People/Way of Life:
Popular Cities to live in:
The capital city in Chile would be Santiago. Here would probably be the best place to live or the most popular place to live.
Greetings:
In Chile, men will usually shake hands and women generally pat each other on the right forearm or shoulder.
Popular Cities to live in:
The capital city in Chile would be Santiago. Here would probably be the best place to live or the most popular place to live.
Greetings:
In Chile, men will usually shake hands and women generally pat each other on the right forearm or shoulder.
Gender Roles:
The gender roles are that women are able to work and able to receive education, as well as men. Now, there is not an actual tradition to follow between the men and the women roles.
The schooling is:
Pre-school: For children up to 5 years old.
Primary school: for children aged 6–13 years old, divided into 8 grades.
Secondary school: for teenagers aged between 14-17 years old, divided into 4 grades.
Taboo, Inappropriate Behavior:
In Chile, they dress very conservatively and very covered up. They are not very loud, or show of wealth. Also, they try not to be rude and also do not get noticably drunk in public.
Food and Drink:
Common foods and Meals:
The gender roles are that women are able to work and able to receive education, as well as men. Now, there is not an actual tradition to follow between the men and the women roles.
The schooling is:
Pre-school: For children up to 5 years old.
Primary school: for children aged 6–13 years old, divided into 8 grades.
Secondary school: for teenagers aged between 14-17 years old, divided into 4 grades.
Taboo, Inappropriate Behavior:
In Chile, they dress very conservatively and very covered up. They are not very loud, or show of wealth. Also, they try not to be rude and also do not get noticably drunk in public.
Food and Drink:
Common foods and Meals:
Humitas - boiled corn leaf rolls filled with seasoned ground corn.
Congrio Frito - deep-fried conger eel.
Papaya con Crema - preserved papaya with whipped cream.
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Milcaos - grated raw potato squeezed until dry then added to minced cooked potatoes and flattened to a bread-like form then baked or fried.
Berlin - a round donut filled with manjar or jam / jelly
Cola de Mono - milk based drink with coffee, cinnamon and spirits
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Recreation and Fun:
Fantasilandia (Santiago):
This modern amusement park is the largest in Chile and has a decent selection of rides, including a haunted house, toboggan ride and four stomach churning roller coasters. The park is only open on weekends and holidays from April through November and every day from December to March.
Fantasilandia (Santiago):
This modern amusement park is the largest in Chile and has a decent selection of rides, including a haunted house, toboggan ride and four stomach churning roller coasters. The park is only open on weekends and holidays from April through November and every day from December to March.
Soccer:
Everyone plays soccer. It is played in streets, empty fields, and even in national stadiums.
Everyone plays soccer. It is played in streets, empty fields, and even in national stadiums.
El Volantín (Kiting):
In Chile, flying kites are a fun pastime. They like to make their own kites from large stools of rope, balsa wood, and tissue paper.
In Chile, flying kites are a fun pastime. They like to make their own kites from large stools of rope, balsa wood, and tissue paper.
Balloon Game:
Before the game begins, all participants have a balloon tied to one of their ankles. As a contestant, your objective is to stamp on all the other players’ balloons while protecting your own.
Before the game begins, all participants have a balloon tied to one of their ankles. As a contestant, your objective is to stamp on all the other players’ balloons while protecting your own.
Music and Dance:
Music: The music in Chile can range anywhere from folkloric music, popular music and also to classical music, but central olk music is the best known.
Dance: Traditional dances are strongly influenced by the Quechua and the Aymara cultures, which covers part of Peru, the Andean region of Bolivia, and southern Chile. One type of dance is the La Cueca, which is short for Zamacueca. It is said that the word Clueca means "a hen that is about to lay eggs". Therefore, this dance symbolizes the mating ritual of a rooster and his hen.
Music: The music in Chile can range anywhere from folkloric music, popular music and also to classical music, but central olk music is the best known.
Dance: Traditional dances are strongly influenced by the Quechua and the Aymara cultures, which covers part of Peru, the Andean region of Bolivia, and southern Chile. One type of dance is the La Cueca, which is short for Zamacueca. It is said that the word Clueca means "a hen that is about to lay eggs". Therefore, this dance symbolizes the mating ritual of a rooster and his hen.
The Arts and Cultural Traditions:
Américo: Américo started his musical career when he was only 8 years old. When he was 9, he recorded his first album "Para mis padres" and later releases a second album "Mi colegiala" when he was a teenager. He then later joined a band called "Alegria".
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Isabel Parra: Parra was born in Chile in 1939 and began her career in music at the age of 13 when she made her first recording with her world-renowned mother, the folklorist Violeta Parra.
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Festivals/Holidays:
Fiesta de la Tirana: Fiesta de la Tirana is an annual festival held in the locality of La Tirana in Tarapacá Region of northern Chile. The celebration takes place on July 16 in honor of Virgen del Carmen. La Tirana is the biggest geographically localized religious festivity in Chile and attracts between 200,000 and 250,000 visitors during the week of celebrations, while the villages population is normally of 560 inhabitants
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Immaculate Conception: Immaculate Conception is a holiday in Chile held on December 8th (my birthday) to celebrate the remembrance of the virgin Mary. It starts on December 7th at 5 o'clock pm and goes to December 9th, at 12 o'clock am. There are church masses from midnight on December 7th until 7 pm the same day.
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