{"id":47769,"date":"2016-09-14T07:13:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T11:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo2016.hispanicprwire.com\/english-chimayo-calling-tsimayo-hot-sauce-and-miracles\/"},"modified":"2016-09-14T11:13:56","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T15:13:56","slug":"el-llamado-de-chimayo-tsimayo-hot-sauce-y-milagros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/el-llamado-de-chimayo-tsimayo-hot-sauce-y-milagros\/","title":{"rendered":"Chimayo Calling: Tsimayo Hot Sauce and Miracles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SANTA FE, N.M.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 14, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/\u00a0&#8212; In Fall of 2015, Washingtonian Dennis Garcia stood on his newly-acquired land in <span class=\"xn-location\">Chimayo, New Mexico<\/span>. The bells of the fabled Santuario de <span class=\"xn-location\">Chimayo<\/span> rang out, welcoming him home to the land of his ancestors. As he breathed in the languishing smells of the summer \u2013 fresh apples, peaches, and the poignant scent of the famed Chimayo Chile \u2013 he found something he had been traveling the world in search of. Fulfillment. <\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20160913\/407229\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20160913\/407229<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">Garcia&#8217;s<\/span> personal pilgrimage towards this moment began nearly a decade before and traversed the globe. By 40, he had accumulated all the accoutrements of a successful businessman in our nation&#8217;s capital\u2026 an alumni of the <span class=\"xn-org\">Harvard Business School<\/span>, an award-winning historic home on the Potomac, a governor-appointed seat on the board of <span class=\"xn-org\">George Mason University<\/span>, a designation among the 100 most influential Hispanics in <span class=\"xn-location\">The United States<\/span>. But, the sale of his multimillion dollar defense contracting company had the unintended consequence of sparking a disinterest in it all.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My life had become a never-ending circuit of DC high-society events. Even though I knew everyone in the room, and my life-long friends were surrounding me, I felt unattached. My spirit started aching for something more substantive than the next Black Tie gala, the next exclusive photo op with the latest up-and-coming politician, the next tee time with the country club set.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Untethered from his corporate responsibilities in providing national security, the accompanying expectations of the DC social scene had become unbearably weighty. <span class=\"xn-location\">Garcia<\/span> had been an All-American athlete in his youth &#8212; and his championship instincts never left him. Realizing that the main race of his life had changed from career competition to personal competition, he made a drastic decision to abandon it all and seek fulfillment in adventure. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I trekked to the North and South poles. I climbed to the peaks of some of the world&#8217;s highest mountains\u2026 Mount Elbrus [in <span class=\"xn-location\">Russia<\/span>] and Kilimanjaro [in <span class=\"xn-location\">Tanzania<\/span>]. I went to <span class=\"xn-location\">South Sudan<\/span>, at the end of its Civil War, right when that new nation was emerging\u2026&#8221; He trails off for the moment, wading through some private remembrance, but recovers his focus and passion quickly. &#8220;There was still widespread massacres and torture plaguing the region, and we shot a short-form documentary to expose the conflicting religious and political agendas underlying the unrest.&#8221; He adds with a lighter air, &#8220;After that, I took some time and produced a feature-length film that premiered at SXSW in 2015.<i> Excess Flesh<\/i>.&#8221; He adds with a wink, &#8220;and, it&#8217;s not a porn.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The junket of film fests for Excess Flesh led <span class=\"xn-location\">Garcia<\/span> across <span class=\"xn-location\">Europe<\/span>. He was fascinated by the architecture and art, and pleased with the audience and critical acclaim that the film met with. But, he still felt like that unattached wanderer among the DC society events, only now the party he found himself lost within was as wide as the world. <\/p>\n<p>It was in the quiet of one of these nights, in the dark of one of the innumerable European hotels, that he remembered a story from his childhood, his mother telling of how their family had come from the Basque region of <span class=\"xn-location\">Spain<\/span>. The story of his ancestors followed the Abeyta brothers, three devout Catholics, as they left their little village in <span class=\"xn-location\">Spain<\/span> and traveled across the great ocean to <span class=\"xn-location\">Guatemala<\/span>, the home of the Basilica of the Cristo Negro de <span class=\"xn-location\">Esquipulas<\/span>, then up to <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span>, to regions known for veneration of the Cristo Negro de <span class=\"xn-location\">Esquipulas<\/span>. From there, the brothers made their way to the Southwestern US, settling in the area of <span class=\"xn-location\">Chimayo<\/span>, where <span class=\"xn-person\">Bernardo Abeyta<\/span> founded the world-famous shrine to the Cross of the <span class=\"xn-location\">Esquipulas<\/span>, the Santuario de <span class=\"xn-location\">Chimayo<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>In that moment, the direction of <span class=\"xn-location\">Garcia&#8217;s<\/span> life-race changed yet again. Calling him from the cramped cities of <span class=\"xn-location\">Europe<\/span>, back to the Americas, to the great expanse of northern <span class=\"xn-location\">New Mexico<\/span>. And, it was as such that soon <span class=\"xn-location\">Garcia<\/span> found himself in the small village of <span class=\"xn-location\">Chimayo<\/span>, standing on land he had bought, sight unseen, simply for its proximity to the Santuario and for the peace he finally felt when he first set foot on the land of his ancestors. <\/p>\n<p>The almost mythological levels of belief in the miracle dirt enshrined in the Santuario parallels that of the Chimayo Chile. Today, only a handful of family farmers grow these uniquely piquant and fragrant peppers. &#8220;Chimayo Chile is part of the collective family histories of this region,&#8221; <span class=\"xn-location\">Garcia<\/span> explains. &#8220;The very seeds we are using are the evolutionary descendants of the original chile seeds brought by the Spanish explorers in the 1600s.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>One cannot escape recognizing the personal implications of the history of these seeds on <span class=\"xn-location\">Garcia&#8217;s<\/span> own genealogy. For over 400 years, the families here have carefully passed down these seeds and the heritage farming methods, from generation to generation. And, now <span class=\"xn-location\">Garcia<\/span> has joined this tradition, being mentored by Mr. <span class=\"xn-person\">Jose Alfonso Martinez<\/span>, the region&#8217;s oldest, most experienced living farmer of the Chimayo Chile. Under this tutelage, <span class=\"xn-location\">Garcia&#8217;s<\/span> efforts to farm these incredibly rare peppers has evolved to include preservation of the legacy and integrity of this crop. <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">Garcia<\/span> freely shared the first of his crop with family and friends, according to the tradition of the region. But, the bounty was excessive and wherever he went he was met with commercial demand. Within days of making his chile available for purchase, the crop sold out. The unexpectedly high demand for such a rare product spurred the idea of creating a Chimayo Chile-based sauce that could meet the growing demands of a nationwide market. And, thus, Tsimayo Hot Sauce was born. <\/p>\n<p>Although <span class=\"xn-location\">Garcia&#8217;s<\/span> crop is based on the true Chimayo Chile, he chose the name Tsimayo, recalling the Tewah Indians who cultivated the land prior to the arrival of those first Spanish explorers. According to legend, the Tewah believed the earth and mud of this region had heavenly properties, particularly the red obsidian, the &#8216;tsimayo&#8217;. <\/p>\n<p>The idea of <span class=\"xn-location\">Chimayo<\/span> land having heavenly attributes persists to this day. <span class=\"xn-location\">Garcia&#8217;s<\/span> Chimayo Chile grows across from the Santuario de <span class=\"xn-location\">Chimayo<\/span>. &#8220;Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims travel here each year, just to get a pinch of the miracle dirt that my ancestor found. Now, my chile grows in that very dirt. They embody the very miracles that draw people here, that inspired Bernardo, that inspired the Tewah before him,&#8221; <span class=\"xn-location\">Garcia<\/span> says. To me, it is clear that <span class=\"xn-location\">Garcia<\/span> has found his own miracle\u2026 one of belonging, one of his own roots, one that he can now share with the world.<\/p>\n<p>Tsimayo Hot Sauce will be on shelves in 2017. <\/p>\n<p>RELATED LINKS <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Tsimayo-338707543129112\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Tsimayo-338707543129112\/<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tsimayohotsauce.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.tsimayohotsauce.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>CONTACT <br \/><span class=\"xn-person\">Jennifer van Velkinburgh<\/span> <br \/>+1-505-231-2644 <br \/><a href=\"mailto:patrick@highwaysperformance.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">jcv@filipodia.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">SANTA FE, N.M.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 14, 2016<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/\u00a0&#8212; In Fall of 2015, Washingtonian Dennis Garcia stood on his newly-acquired land in <span class=\"xn-location\">Chimayo, New Mexico<\/span>. 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