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I  enjoyed South West Trip very much on last week. We went to lot of places like a Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Flagstaff, Grand Canyon and more. But I was really impressed about Native American, especially houses, food, and dance.

Beautiful Adobe Houses
First, I was really impressed with the Native American's houses. We went to Acoma Pueblo. Pueblo means village. And this place is known as Sky City, because it located on top of a high mesa. So the view from top of village was so beautiful! And this village was built perhaps as early as 1100 AD and has been lived in since then, so over 900 years. There are lot of houses, they are made of "Adobe.” I was impressed, because I have never seen these houses before. The shape of most the houses was square and these houses have a very small window, because Adobe is very heavy. I want to live in an Adobe house, because it looks so nice! And we went to Montezuma Castle. When I saw this house, I was surprised, because this house is located in a cliff, about 80 feet up from the ground. How was it built? And how did they climb to the house? And why did they build it in a place like this? There are reasons. They escaped from US army, so they hid, and if the enemy came, they couldn’t climb to such a high height. And maybe when they climb to enter the house or down off from house by using rope. I thought Native Americans are so smart, because this house is cool during summer, and also warm during winter. So I want to live in this house too. It is sound like fun! Everything was really beautiful and interesting!



Interesting Native American Dance
Second, also I was impressed with Native American food like cactus can live 200years, and this is slow growing. It takes about 15 years to grow one foot. And takes 100 years to get to their full height! I can't believe it! And I have never seen these tall cactuses before! So I was excited to see these plant, and fruits. There are a lot of cactus food like cactus candy, cactus shake, and cactus soup. It was really interesting to me. I want to try it someday!

 






Huge Cactus
 Finally, I was impressed with the Native American dance. We went to Laguna-Acoma High School. Two boy students painted their faces black, and they wore buffalo skin. It looks like buffalo, and another girl wore white cloth with a cute butterfly. It was very interesting to me. And also the dance had very interesting moves. And another 4 boys were playing an instrument like a drum. One of them, made a sound like a flute. I have never seen a Native American dance. So I was very impressed. I was very surprised, because high school students can do traditional dance still now. So I want to them to keep it forever!






In conclusion, actually I have never seen or experienced Native American culture. So I'm really glad that I could learn a lot of Native American culture. I had a wonderful and precious experienced. I will never forget this trip!!
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