Sombrero

[Eddie Boyum]

Sombreroslike cowboy hats, were designed in response to the demands of the physical environment. The concept of a broad-brimmed hat worn by a rider on horseback can be seen as far back as the Mongolian horsemen of the 13th century, and in the Greek petasos two millennia before that.[3] In hot, sunny climates hats often have evolved wide brims. The exact origin of the Mexican sombrero is unknown, but it is usually accepted that the hat originated with mestizo cowboys in Central Mexico.[4] Although sombrero is usually taken to refer to the traditional Mexican headwear, the term sombrero predates this item of clothing, and has been applied to several differing styles of hat. Other types of hats known as sombrero can be found in South America and Spain, including the sombrero calas, sombrero cordobs and sombrero de catite (Spain), and sombrero vueltiao (Colombia).

The Mexican variation of the sombrero added an even wider brim and a high, conical crown. These are the hats worn by mariachi musicians and charros. Both types of sombreros usually include a barboquejo or chin strap.[2]

The galaxy Messier 104 is known as the Sombrero Galaxy due to its appearance.[7] Similarly, Tampa Stadium was also known as "The Big Sombrero". In mathematics, the Jinc function is sometimes called the sombrero function and in physics, the Sombrero potential is a prescription for the potential energy that leads to the Higgs mechanism.

Bring the fiesta to the water with the Sombrero. Whether facing in or out, kneeling or sitting, this tube provides non-stop fun for all riders. This unique tube seats up to four riders, and because of the various seating positions, all you have to do is switch seats with a friend for an entirely new experience. Unlike other sombreros, this one will keep all smiling faces in plain sight.

My third grade classes are a creative and energetic bunch. They have a hard time sitting still. Instead of trying to reign them in, I take a different approach: offer a lesson as energetic as they are.

The students followed a simple directed line instruction for drawing the sombrero. Afterwards I brought out paints and placed six tubs of paint per table. My solution for keeping things relatively under control is to provide one brush per paint color. If that color is being used, a child must use another color. I rarely have more than 5 students at one table, so it seems to work.

I began a unit on Mexico this week, celebrating the vibrancy of the Mexican Culture. Like the sombreros, the ponchos were a huge hit with first and second grade students. This is a magical age in which kids love to stand up and move around, finding the perfect embellishment or color of yarn to add to their art.

Did the sombrero lesson with my 3rd graders for Hispanic Heritage Month and they had a blast! We used oil pastels instead of paint and embellished with some yarn. They all turned out so unique and fun. Thanks for an awesome lesson! ?

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You collect the supplies, round up the artists and watch the creativity unfold.

I heard this song for the first time two days ago, and it has quickly become one of my favourites. I'm sure everyone has covered something like this, but i interpret it kind of like "Every one is Special" or "Everybody is good at something". When your depressed and think that you are nothing, nothing but a human. There are billions of you. Its kind of like someone is telling us that we are not just another person, we are not JUST a hat, we are a FREAKING hovering sombrero. Kind of like telling a depressed friend that they are extremly important to you. This probably doesn't make sense, sorry. I find this song very uplifting and i think it's going to be my new "i need to cheer up song". user:jadeybeans

I've always thought that Hovering Sombrero was about a shy, timid sort of person. The singer is telling this person not to be shy, and is comparing him to a hat who hovers around everywhere and feels unwanted by everyone. The speaker tells him that when he feels bad and feels unwanted to always remember: He's never just a hat.

I think that this song can be interpreted in two very opposite ways... one of them can be seen as a very comforting message... you're never just what people see (for instance, a sombrero is often much more noticable than the person underneath it). Though people just think of the hat, the person underneath it is dependable (just keeps hovering on) and worthwhile.

On the other hand, you can interpret this song as actually being sung to the sombrero, and completely ignoring the person underneath it (hence the 'hovering'). In this way it's almost depressing: the singer is comforting the hat and letting the hat know that it is wanted and worthwhile, while the person, who ought to be far more significant, is entirely ignored, and his feelings of rejection made even worse as the singer lavishes attention and encouragement on his hat without even so much as awknowledging his existence. I see this song as either uplifting or demeaning to the person to whom it is directed, depending on the viewpoint you take, and I think that that is how it was intended to be. (Posted 01:55, 11 December 2007 by 74.137.221.27)

To me the message of this song is more generally directed towards all people, not just the shy. It's pointing out the improbability, and therefore the specialness, of being alive-- as improbable as a hovering sombrero. The song refers to feelings of shyness, aloneness, rejection, failure, and regrets, and we all feel those things at times. "And time keeps flying like an arrow, And the clock hands go so fast they make the wind blow, And it makes the pages of the calendar go, Fying out the window one by one. 'Til a hundred years are on the front lawn, And the old familiar things are mostly all gone, But the old sombrero just keeps hovering on..." I've always thought these lines are beautiful, and they obviously refer to growing old, something all of us do as well. As we age, the world changes around us, friends and loved ones become distant or die, yet we continue to "hover" as improbably as before, not knowing the moment of our own demise. "...Hovering sombrero, hover on." -- Ironwolf

This might be a silly interp, but I always thought of it as someone who has never heard of a UFO seeing one outside his window. Instead of automatically thinking "Flying Saucer" he thinks it looks more like a "hovering sombrero" He wants to see the strange craft more, so tries to get it to come out of its shell and say hello.-Random Cowboy

I too thought that the song was about a UFO when I first heard it, and it's still a very likely possibility. However, I thought it was more along the lines of the fact that aliens and the like bring about crazy emotions of terror and whatnot. If you were an alien and knew that people hated you, you'd probably be shy as well. This person is some kind of UFO enthusiast, who probably represents every UFO enthusiast there is. These people are constantly trying to coax the aliens out of hiding, but even after 100 years, they've come to no avail.

Seems to me like a song about a very close friend who the singer has known for many years. No matter how many years pass, the friend keeps "hovering on", or just kinda sticking around rain or shine. I don't think the actual lyrics have anything to do with aliens. I get how you might read that into the lyrics, but there's really nothing there.

This song is about not being too introverted or self-counscious. If you don't put yourself out there, you won't be seen. The sombrero is being worn by an 'invisible' person, so it looks like it's hovering. So techically the song is being sung to the person, though the sombrero is the only sign that they're there. The line "you're never just a hat" is both saying that he knows there's a real person there, and also that every person is unique, not just an item. The verse ending with "...The old familiar things are mostly all gone/ But the old sombrero just keeps hovering on" refers to that the sombrero never did anything with itself, so it's still hovering a hundred years later. I think the last verse should be pretty self-explainatory.-Jimmy Pigeon

When I first heard the song I didn't think it was about a person at all, but rather an interesting personification (if you can call it that) of the Sun. The song gives the impression that the Sun can sometimes be shy when peaking over the horizon in the morning and can have its feelings hurt when it is either blocked by the clouds or cursed at for making hot weather. In spite of the changes in the world, the Sun is timeless and, at the same time, marks the passing of time.

This song is about a classic case of transference. The singer is trying to reassure the sombrero, but actually he's the one with the problems, the one that needs reassurance. I mean it's a hat, it doesn't have feelings!

I've always taken this song to be about being yourself, even if being yourself is something that most people don't think is correct or normal. (Hover on!) It's about doing what you love regardless of your environment or shape. Like runners who obviously weren't designed for running, but they love it so they do it anyway, even if they're not that great.

I personally think it's about an old man (from Mexico, perhaps) who ges through his life, going on many adventures and through all of life's great twists and turns, with his sombrero b him at all times. People tell him he should get rid of it bu he tells them how it's not JUST a hat. When he dies in his chair one day, the wind blows the hat off his head. Hence, "Hovering Sombrero".

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