Friday, January 18, 2013

CHICANONAUTICA GOES TO THE WORLD WIDE WILD WEST SHOW




Chicanonautica, over at La Blogagets chased by the ghost of Buffalo Bill to the World Wide Wild West Show. And look at the video extras I found:

Who would have thought that there was a song about Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, written by Ernest Hogan, Father of Ragtime, for his 1907 Broadway play, The Oyster Man?


The Indian attack leapt from the Wild West show to the western movie. We haven't seen a lot of it in recent decades, but here's a 21st century variation from England:


Shades of Vargas Llosa's The Storyteller, there are still uncontacted tribes out there, though governments don't want to believe in them:


Be careful when seeking spiritual enlightenment in places like Sedona, Arizona:


And of course, these days, even cowboy culture has been translated into native languages:


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