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Food & Drink: Most menus feature tortillas, which are flat discs of Mexican bread made of wheat flour or cornmeal and baked on a hot dry griddle. Native American fry-bread is deep-fried wheat bread, often eaten with honey or served as the base of a Navajo taco. Another speciality, the sopaipilla, is a piece of wheat bread that puffs when deep fried. An enchilada is meat and cheese, spread on or rolled in a corn tortilla and smothered with green or red chilli sauce. Burritos are meat, beans and diced potatoes wrapped in a flour tortilla, sometimes smothered in hot sauce and cheese. Chile rellenos are whole green chiles, stuffed with cheese, battered and fried.
Theatre & Concerts: Santa Fe has an active theatre scene and lively music venues with top-class acts. The Santa Fe Opera performs beneath the stars against a beautiful mountain backdrop. In Albuquerque, performing arts range from ballet to Spanish folk operetta, and from medieval music to barbershop choruses.
Shopping: Silver jewellery is a great buy. Native American craftsmen often use turquoise streaked with threads of silver or gold. Other popular gemstones include coral, lapis lazuli (dark blue), malachite (green), jet and pink shell. A small animal shape carved from stone is called a ‘fetish’, and may be strung with beads on a necklace. Each pueblo has characteristic styles and colours of pottery ranging from brightly coloured pots to plain clay ones. Other special buys include Navajo rugs; wooden dolls; retablos, which are wooden boards painted with an image of Christ or a saint; and painted carvings called bultos.
Sport: The high mountains and dry air make for great downhill and cross-country skiing. There are nine major skiing areas in the State. Horseracing is also popular and six racetracks offer up to 300 days of races each year. For those who enjoy horse riding, there are many dude ranches and riding stables located across New Mexico. Hiking or exploring underground caverns are other options, as is whitewater rafting on the Rio Grande or Rio Chama. Mountain streams and well-stocked lakes are perfect for fishing.
Special Events: The following is a selection of events taking place in 2003: Mar 7-9 National Fiery Foods Show, Albuquerque. March 19 St Joseph’s Feast Day, Laguna Pueblo. Apr American Indian Week, Albuquerque. Apr 24-26 Gathering of Nations Pow Wow, Albuquerque. May Taos Spring Arts Celebration, Taos. May 1 Feast Day, San Felipe Pueblo. May 2-4 Civil War Weekend, El Rancho de las Golondinas. Jun Rodeo de Santa Fe. Jun 1-Jul 31 Summerfest, Albuquerque. Jun 29-Aug 25 Santa Fe Opera Season. Jul Cultural Encounters on the Santa Fe Trail; Spanish Market Show and Sale, Santa Fe; Eight Northern Pueblos Arts & Crafts Show. Jul 4-5 UFO Encounter, Roswell. Aug Mountain Man Trade Fair and Rendezvous, Santa Fe; Indian Market, Santa Fe. Aug 5-10 82nd Annual Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial, Gallup. Sep Santa Fe Fiesta; New Mexico State Fair, Albuquerque. Sep 19-21 International Bat Festival, Carlsbad. Oct 4-12 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, Albuquerque. Oct 10-12 Lincoln County Cowboy Symposium, Ruidoso. Nov 14-16 Festival of the Cranes, Socorro. Dec 3-7 Santa Fe Film Festival.
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