It's Springtime in the Americas, and the Nations have been welcoming the new season in
grand style.
SPRING! 2007:
During the first week of March, the Americas hosted a
Maize Queen pageant, along with
a
Float Building contest.
By popular vote,
Ishtar
YellowStar was proclaimed Queen of the Maize, and got the opportunity to ride in
Chicomecóatl's Float, the winning
float designed by Thea Didius. A special award for Most Humorous Float was awarded to
Dhanishta Kanishka for her
Cyber
Caveman Float.
We hope you didn't miss the
AW
Photo Matching Game which was hosted by the Americas in early March. There were 18
real life photographs of our friends here at AW to match up with their online identities.
There were no less than five contestants who guessed them all right - Sak Biyaan
ShieldJaguar, Helena Curius, Haytham Saba, MerytMaihes Osorkon and Calpurnia Caesar.
Congratulations to all! The rest of you can still play for your own entertainment, if
you'll promise not to cheat.
Festival of Fire:
There was a great turnout from all over AW for the
Tsalagi Fire Ceremony a
celebration of the coming of spring in Kituwah. Between decorating gourds, telling
stories, bringing ashes to the ceremonial mound and dancing, not to mention breakfast in
The Three Sisters Inn and
drinking in the
Purple Maize Tavern, a grand time was had by all.
Hood News:
This just in!
Moonbeam Sequoyah has been
appointed Chief of Kituwah, the Cherokee Territory, and
Gamma Roca is the new Chief of the
Ancient Pueblos.
Also,
Sak Biyaan
ShieldJaguar has been appointed our Ambassador to Hellas! Sak Biyaan has been busy
creating a grand guide to which cultures can be found in what neighborhoods in South
America.
Check it out!
Group news:
There has been most interesting archaeological news from the land of the Inca, which you
can read more about at
Tahuantinsuyu and do take time to
explore the
Museum of the
Americas for discussion of Native American art and links to current exhibits.
Best Places and Best Homes Contests:
Best Places of AW will be announced on april 1st(?) on the
The "Best Places in AncientWorlds"
Awards-thread, hopefully, as two of the judges, Corny and Aulus have been having
troubles, and we hope they will get well soon!
There's still time to to dust off your html, polish up those graphics and get your
homesite in tip top shape and take part in the Best Homes of Ancient Worlds Contest 2007
is coming! Last day to sign up is April 8th!!
Sign up here!
Coming soon:
Inti Raymi planning has started, the dates this year will be 23-24th of June; Please
contact the Americas scribes, if you'd like to volunteer to help.
The
Kituwah district is
boiling with activity. Keep an eye on the Tsalagi Moons!
AncientWorlds Decenallia is being planned too; indeed, it's 10 years since people moved
into the AncientSites community, and it's time to celebrate. Sign-up for the festivities
at the
Decenallia-thread.
And meanwhile, IRL news:
Another ‘Stonehenge’
discovered in Amazon
Sasquatch Found in
Arizona!
Ancient Solar Observatory Discovered
Discovery shows Olmecs had greater influence [than thought before]
Frog in Amber May Be 25M Years Old
