Chile is an extraordinary place to live and learn.... A distinctive mountain range, deserts, rivers, lakes, beaches, islands, seas... together with warm people inhabiting every place in our country should lead us to be proud of and take better care of our enviroment, our culture, our history, our surroundings...
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Foreingers certainly want to know how people live in small towns as well as in big cities and they usually feel pleased with the warm welcome of our people.
In my opinion, we have much to do to be really proud of ourselves in relation to our way to communicate with one another and how we take care of our environment and our belongings. We still have much to learn to love our country, our people, our history, our folklore...
Not long ago, Santiago was chosen as one of the most beautiful cities in America by an international tourism organization; yet we hardly find information about the origin/history of the names of some places or streets. Did you know that Manquehue comes from "manque" meaning "condor" and "hue" that stands for land or site? That Nuñoa is a native term that means "a placed filled with Ñunos"? I think that we should spread this kind of information via information displays not only in Santiago, but also in other big and small cities and towns with the names of rivers, lakes.... Another example: Curicó comes from "curi", meaning "black" and "co", meaning "water".
As citizens of a big city like Santiago is, we should also take good care of our language, which reflects our way of living and thinking; we should also try to keep places clean, which shows your education... and so on and on...
Some years ago, my family and I were spending our summer holidays in Chiloé and I couldn't but feel proud of the historical information that we spontaneously received from a family living there. They told us about their traditions, folklore, cuisine, local attractions as well as their daily life activities and the future of their island... They actually felt proud of themselves.
I would have liked that this experience were commonplace all over our country, ...
In my opinion, globalization, especially via internet, is making us informed citizens and as such we should learn to become better individuals, exhibiting respect to our environment and to one another. There is still much to be learned ...
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I would have liked that this experience were commonplace all over our country, ...
In my opinion, globalization, especially via internet, is making us informed citizens and as such we should learn to become better individuals, exhibiting respect to our environment and to one another. There is still much to be learned ...
“Do not Do unto others what you don’t want others Do unto you.”
Confucius
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I agree with you, I love Chile is a very beatiful country
ReplyDeleteHi Francisco,
DeleteAnd the people from Chiloé is warm and kind...
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I agree that globalization help us being informed
ReplyDeleteHi Karina,
DeleteNowadays, it's hard to think of living without internet...
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I'm impressed by the number of places that their names have meanings and we don't know!
ReplyDeleteHi Camila,
DeleteAnd we would feel prouder if we had that information as part of our culture and could share it with everyone...
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I like Chile a lot!
ReplyDeleteHi Sebastián,
DeleteOur country is beautiful and most of our people, mostly in towns, are friendly and warm ...!
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Chiloé is amazing!
ReplyDeleteHi Joaquín
DeleteIndeed... Chiloé is mysterious, charming, attractive...
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I love Chile
ReplyDeleteHi Macarena,
DeleteWe are lucky... We live in a country so diverse in natural surroundings with warm and friendly people everywhere.
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i would love to go to Chile!
ReplyDeleteHi Daniela,
DeleteYou should visit Chiloé... You will enjoy it.
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Chile has a lot of surprises
ReplyDeleteHi Tomás,
DeleteIndeed, great lakes, high mountains, beautiful landscapes, ....
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My family and i always visit Coyhaique, the Austral road and also Chiloe, so it love them. I love the fact that the people from there respect the enviroment.
ReplyDeleteHi Carla,
DeleteNice to know you think that of Coyhaique... Have you got family in there?
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We must have care with the climate change.
ReplyDeleteHi Vicente,
DeleteVery high and low temperatures have started to be a real problem in our daily lives.
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I agree, amazing post!
ReplyDeleteHi Camila,
DeleteNice to know you liked it.
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Nice post o:
ReplyDeleteHi Thomas,
DeleteNice to know you liked it.
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