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Even Santana Bay was involved in the great wars. The small city didn't get spared and was seized by .... A lot of the old residents ran away to a safe place and Santana Bay was in the hands of the opposite party. Unfortunately some houses were destroyed in the attacks, but the yellow house survived. When the war was won, some of the old residents returned and tried to build up their old town. It hasn't been easy for them, following the war, Santana came into an economic depression. A resident from that | Even Santana Bay was involved in the great wars. The small city didn't get spared and was seized by .... A lot of the old residents ran away to a safe place and Santana Bay was in the hands of the opposite party. Unfortunately some houses were destroyed in the attacks, but the yellow house survived. When the war was won, some of the old residents returned and tried to build up their old town. It hasn't been easy for them, following the war, Santana came into an economic depression. A resident from that | ||
time wrote | time wrote a segment in his diary about this great depression: <blockquote>" I used to like to go to work, but they shut it down.</blockquote><blockquote>I got a right to go to work but there's no work here to be found.</blockquote><blockquote>Yes, and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owed,</blockquote><blockquote>we're gonna have to reap from some seed that's been sowed.</blockquote><blockquote>And the birds upon the wires and the telegraph poles,</blockquote><blockquote>they can always fly away from this rain and this cold.</blockquote><blockquote>You can hear them singing out their telegraph code,</blockquote><blockquote>all the way down the telegraph road."</blockquote>Even though these were dark times for Santana Bay, it did send Santana Bay into a cultural explosion. Music was more important than ever, and they build up the city in the best way they could. They started putting the lyrics' in the houses and tried to | ||
make the city as close to a paradise as they could. Great poets, musicians, artist and painters came up. A popular poem from this time, written by Mark Knopfler, based on the Telegraph Road: | make the city as close to a paradise as they could. Great poets, musicians, artist and painters came up. A popular poem from this time, written by Mark Knopfler, based on the Telegraph Road: | ||
" You know I'd sooner forget, but I remember those nights When life was just a bet on a race between the lights You had your head on my shoulder you had your hand in my hair, Now you act a little colder, like you don't seem to care. But believe in me baby | " You know I'd sooner forget, but I remember those nights When life was just a bet on a race between the lights You had your head on my shoulder you had your hand in my hair, Now you act a little colder, like you don't seem to care. But believe in me baby | ||
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=== Culture === | === Culture === | ||
==== Folklore ==== | |||
As explained at the earlier 'history' paragraph, the myths and legends of Santana Bay are very important to the residents of this little town. The whole existence of this little town is believed to exist out of extraordinary tales. Some sociologists even say that this can be seen as a sort of religion to the people in interest. There won't be any residents telling you a different story, because they all know what they believe. According to these residents, these tales is what makes Santana Bay such a magical place and it tightens the bond between the people currently living here. If it wasn't for the tales, their culture wouldn't have been so rich. | |||
==== Arts and Music ==== | |||
After the war, almost all of Santana Buy had to be rebuild, to get back its former glory. This was a tough time for the little town, since the war send the, already so small, economy into a depression. The mess of the war had to be cleared up and new houses had to be made. The rebuild of this town took a while, but some say that, even though it was a horrible time for them, it did cause Santana Bay to be the beautiful city it is today. People were exploding with creativity and cultural motivation, sending the town into a building frenzy. The beautiful part about this period of time, is that people finally agreed with each other, there were no fights anymore, they all build in peace and they were all happy with the results. | |||
=== Buildings === | === Buildings === | ||