Comments on: Gauchos in Argentina http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/gauchos-in-argentina-travel.htm Listening to The Voice Within Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:41:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Gloria http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/gauchos-in-argentina-travel.htm#comment-35103 Gloria Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:56:34 +0000 http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/gauchos-in-argentina-travel.htm#comment-35103 Jacqueline, I will invite you over next time I make yerba mate tea. We can share the bambilla! Jacqueline, I will invite you over next time I make yerba mate tea. We can share the bambilla!

]]> By: Gloria http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/gauchos-in-argentina-travel.htm#comment-35102 Gloria Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:54:50 +0000 http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/gauchos-in-argentina-travel.htm#comment-35102 This is fascinating, Joyce! Thank you. This is fascinating, Joyce! Thank you.

]]> By: Joyce http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/gauchos-in-argentina-travel.htm#comment-35100 Joyce Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:25:21 +0000 http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/gauchos-in-argentina-travel.htm#comment-35100 No, Gloria, I am not going to the festival, partly because we are having a heat wave and Fallbrook is a very hot place anyway. But did you know that the body of a sitar is made from a large gourd? And the Africans play a harplike instrument called the kora which is also made from a gourd. You can hear (and see) people playing it on YouTube. Its sound reminds me of a sitar. No, Gloria, I am not going to the festival, partly because we are having a heat wave and Fallbrook is a very hot place anyway. But did you know that the body of a sitar is made from a large gourd? And the Africans play a harplike instrument called the kora which is also made from a gourd. You can hear (and see) people playing it on YouTube. Its sound reminds me of a sitar.

]]> By: Jacqueline http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/gauchos-in-argentina-travel.htm#comment-35093 Jacqueline Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:28:48 +0000 http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/gauchos-in-argentina-travel.htm#comment-35093 Gloria, The photo is interesting. I'll have to watch you drinking from your straw. This will prepare you for your new life in Capilla. Gloria, The photo is interesting. I’ll have to watch you drinking from your straw. This will prepare you for your new life in Capilla.

]]> By: One http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/gauchos-in-argentina-travel.htm#comment-35028 One Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:43:25 +0000 http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/gauchos-in-argentina-travel.htm#comment-35028 Traditionally mate was sipped using a bamboo straw like the one above. The gourd can balance perfectly on it's own. It has a flat bottom. Another one of natures miracles. It's like Mother Nature said, "Here drink from me, through me and drink me." The beauty is in the drinking. The metal bombillas tend to get hot. Yerba Mate is drunk with very hot water, usually kept in a flask. The metal bombillas helps discharge some of the heat from the water. I like the bamboo. The Guarani people, simmered their water with La Pacho shavings and used this brew to drink the yerba. The two have a synergistic effect on the body. In the company I work in, organic Yerba Mate is always available for the team! Senora, ecologically grown yerba prepared in a gourd and drunk through a bamboo bombilla is heavenly. It's the perfect drink to have when working in front of the computer. One Love Traditionally mate was sipped using a bamboo straw like the one above. The gourd can balance perfectly on it’s own. It has a flat bottom. Another one of natures miracles. It’s like Mother Nature said, “Here drink from me, through me and drink me.”

The beauty is in the drinking.

The metal bombillas tend to get hot. Yerba Mate is drunk with very hot water, usually kept in a flask. The metal bombillas helps discharge some of the heat from the water. I like the bamboo.

The Guarani people, simmered their water with La Pacho shavings and used this brew to drink the yerba. The two have a synergistic effect on the body.

In the company I work in, organic Yerba Mate is always available for the team!

Senora, ecologically grown yerba prepared in a gourd and drunk through a bamboo bombilla is heavenly. It’s the perfect drink to have when working in front of the computer.

One Love

]]> By: Gloria http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/gauchos-in-argentina-travel.htm#comment-35021 Gloria Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:51:28 +0000 http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/gauchos-in-argentina-travel.htm#comment-35021 Where have I been all my life! How do you know all this, Sally, and, Joyce, are you going to the festival? Where have I been all my life!

How do you know all this, Sally, and, Joyce, are you going to the festival?

]]> By: sally http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/gauchos-in-argentina-travel.htm#comment-35019 sally Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:13:59 +0000 http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/gauchos-in-argentina-travel.htm#comment-35019 The metal straw is called a Bombilla. I think the gourd in the photo is resting on mate. The metal straw is called a Bombilla. I think the gourd in the photo is resting on mate.

]]> By: Joyce http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/gauchos-in-argentina-travel.htm#comment-35017 Joyce Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:53:48 +0000 http://www.godwriting.org/godwriting/gauchos-in-argentina-travel.htm#comment-35017 We are having a gourd arts festival in Fallbrook, CA this weekend. They grow the gourds that can be used to make all sorts of beautiful bowls and things. We are having a gourd arts festival in Fallbrook, CA this weekend. They grow the gourds that can be used to make all sorts of beautiful bowls and things.

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