Uploads from Edgar Barany, tagged america

Desert Plant

nobody@flickr.com (Edgar Barany) — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 13:28:49 -0700

Parque Nacional Los Médanos de Coro is located in the state of Falcón, Venezuela, near the city of Coro on the road that leads to Paraguaná. The National Park was created in 1974.

The Médanos park lies on the Isthmus of Médanos and covers 91.280 hm² of desert and coastal habitat, including salt marshes. It is made up of three zones: an alluvial plain, formed by the delta of the Mitare River and some smaller streams; an aeolian plain, constituted of three type of dunes; and a littoral plain with a belt of mangrove swamps. The massive sand dunes, known as Médanos, spread over an area of approximately 5 by 30 kilometers. They can reach 40 meters in height and are constantly transformed by the unrelenting wind. Rainfall is rare, thus flora consists of little more than thorny shrubs. Fauna is likewise scarce; the park is home mainly to lizards, rabbits, anteaters, foxes, pigeons and kestrels. Visitors can wander amongst the dunes by camel (imported many years ago), and the park is easily reached by bus or taxi from Coro.

During the severe floods that struck Venezuela in December 1999 ("Vargas tragedy", being especially devastating in Vargas State), the heavy rain formed four lagoons in the dunes; a circumstance that the park guards had never witnessed before.

Tulum & Ruins

nobody@flickr.com (Edgar Barany) — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:43:36 -0800

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Tulum Beach

nobody@flickr.com (Edgar Barany) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:07:11 -0800

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Le Magnifique

nobody@flickr.com (Edgar Barany) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:57:27 -0800

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nobody@flickr.com (Edgar Barany) — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:03:20 -0700

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Sunrise over the Atlantic

nobody@flickr.com (Edgar Barany) — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:12:26 -0700

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Is not possible to sleep having this beauty outside your window

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Diablo colorido, Venezuela

nobody@flickr.com (Edgar Barany) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:46:09 -0700

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The Dancing Devils of Yare (Diablos Danzantes del Yare) is the name of a religious festivity celebrated in San Francisco de Yare, Miranda state, Venezuela, at the Corpus Christi day. The Sociedades del Santísimo (Societies of the Holiest) are in charge of the celebration. Its origins are traced back to the 18th century, being the oldest brotherhood of the American continent.

Every Corpus Christi (nine Thursdays after Holy Thursday), a ritual dance is performed by the so called "Dancing Devils", who wear colorful garments (commonly all red), layers of stripped fabric, masks of grotesque appearance and also accessories like crosses, scapulars, rosaries and other sorts of amulets.

The fraternity of the devils is divided in hierarchical order, represented in their masks.

There are other expressions of this particular festivity named according to the location, such as the Devils of Naiguatá and the Devils of Chuao.

Tulum

nobody@flickr.com (Edgar Barany) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:13:59 -0800

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Tropical farmer

nobody@flickr.com (Edgar Barany) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:11:17 -0800

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