maxentius in the year 312 A.D. turned despairingly to the new Christian God for help. Constantine cast his eyes heavenwards and saw in the nightsky a glowing sign of the cross with the words "In hoc signia vincit", meaning "By this sign thou shalt conquer". He adopted the Cross as his battle insignia with the words and forthwith went to vanquish the Roman Army and entered Rome a victor, pledging his faith in Christianity.

Read more HERE
©　By Eileen S. Guerero

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fiesta day –
the display of street bands
coaxing for street dance

ropes block
the street entrance -
fiesta scenes commence

aiming for the flag
boys play the "palo sebo" -
strained necks all agog

"Palo sebo" is a game during fiesta where contestants take turn in climbing the top of a greased bamboo pole. The objective is to get the red flag at the top of the pole. The taker wins a fun prize.

greasy coconut -
boys hustle and jostle
prize at the end line

menfolks prepare -
the piglet is let loose
for the keeper

I stand for my turn
to take a solid crack -
pot is evasive

a piece of clay pot
hit me on the face
after the strike

sugar apple
melts in the mouth
anguish forgotten

©　Wilfredo R. Bongcaron, 2008
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Festivals in Japan

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San Miguel beer

2008-05-12T21:53:00.000-07:00

Straw hat (dholas)

2008-05-10T18:41:00.000-07:00

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Straw hat (dholas)

***** Location: Yemen
***** Season: Summer
***** Category: Humanity

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Straw hats and bamboo hats

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"As spring turns to summer, and the days heat up, farmers in Yemen are taking to their fields. But Yemen’s sun can be fierce, and so to protect themselves, Yemenis have invented broad straw hats to provide shade from the sun’s harsh rays. "

The traditional Yemeni shade hats include the dhola, a tall, flat-topped hat woven from palm; the kofia, a short, circular hat woven from bamboo; and the Hadrami pyramid hat, a tall pointy hat woven from palm fronds. These hats fly off the shelves this time of year.

"They are expensive because they are made from the heart of the bamboo, he said. The bamboo hats are made in certain governorates like Hadhramout, Dmat in Ibb, Rada’a, al-Baidha, and are mostly found in Marib, he said. Add to that, making the hats is tiring, because the maker must take a big bundle of bamboo and take out the heart only, said al-Matari. Unlike the others, al-Matari has some Hadhrami pyramid hats, which are worn primarily in Hadhramout. “Those are only bought by the foreigners; there is a French lady who ordered them and I imported them from Seiyun to here,” he said. “Obviously, they like their appearance because it is uncommon,” he added half teasingly."
http://www.yobserver.com/news-varieties/10012048.html

Kofias

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peasant digs around
in his chest..
"It's time, bamboo hat!"

moving
cackling like a hen..
straw hat

Heike Gewi, Yemen, May 2008

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***** Hat, Strawhat and more (kasa) Worldwide

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Bataan Beach

2008-05-02T18:31:00.000-07:00

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Bataan Beach, Bataan Day

***** Location: Philippines
***** Season: Non-seasonal Topic
***** Category: Earth

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Bataan is a province of the Philippines occupying the whole of Bataan Peninsula on Luzon. The province is part of the Central Luzon region. The capital of Bataan is Balanga City and is bordered by the provinces of Zambales and Pampanga to the north. The peninsula faces South China Sea to the west and encloses its arm, Manila Bay, to the east.

The Battle of Bataan is famous in history as one of the last stands of American and Filipino soldiers before they were overwhelmed by the Japanese forces in World War II. The Bataan Death March was named for this province, where the infamous march started.

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Bataan Day or Day of Valor
(called Araw ng Kagitingan in native Filipino)
April 9
kigo for the hot season

This day is celebrated in honor of the American and Filipino troops who defended the Bataan peninsula in the Philippines against the Japanese during World War II.
Bataan Day / Reference

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In April 26 & 27 of this year, our group went to Coral View Beach Resort in Morong, Bataan. This place is very near the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority Area (SBMA). Bataan is one of the northern provinces of the Philippines. We arrived there by 1:00 P.M., so the day was really, really hot.

by the sandy shore
people don't move much -
lazy day

by the sandy shore
a tyke contemplates -
life jacket

swimmers dive
from a floating raft -
fun day

by the sandy shore
solitary lad on foot
crossing hot sand

by the sandy shore
motor bancas hurry
towards the sea

by the sandy shore
a bevy of beauties
frolic in the sun

coral
atop the hot sand -
bare

a party
of newly-arrived guests -
guffaws and laughter

pineapples lay bare
on a floating raft
for boat relay

by the sandy shore
coral view
come and go

by the sandy shore
a game of beach volleyball -
the champion's round

by the sandy shore
hotdogs on grill
and bottles of beer

©　Wilfredo R. Bongcaron, 2008
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... Bataan_Death_March ...

It is estimated that 5,000 to 10,000 Filipino soldiers died during that forced march.

For me, it gives extra poignancy to this haiku of yours:

by the sandy shore
solitary lad on foot
crossing hot sand

©　Larry Bole

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