“Chile’s Fiestas Patrias”

Hello everyone! In this week i am going to talk about “Chile’s Fiestas Patrias”. This consists in the celebration of Chile´s Independence Day; that day was the 18th of September of 1810. Although is one day, the celebration is during all month of September, for that reason, this month is called “Month of the Nation” (mes de la patria). During this month, every houses have the chilean flag on its window and the colors of the flag (red, blue and white) are in everywhere, like in the Malls, schools, houses, streets, supermarket, etc. And the people make different typical activities, for example: the children climb kits and play spinning top, and the shopkeeper build temporary refreshment stands or fondas that offer typical food like pies (empanadas), kebabs, barbecued meat and chicha. Also, the people dance the typical dancing: the cueca, overcoat the children at schools. This is a dancing very fun, where the man and the woman imitate to the rooster and the hen. And a lot of people dress of huaso and huasa. But this year is special, because is the Chile´s bicentenary. Is for that reason that the government decreed the 17th and 20th of September holiday, for that the people enjoyed more time because the people are very delighted with this celebration. I like this celebration because is very fun, the people are very happy and I eat delicious food very much, but overcoat because the university give me one week of holidays. This year, a French company going to present a lights show on the Moneda Palace for celebrate the Chilean bicentenary, I would like go because this show will be very fun.