The bird I've been seeing outside for two days is not some odd species. It is a Leucistic male House Sparrow. Instead of a black cap , his's a striking white. Leucism is when an animal gets spots of, or in total, lack of pigmentation , It is not Albanism as it has no effect on eye pigmentation. So a lil' birdy taught me a big wurb.
From Wiki Random button- " Ichapekene Piesta is a festival - While the festival is only officially four days long, celebrations begin in May with fireworks and songs of worship and continue into July with daily & nightly festivals that include a variety of kinds of religious celebrations. The festival is syncretic, mixing elements of the indigenous Mojeño culture with the Jesuit evangelism of Catholicism through the missions of Moxos.One of the most important events is the dance of the Machateros (or Chipiperono in the indigenous language), where men wearing wide headdresses adorned with feathers perform a dance with a wooden machete. It is believed that wearing the feathers invokes the soul of the bird, and therefore the sun, so the Machateros are often considered as sun warriors. Some also see the feathers and solar imagery as a reference to Jesus's resurrection and ascent into the heavens.[3] A central component of the dance and the festival itself is the evocation and " Mystery
The bird I've been seeing outside for two days is not some odd species. It is a Leucistic male House Sparrow. Instead of a black cap , his's a striking white. Leucism is when an animal gets spots of, or in total, lack of pigmentation , It is not Albanism as it has no effect on eye pigmentation. So a lil' birdy taught me a big wurb.
From Wiki Random button- " Ichapekene Piesta is a festival - While the festival is only officially four days long, celebrations begin in May with fireworks and songs of worship and continue into July with daily & nightly festivals that include a variety of kinds of religious celebrations. The festival is syncretic, mixing elements of the indigenous Mojeño culture with the Jesuit evangelism of Catholicism through the missions of Moxos.One of the most important events is the dance of the Machateros (or Chipiperono in the indigenous language), where men wearing wide headdresses adorned with feathers perform a dance with a wooden machete. It is believed that wearing the feathers invokes the soul of the bird, and therefore the sun, so the Machateros are often considered as sun warriors. Some also see the feathers and solar imagery as a reference to Jesus's resurrection and ascent into the heavens.[3] A central component of the dance and the festival itself is the evocation and " Mystery