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Girl hawker sells small packets of chewing gum to passing motorists and "obruni tourists" (Twi language means "white man" - they don't discriminate Asians - your'e either black or not black!) in the former British slave-trading town of Kumasi, 250 km inland from the Atlantic coast, in south central Ghana in sub-Sahran Africa.
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Série: Índios do Brasil
Serie: Indigenous of the Brazil
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This old steam traction engine was originally "walked" up from Melbourne to dig earth tanks to provide stock with water. However it proved to be as costly and slow to cart water for the boiler with bullock teams as it was to use the teams themselves to dig the tanks.
The steam engine was to povide power for machine shearing in the Kinchega Woolshed until the 1920s when combustion engines took over.
Kinchega Woolshed:
Originally an early West Darling property named 'Menindel', which was first held by the explorer John McKinlay in the 1850's, was taken up by Peter McGregor and it had become known as 'Kinchega' by 1860. Burke and Wills visited it in 1860 and Kinchega's manager, William Wright, accompanied them as third in command and was blamed almost entirely for the tragedy that befell the expedition after he failed to meet the party on its return to Cooper's Creek.
In 1870 the station was sold by George Urquhart in 1870 to Herbert Bristow Hughes. Hughes had two river steamers built in England to service the station named the 'Jandra' and the 'Nile'. Steam engines were installed in 1875 and by 1875 'Kinchega' was running 75,000 sheep and its boundary extended beyond the southern end of the Barrier Ranges. It is during this period that the present shed came into being. Kinchega Station remained in the Hughes family for almost a century. In 1883 when Kinchega was at its peak the property was running 160,000 sheep and employed 73 men.
In 1967 Kinchega Woolshed became part of Kinchega National Park, by that time it is estimated that six million sheep had passed through the shed.
In 2018 the fate of Kinchega National Park (KNP) is in the hands of water managers. KNP borders the Tandou irrigation property where the federal Agriculture Department paid $78m for water rights in 2017. The park, which contains half of Lake Menindee, is one of at least four sanctuaries in the Murray-Darling Basin where OEH face being overrideen by other demands, such as by irrigation, environmentalists claim. About 28% of KNP is wetland and OEH have 'no control over water' says Richard Kingsford, Professor of Environmental Science, UNSW.
Source: New South Wales Heritage Register.
.... Stand with Indigenous & First Nations, as we all grapple with the horrifying discovery of the remains of hundreds of children in unmarked mass graves at former Indigenous residential schools .... Shortly after Canadian Confederation in 1867, the new nation of Canada inherited the treaties signed between Great Britain and the First Nations of Canada. The first Prime Minister of Canada, John A. Macdonald, was faced with a country with disparate cultures and identities and wanted to forge a new Canadian identity to unite the country and ensure its survival. It was Macdonald's goal to absorb the First Nations into the general population of Canada and extinguish their culture. In 1878, he commissioned Nicholas Flood Davin to write a report about residential schools in the United States. One year later, Davin reported that only residential schools could separate aboriginal children from their parents and culture and cause them "to be merged and lost" within the nation. Davin argued that the government should work with Christian churches to open these schools.
The schools aimed to eliminate Indigenous language and culture and replace it with English language and Christian beliefs. Beginning in 1883, the government began funding Indian residential schools across Canada, which were run primarily by the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Church. When the separation of children from their parents was resisted, the government responded by making school attendance compulsory in 1894 and empowered the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to seize children from reserves and bring them to the residential schools. When parents came to take their children away from the schools, the pass system was created, banning Indigenous people from leaving their reserve without a "pass" from an Indian agent. Conditions at the schools were rough as schools were underfunded and disease was rampant. Chief medical officer Peter Bryce wrote a report on the high mortality rates at the schools in 1906, ranging between 30 and 60 percent. After his forced retirement from the public service, he published the report in 1922, causing a public scandal. Many schools did not communicate the news of the deaths of students to the students' families, burying the children in unmarked graves. In many schools, sexual abuse was common, and students were forced to work to help raise money for the school. Students were beaten for speaking their indigenous languages.
By the 1950s, the government began to relax restrictions on the First Nations of Canada and began to work towards shutting the schools down. In 1969, the government seized control of the residential schools from the churches and by the 1980s, only a few schools remained open, with the last school closing in 1996 .... *EVERY CHILD MATTERS* - Logo created by Andy Everson, an artist from K’ómoks First Nation in British Columbia. .... *PAINTING* - 'The Scream' - 2016 acrylic on board 61 x 91.4 cm (24" x 36") .... Artist - Kent Monkman .... Dark history evoked in vividly painted life: red-coated Mounties and robe-clad nuns and priests wrest native children of all ages from the desperate arms of their terrorized parents; black clouds gather above a prefab house. In the background, more children run for the woods, as though for their lives ....
I met Bianca at the Yabun festival in Camperdown. Here she is performing a spiritual dance which involved water. If you look carefully, you will see small water droplets around her face which barely catch the light. The original picture was shot against a darker background which had some distracting elements so I removed them. I then converted to black and white and applied a blue filter to darken the skin tones. Finally, I adjusted the contrasts to achieve this effect.
Bianca is a proud Cabrogal woman of the Darug Nation.
The Darug are a group descending from an indigenous Australian people of that name, which shares strong ties of kinship and, in pre-colonial times, survived as skilled hunters in family groups or clans scattered throughout much of what is modern-day Sydney.
REFORD GARDENS | LES JARDINS DE MÉTIS
Beautiful flowers at Reford Gardens.
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From Wikipedia:
Elsie Stephen Meighen - born January 22, 1872, Perth, Ontario - and Robert Wilson Reford - born in 1867, Montreal - got married on June 12, 1894.
Elsie Reford was a pioneer of Canadian horticulture, creating one of the largest private gardens in Canada on her estate, Estevan Lodge in eastern Québec. Located in Grand-Métis on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, her gardens have been open to the public since 1962 and operate under the name Les Jardins de Métis and Reford Gardens.
Born January 22, 1872 at Perth, Ontario, Elsie Reford was the eldest of three children born to Robert Meighen and Elsie Stephen. Coming from modest backgrounds themselves, Elsie’s parents ensured that their children received a good education. After being educated in Montreal, she was sent to finishing school in Dresden and Paris, returning to Montreal fluent in both German and French, and ready to take her place in society.
She married Robert Wilson Reford on June 12, 1894. She gave birth to two sons, Bruce in 1895 and Eric in 1900. Robert and Elsie Reford were, by many accounts, an ideal couple. In 1902, they built a house on Drummond Street in Montreal. They both loved the outdoors and they spend several weeks a year in a log cabin they built at Lac Caribou, south of Rimouski. In the autumn they hunted for caribou, deer, and ducks. They returned in winter to ski and snowshoe. Elsie Reford also liked to ride. She had learned as a girl and spent many hours riding on the slopes of Mount Royal. And of course, there was salmon-fishing – a sport at which she excelled.
In her day, she was known for her civic, social, and political activism. She was engaged in philanthropic activities, particularly for the Montreal Maternity Hospital and she was also the moving force behind the creation of the Women’s Canadian Club of Montreal, the first women club in Canada. She believed it important that the women become involved in debates over the great issues of the day, « something beyond the local gossip of the hour ». Her acquaintance with Lord Grey, the Governor-General of Canada from 1904 to 1911, led to her involvement in organizing, in 1908, Québec City’s tercentennial celebrations. The event was one of many to which she devoted herself in building bridges with French-Canadian community.
During the First World War, she joined her two sons in England and did volunteer work at the War Office, translating documents from German into English. After the war, she was active in the Victorian Order of Nurses, the Montreal Council of Social Agencies, and the National Association of Conservative Women.
In 1925 at the age of 53 years, Elsie Reford was operated for appendicitis and during her convalescence, her doctor counselled against fishing, fearing that she did not have the strength to return to the river.”Why not take up gardening?” he said, thinking this a more suitable pastime for a convalescent woman of a certain age. That is why she began laying out the gardens and supervising their construction. The gardens would take ten years to build, and would extend over more than twenty acres.
Elsie Reford had to overcome many difficulties in bringing her garden to life. First among them were the allergies that sometimes left her bedridden for days on end. The second obstacle was the property itself. Estevan was first and foremost a fishing lodge. The site was chosen because of its proximity to a salmon river and its dramatic views – not for the quality of the soil.
To counter-act nature’s deficiencies, she created soil for each of the plants she had selected, bringing peat and sand from nearby farms. This exchange was fortuitous to the local farmers, suffering through the Great Depression. Then, as now, the gardens provided much-needed work to an area with high unemployment. Elsie Reford’s genius as a gardener was born of the knowledge she developed of the needs of plants. Over the course of her long life, she became an expert plantsman. By the end of her life, Elsie Reford was able to counsel other gardeners, writing in the journals of the Royal Horticultural Society and the North American Lily Society. Elsie Reford was not a landscape architect and had no training of any kind as a garden designer. While she collected and appreciated art, she claimed no talents as an artist.
Elsie Stephen Reford died at her Drummond Street home on November 8, 1967 in her ninety-sixth year.
In 1995, the Reford Gardens ("Jardins de Métis") in Grand-Métis were designated a National Historic Site of Canada, as being an excellent Canadian example of the English-inspired garden.(Wikipedia)
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LES JARDINS DE MÉTIS
Créés par Elsie Reford de 1926 à 1958, ces jardins témoignent de façon remarquable de l’art paysager à l’anglaise. Disposés dans un cadre naturel, un ensemble de jardins exhibent fleurs vivaces, arbres et arbustes. Le jardin des pommetiers, les rocailles et l’Allée royale évoquent l’œuvre de cette dame passionnée d’horticulture. Agrémenté d’un ruisseau et de sentiers sinueux, ce site jouit d’un microclimat favorable à la croissance d’espèces uniques au Canada. Les pavots bleus et les lis, privilégiés par Mme Reford, y fleurissent toujours et contribuent , avec d’autres plantes exotiques et indigènes, à l’harmonie de ces lieux.
Created by Elsie Reford between 1926 and 1958, these gardens are an inspired example of the English art of the garden. Woven into a natural setting, a series of gardens display perennials, trees and shrubs. A crab-apple orchard, a rock garden, and the Long Walk are also the legacy of this dedicated horticulturist. A microclimate favours the growth of species found nowhere else in Canada, while the stream and winding paths add to the charm. Elsie Reford’s beloved blue poppies and lilies still bloom and contribute, with other exotic and indigenous plants, to the harmony of the site.
Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.
Gouvernement du Canada – Government of Canada
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These young Indigenous women helped organise a rally in support of the families of First Nations peoples whose children were stolen from them and placed in what are ironically called "residential schools" that operated in Canada from 1838 until as recently as 1996. These schools were designed to assimilate First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, aged 4-16, into "western" civilisation.
In essence, they were concentration camps in which these children were abused, undernourished, fed rotting food and received little to no health care if they became sick. An unknown number died and they are slowly being discovered in unmarked graves. Most often, families were not informed their children had died. The total discovered so far has been 1148. These schools were financed by the federal government and administered by "christian churches".
This is a shameful period of Canada's history and all Canadians should be disgusted, outraged and angered by this, for all intents and purposes, government and religious genocide. There have been calls to prosecute the government, as well as the christian churches for crimes against humanity.
DANCING WITH PLANTS IN THE CITY / BAILANDO CON PLANTAS EN LA CIUDAD
Nataliya Andru, Kroton & Areca
Bi-Hemispheric Art / Arte Bi-Hemisferico
Honevo Photo
The church is valued for its decoration in what is called folk or indigenous Baroque. The church was initially built in the 16th century and developed over four phases until the 19th century. At the end of the 17th century, it had its basic layout, cupola, sacristy and main altar. At this time its intricate stucco work was begun. The first phase of construction began in the 16th century, with a small sanctuary, whose vestiges are located just north of the current church. The first church on this spot was built in the middle of the 16th century with a simple nave and façade, now destroyed. The second phase began at the end of the 17th century and beginning of the 18th, when the bell tower, cupola, basic layout and a small sacristy were built. Decorative stucco work was also done on the apse. The third phase covers most of the 18th century when the structure was completed, expanding the nave, leaving the tower within it, and a new façade. The last phase covers the 19th and early 20th centuries, when the final details were finished. These details include pre-Hispanic elements such as dark skinned angels, others with blond hair and blue eyes, niches with headdresses, tropical fruits and ears of corn. This area was sacred to Tonantzin, the mother goddess, and the Spanish replaced her with an image of the Virgin Mary.
seen at the Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery during the Saltwater Freshwater Festival. I don't know the name of the artist.
Juvenile European Cat Snake (Telescopus fallax). Probably in search of Turkish Gecko, this Cat Snake was reported to me and had fallen down a well with no means of escape. I rescued it using a long stick which it obligingly slithered up. After a few photographs it was released immediately in the vicinity. Whether indigenous or naturalised, every Maltese Islands' snake is precious and are protected under law. Photo by Nick Dobbs, Malta 23-04-18
Indigenous inhabitants of one of the floating islands in Lake Titicaca greet a tour group from Puno, Peru.
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Indigenous Purepecha Artisans from Michoacan, Mexico selling their large pit fired pots by the Malecon (lakeshore promenade) in Ajijic village.
Texture by SkeletalMess!
People from the indigenous Khasia tribe live in villages right along the Indian border west of Jaflong, Bangladesh.
"To laugh often and much;
to win the respect of the intelligent people and the affection of children;
to earn the appreciation of honest critics
and endure the betrayal of false friends;
to appreciate beauty;
to find the best in others;
to leave the world a bit better
whether by a healthy child,
a garden patch,
or a redeemed social condition;
to know that one life has breathed easier
because you lived here.
This is to have succeeded."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Peru is a magical destination, abundant with ancient ruins dating back to the Incas.
Peru is the third largest country in South America, after Brazil and Argentina.
Arequipa is the colonial-era capital of Peru’s Arequipa Region. Framed by 3 volcanoes, it's filled with baroque buildings constructed from sillar, a white volcanic stone. Its historic center is anchored by the Plaza de Armas, a stately main square flanked on its north by the 17th-century neoclassical Basilica Cathedral, which houses a museum displaying religious objects and artwork.
Peru is a diverse and culturally rich country located on the western coast of South America. Known for its stunning landscapes, it boasts the Andes mountains, the Amazon rainforest, and breathtaking coastal regions. Peru is home to the ancient Inca civilization and features remarkable archaeological sites, including the famous Machu Picchu, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
The country has a vibrant cultural scene, blending indigenous traditions with Spanish colonial influences.
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Schönbrunn Palace - History
Already in the 14th century was here a plot of land with buildings. The property was then called 'Katterburg', included a mill and a public house with wine and was in possession of the Klosterneuburg (small city in Lower Austria) Monastery. Over time the property was extended and by 1548 of Mayor Bayer to a manor expanded.
In 1569 the Habsburg Maximilian II purchased the property. His goal was primarily to build a zoo, which mainly consisted of indigenous poultry and wild game. After Maximilian's death in 1576 the Katterburg went into the possession of Rudolph II. In 1605, Hungarian troops destroyed the garden of Katterburg which was then only provisionally repaired. Namesake of Schönbrunn should have been Emperor Matthias, who while hunting on the premises discovered a source in 1612 which spawned crystal clear water.
The Katterburg about 1672
This fountain was so beautiful that he should give the property the future name. Emperor Ferdinand II, the successor Matthias', spent as a passionate hunter a lot of time in Schonbrunn. When he died spent his widow Eleonora Gonzaga, who was also very attached to the Jägertum (passion for hunting) a lot of time in Schönbrunn and indulged from then on a rich social life. This soon demanded a more representative environment as it was the old Katterburg, so she in 1642 had built a castle, whose name Schöbrunn in the same year for the first time was recorded in a document. At the same time she had also the garden broadened and expanded, often offering room for business meetings.
During the second Turkish siege in 1683 the grounds and Gebäulichkeiten (old buildings) were largely destroyed, whereupon the Emperor Leopold I., who acquired the plant in 1686, for his successor Joseph I wanted to have constructed a new building of the castle. For this project, the architect Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach was consulted, which submitted a draft in 1688 to prove his architectural skills. Then Fischer von Erlach was hired immediately and has since worked for the court and nobility. Finally, he was commissioned in 1693 by Leopold I to design a concrete blueprint for the castle. Three years later with the construction was begone, and in the spring of 1700 the central wing was completed and habitable. As a result of the Spanish war of succession arose financial gaps, which greatly slowed the progress of construction of the side wings. And when Joseph died suddenly, they were discontinued altogether. In the coming years the unfinished palace served the Wilhelmine Amalie as a widow seat.
Emperor Charles VI. bought the chateau in 1728 with the baroque garden. However, he remained there merely for pheasant hunting. Therefore, he gave the whole castle to his daughter Maria Theresa, who has since always had a heart for the Palace Schönbrunn. This meant the beginning of the first heyday of Schönbrunn Palace. End of 1742, construction work on the castle was resumed and led to the great complex as it is found today. Maria Theresa engaged the experienced architect Nikolaus Pacassi for the management of construction. 1745 the new palais chapel was opened which still completely was based on the plans of Fischer von Erlach. In the following year, already could be moved into the residential and audience spaces in the east wing. Thus, the completion went on until an extension of the castle was needed because the imperial family experienced brisk growth. Between the main floor and the upper floors a mezzanine was inserted with living spaces for the imperial children. The baroque garden was subjected to strict symmetrical order, which was particularly manifested in the application of the flower beds and paths. The beds were in large part made of boxwood and were lined with colorful stones. The plant was like a carpet with rich ornaments.
It was Maria Theresa's desire to accommodate a castle theater in the building. It found its place in the northern courtyard wing and was opened in 1747. The Empress herself namely was a talented singer, and also her children were involved artistically at New Castle Theatre appearing themselves as singers and actors. Yet shortly after 1750, Maria Theresa had to expand the castle one more time, as the imperial family had grown again. In the west wing arose another mezzanine, now leading to the outer appearance of the castle, representing a symmetry and thus the facade could finally be completed. Here ended the first renovation phase.
The second renovation phase was less object of spatial extensions, because rather were made changes to existing premises. The big and the small gallery received a vaulted ceiling with lavish stucco of Albert Bolla and huge frescoes by Gregorio Guglielmi. The result was a masterpiece of Rococo. The neighboring rooms were of a similar standard, and nowhere with rocaille, mirrors, tapestries, paintings, and other precious decorative elements was economized. From 1753 Franz Stephan in the Hietzinger area of the castle park had laid out the so-called Dutch garden, in which arose an extensive collection of exotic plants, which should serve scientific purposes.
Another phase of equipment activities began after the death of Emperor Franz I. Stephan in 1765, Maria Theresa profoundly affecting. In order to express her grief and to commemorate her late husband, she had in the eastern wing numerous rooms equipped to Memorial rooms. In doing so, to her nothing was too expensive, and so arose richly decorated rooms with precious lacquer panels, specially acquired wood panelings from distant lands, finest fabric upholstery and many other exclusivities.
One last important phase of expansion began in the 70s of the 18th century, as Empress Maria Theresa had the gardens by the court architect Johann Ferdinand Hetzendorf of Hohenberg expanded.
Under his leadership, the Gloriette, the monumental Fountain of Neptune, the Roman artificial ruin, the Obelisk, the avenues and all the places and ways with the countless statues and sculptures, mainly originating from Wilhelm Beyer emerged. The design of the whole complex was until shortly before Maria Theresa's death in 1780 under way. From 1779 on, the park was open to the public. After that, the castle stood empty except for the years 1805 and 1809, in which Napoleon Schönbrunn occupied. After the Congress of Vienna in the years 1814/15 came up renewals, which were urgently needed. The facade was given according to plans by Johann Adam a completely new face: He removed the exuberant Rococo paneling and gave the castle its present appearance.
Another golden age began for Schönbrunn when Emperor Franz Joseph I in 1848 took over the Austrian rule. Schönbrunn was in fact already in his childhood his favorite. He inhabited as Emperor the premises of the West Wing, where he remained throughout his life. Except for the audience rooms, the rooms were refurbished in Franz Joseph's living area.
With a comparatively sober and simple setup of bourgeois character they were provided, which enables to conclude on Franz Joseph's personality. Even with the marriage and the arrival of Elisabeth of Bavaria ("Sisi" or the "Sissi") and on the occasion of the later family growth extensive device-specific changes have been made, yet much remained from the time of Maria Theresa. On the occasion of the World Exhibition in Vienna in 1873 even a large part has been restored. Extensive renovations, extensions and additions to the Maria Theresa Rococo style were made mainly to the galleries and to the premises in the east wing. The Dutch garden was transformed into an English garden and in it in the years 1880-82 was built the famous Palm House, a huge building made of glass and iron. Now, the final face of Schönbrunn was created, as it is known today throughout the world.
He was one of five traditional owners of Arnhem Land protesting outside Paltar HQ against their coal seam gas exploration.
Arnhem Land, off the coast of the Northern Territory, has been occupied by indigenous people for thousands of years. It is the biggest Aboriginal freehold area in Australia. It is a vast and remote region with spectacular escarpments, rock art, flood plains, animal life, beaches, mangrove wetlands and plant life. Most of it is closed to the independent traveller and access is by limited permit only to Gurig National Park.
Yirrkala, an indigenous community in Arnhem Land, is home to members of the indigenous rock band Yothu Yindi.
Martin Place, Sydney, Australia (Friday 19 July 2013 @ 12:04pm)
Texture courtesy of Skeletal Mess
The first non-indigenous person to set sight on Emerald Lake was Canadian guide Tom Wilson, who stumbled upon it by accident in 1882 while tracking a string of horses that had gotten away. "For a few moments I sat on my horse and enjoyed the rare, peaceful beauty of the scene". It was Wilson who gave the lake its name because of its remarkable color. However, this was not the first time Wilson had named a lake “Emerald”. Earlier that same year he had discovered another lake which he had given the same name, and that name even appeared briefly on the official map. This first lake however, was shortly renamed Lake Louise.
The CPR built the original guest lodge in 1902. By the mid-1920s the lodge had been expanded and road improvements made it possible to reach the resort by car. The lake area is now an access point to the Walcott Quarry of the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale, bearing the famous Phyllopod beds.
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Yanomami indigenous people. Woman breast-feeds young monkey. Amazon rain forest, state: Roraima, Brazil.
Big Bull Falls Bluesfest 2013 Wausau, Wisconsin
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The Himba (singular: OmuHimba, plural: OvaHimba) are indigenous peoples with an estimated ... Women and girls take care of the children, and one woman or girl will take care of another woman's children. The men are often away from home for extended periods of time tending cattle and atending tribal meetings etc.
This Indigenous woman is acknowledging a rally taking place on the traditional hereditary lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation of the Anishinaabek Peoples, upon which the city of Guelph is built.
There were about 1000 people in attendance at this rally in downtown Guelph, to honour the children who lost their lives in residential schools and those survivors of these horrific institutions. Key roads were cordoned off by city police.
There are over 630 First Nations' communities in Canada representing over 50 different First Nations people and 50 different Indigenous languages. Some people refer to the continent of North America as Turtle Island, based on an Indigenous creation story.