Editing Chimayo, New Mexico (section)

== Culture ==
Chimayo figures prominently in ''Now Eleanor's Idea'', an opera by [[Robert Ashley]].<ref>{{cite book |title= Now Eleanor's Idea |last= Ashley|first= Robert |year= 2007 |publisher= Lovely Music |location= New York |isbn= 978-0-9679974-4-5|pages= 5}}</ref> Ashley describes Chimayo in his foreword to the libretto as "the spiritual center of the [[lowrider]] world...Now Eleanor conceives of a television documentary program to study the exotic lowrider community...in the car shops" of Chimayo. Act II, Scene 2 is a recorded interview with Chimayo residents LowLow and Joan Medina.

The town is also known for its heirloom [[chili pepper|chile]] [[cultivar]], the [[Chimayo pepper]] (''[[Capsicum annuum]]'' 'Chimayo').<ref name="study">{{cite web|year=2005|title=Study Chimayo chile and history|url=http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/05Regular/Final/SJM031.pdf|access-date=2008-03-23}}</ref><ref name="nmlegis">{{cite web|title=Chimayo chile farmers, in recognition|url=http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/07Regular/Final/SJM035.pdf|access-date=2008-03-23}}</ref> In 2003 the Native Hispanic Institute's founder Marie Pilar Campos authored the Chimayo Chile Project<ref>{{cite web|title=Native Hispanic Institute|url=http://www.nativehispanic.com}}</ref> to replenish the 300-year-old native seed stock and revive the industry. The Chimayo Chile Project began planting in the spring of 2005, which is the foundation of its ongoing seed-distribution services to local farmers. The project's job development operations were funded by the United States Office of Community Services<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home|url=http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/}}</ref> from 2005 through 2008. As part of the project's work with the state to revive the industry, two joint memorials have passed the New Mexico State Legislature.<ref name="study" /><ref name="nmlegis" /> The Chimayo Chile Project incorporated the local farmers, Chimayo Chile Farmers, Inc. Chimayo Chile Farmers, Inc. applied for the certification mark "Chimayo" with the USPTO in 2006 and was granted registration in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chimayo Chile Farmers, Inc., USPTO Certification Application|url=http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=78920649}}</ref>
The 2008 New Mexico State Legislature, via New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, appropriated preservation support that resulted in the June 2009 publication, ''Chimayo Chile: A Living History of Faith, Culture, and Art,'' by Marie Pilar Campos of the Native Hispanic Institute.<ref>Campos, Marie Pilar, Chimayo Chile, A Living History of Faith, Culture, and Art, Native Hispanic Institute, June 2009, Library of Congress Control Number: 2009929762, {{ISBN|978-0-9840684-0-1}}</ref>