Dia de los Muertos is a Mexican festival, dating back to the Aztecs. The three days are spent celebrating and honoring friends and family who are dead. It embodies a happy sense of lineage and connection.
Rhinos are completely familiar with this sort of acknowledgment for family. Ours is a rich and varied history, and We are aware of the privilege of Being Rhino.
Maybe it all relates to a Sense of Gratitude.
As with other holidays, Halloween supplies enough Sugar to put any critter into Overload. Even Us.
Of course, it does not mean Rhinos avoid these festivities, but they do take a toll.
Jittery, that’s how We get.
Talk about an occasion that depends on First Impressions! Seriously.
From all of Us at Your inner Rhino, TRICK or TREAT!
There is a tradition of Witches riding about on Brooms at Halloween, cackling madly. Picturesque, We grant you.
But let Us slow down: Rhinos are big. As in very Big. Transportation by Twig? It sounds so Unlikely, no matter how much Imagination We bring to the topic.
Brooms? Good luck with that. Find another Customer.
Old Rhino Slogan: The Critter that Cackles last, Cackles best.
Bwa-Ha Ha HaHaaaaaaaaaaaa. Or something along those lines…
What? You thought maybe this stuff grows on trees?
Your Inner Rhino, setting the record straight.
Oooooh-OOOOOO-OOH-ooooooooooooooee-hee-heee.
Etc.
Any minute now it will be Halloween. And that means What?
That’s right: Get it in gear!
When deciding to get a grip on Reality, there is no better place to focus on then “Here”. Obviously.
That’s because anywhere else, or anywhen else, or even anyone else would have a different point of view, a different take on what was what… and where it was doing that ‘what’.
No, Rhinos are more content with Here. and Now. And frankly, it takes all the wits We have to absorb This!
The Can-Can (see Oct. 21, below) was hot stuff in its day, but in time gave way to the Hootchy-Kootchy, a dance based loosely on the Belly Dance of Egypt and Arabia. Unlike the athleticism of the Can-Can, the Hootchy-Kootchy emphasizes the Gyrations of the hips and spine in such a way as to Inspire the Viewer.
The Hoothchy-Kootchiste, usually a soloist, Undulates, Wriggles and Jiggles to Sinuous Music. Everyone has a Good Time. Interestingly, much modern/social dance reflects influences of the Hootchy-Kootchy, though it seldom gets the credit it deserves.
However for Rhinos, We achieve the same hypnotic Fascination via Scent. And a Very Dynamic Effect it renders on our behalf. No joke.
Your Inner Rhino 