| Yonder, yonder the fair rainbow,
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| | only the finest quality work is
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| See the rainbow brightly decked and
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| | represented. Visitors have the
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| painted!
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| | satisfaction of knowing that the profits
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| Now the swallow bringeth glad news to
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| | from all purchases go directly to the
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| your corn...
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| | native craftspeople.
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| Zuni corn-grinding song.
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| | During the summer the center proudly
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| The rainbow, with its auspicious blending
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| | features Indian dances. The dances are
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| of colors, is the harbinger of good
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| | wonderfully dexterous displays of
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| fortune in many cultures. This is
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| | colorful ancient skills.
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| especially true of the native tribes in
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| | The museum also boasts a restaurant that
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| the rain-starved areas of the American
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| | serves first class native Indian food at
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| southwest.
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| | very reasonable prices.
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| Its the rainbow-like blending of cultures
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| | Visitors traveling between Albuquerque
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| - Native Indian, Spanish and
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| | and beautiful Sante Fe, the state capital
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| Anglo-American - that enhances the "land
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| | 100 kilometers (60 miles) to the north,
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| of enchantment," the state of New Mexico.
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| | should avoid the freeway and travel on
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| Each culture has made a discernible
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| | Highway 14, the "Turquoise Trail."
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| contribution to the state's food, music,
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| | A side trip to the 3,255 meter (10,678ft)
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| religion, art, architecture, traditions
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| | high Sandia Crest is a must. From the
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| and attitudes.
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| | summit's observation deck one has a
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| The native tribes of the southwest
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| | 360-degree view encompassing 28,500
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| manifest an admirable pride in their
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| | square kilometers (11,000 square miles).
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| culture and heritage and nowhere is that
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| | Sandia Peak, just below the crest, boasts
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| pride more in evidence than in the Indian
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| | fabulous ski-ing and is directly
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| Pueblo Cultural Center in the state's
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| | accessible from Albuquerque via a
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| largest city, Albuquerque (population,
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| | 4.3-kilometer (2.7 miles) aerial tramway,
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| 500,000). Owned and operated by the
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| | the world's longest.
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| Pueblo Tribes of New Mexico, the museum
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| | Back on Highway 14 visitors will travel
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| exhibits a vast collection that traces
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| | through a series of old ghost towns that
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| the development of the pueblo culture.
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| | have recently been reclaimed and settled
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| The center is the richest resource for
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| | by artists and craftspeople. One such
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| the study of America's first inhabitants
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| | town, Cerrillos, supported 21 saloons and
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| in the southwest.
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| | four hotels at its peak in the 1880s. The
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| The lower level of the museum tells the
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| | inhabitants were ranchers and the miners
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| story of the Pueblo Indians from
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| | who extracted gold, silver, lead, zinc
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| prehistoric times to the present through
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| | and some of the world's finest turquoise
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| displays of ancient artifacts. The upper
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| | - hence the "Turquoise" Trail - from the
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| level is divided into 19 alcoves, one for
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| | nearby hills. Now Cerrillos remains a
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| each of the region's pueblo tribes,
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| | picturesque reminder of the Old West and
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| explaining their culture through their
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| | has in fact been the setting for several
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| art and crafts.
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| | western movies.
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| Officials of the center point with
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| | Shakespeare may not have approved of
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| particular pride to their collection of
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| | adding "another hue unto the rainbow",
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| original paintings, sculptures, pottery,
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| | but the "Turquoise" trail adds
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| jewelry, musical instruments and woven
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| | immeasurably to the already colorful
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| rugs. They emphasize that strict
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| | spectrum known as New Mexico.
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| standards are applied to every entry and
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