Chilean culture

In my opinion, to talk about Chile we first need to describe the geography, because the surroundings elements of the country are decisive for Chilean people, I think that the material context is determining for the culture  of people in general. An example are the cultural difference we can find in our country determined by the region character, like people from the southern region who are most kind and the warmest, people from Santiago who are most nervous or people from Easter Island who are most cheerful.

I think that the custom most deeply rooted in Chilean culture is the familial coexistence. My parents used to live out of the country and they came back because they missed this habit; also my aunt who actually lives out of the country coincide in that, she said me that the way of life in Latin America in general is unique, specially the quiet way of share with the family, and she misses the Chilean way of share with many food, music and a lot of people.

I think that this is related that with our native cultures, because they practice the community life and the reciprocity, having family between people who share. We can identify the Chilean culture with this and I think this should be remembered every time, specially in the educative institutions, to make conscience of our origin and recognize the worth of it.

Valparaíso

Hi Everyone,

Today I'll talk about my favorite place to travel, and it's from Chile. I didn't have meet many different places, but the best of them for me is Valparaíso. It is localized about 2 hours from Santiago or less, near Viña del Mar, in the 5th region.

I didn't travel so much, but I used to go there when I can, once a year if it's possible, usually with friends or boyfriends haha. It's one of the principal seaports of the country, that's because a half from the beach side is a shore full of ships and only the other side is a real beach with sand and sea.

 I love it, it has several types of houses painted with a million of colors and draws on the walls, placed in disorder in different hills, with confusing streets coming up on there and long stairs to go up between the houses, like shortcuts (shorts but tiring).

When I stay there I used to go for a walk in the hills, the beach, the shore or the squares from the center of town. There's a day (or two or three) when

I eat chorrillana, the typical food from Valparaíso, made from fries with egg, meat and onion. And the big moment of being there is the fabulous nights you can share there, all the drinks are cheap and the food too, with many people enjoying the night like you, and the beautiful view of the lights from the hills reflected on the sea.