Monday, January 18, 2010

Critters and music

One of our more beautiful street cats (of course, the are ALL beautiful in their own way!!) is this handsome one, who is obviously tabby, but has a decidedly siamese face. This day he/she had a large sore on one side of his/her face, so I gave it some extra treats to see if I could get close enough to check it out. A little bit of cooked chicken and smoked salmon disappeared so fast he ended up throwing it up later, poor thing. Anyway, the sore looked like it was healing and didn't look infected. Chi'ik is saying hello at the bottom of the shot. So far he is too small to be a threat to any of the cats, so they either ignore him or play with him, depending on how old they are.






After work on Sunday night, friends Roxanne and Evan from Saskatchewan invited me out for a drink at a little taco place around the corner from the bookstore. Had a nice glass of wine and enjoyed some wonderful live music right on the street. He plays beautiful guitar and she has an amazing voice.


Roxanne and Evan are enjoying their time in Puerto Morelos and also took in the Jungle Market this morning.




Ah, yes, another dog - this street puppy has been adopted by a local Mexican man, and a fellow we see at the store all the time, Joe, from the U.S. had him out for a walk. Very sweet and full of energy. Looks very healthy too, which is a treat.
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Jungle Market on Sunday

The Jungle Market is a special place, where Mayan women sell handcrafts, wonderful cooked food, juices, and artwork, and also demonstrate the traditional Mayan dancing. Sandra, who has been instrumental in creating this amazing space, coordinates a show that tells the story of the Mayans integrating with the Spaniards (yes, most of us would call it something more brutal), but which starts with the goddess Ixchel at the pyrimid. The women each brought her a gift, to ensure health and prosperity.



The ribbon dance is incredible. Each woman takes a ribbon and does an elaborate dance, weaving in and out around the pole, ending up where they began. When they were finished, they invited the visitors to come up and do the ribbon dance with them, which many of us enjoyed. Then the entire audience and dancers move in a circle dance to honour all people in the world, and bring all our energies to bear on peace and harmony.



The market is held both inside a large palapa, and outside in the garden, and offers clothing, jewellry, Mayan remedies, artwork, herbs, and wonderful cooked food as well.






The garden at the Market is lovely - even full of people there are quiet places with wonderful vegetation.

To see a larger album of this day, go to the link below and click.
http://picasaweb.google.com/daffinparksville/TheJungleSpaJan2010

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