The Chilean Holidays

Talk about the Chilean celebrations and customs it's too difficult, even more when my visitors are not Chilean People. Yes and the thing is our lenguage are a little complicated to the foreigners. But, taking advantage of the month and the mean of this to the Chilean people, I`ll try to tell to you of our foods and dances. Let's go to this!

First of all, I want to let in clear that "The Chilean Holidays" is celebrated the all 18th of Septembers without fault and the 19th of the same month we celebrated "The Day of the Naval Glories" this day is very peculiar cause our Militar Forces do a march-past in the "O`higgins Park".

Pasing to other theme that like very much to me, this is the food, very tasty food. Our typical food are very interesting to the foreigner people, foods as:

Cazuela: The country's most typical dish. This is meat stew with vegetables including potatoes, pumpkin and green beans. A simple dish, but that is its main attraction.

Pastel de choclo: A summer dish that brings together the country's Andean tradition. Ground corn, meat and onions come together to make pastel de choclo a real delicacy. You can find this dish everywhere, from north to south.

Empanada:  It’s one of the most typical Chilean dishes and consists of a stuffed bread that is filled with minced meat, onion, egg, olives and raisin. It can also be prepared with cheese and shellfish. Though the empanada can be consumed in any date of the year, its stellar moment is during the independence celebration in September.  

Humitas: Ground corn, fine herbs, a little bit of milk and that's it. If the cook is talented, you can eat humitas all year round.

Beans: A summer and winter essential for any reputable Chilean table. These are often seasoned with Chili pepper in the winter, sometimes with noodles and ground corn, and almost always come with a delicious sausage. These are called porotos granados in the summer, prepared using new beans and fresh vegetables.

Other Theme very interesting is our dances and music:

 Cueca, Root-music and folckore
 

Chile has a very rich traditional music that has three different geographical zones: northern, central, and southern, each with their own characteristics and sounds. It also has other musical expressions like Easter Island music and Mapuche music.

Cueca is the national dance in Chile. It is danced at traditional formal events and varies greatly depending on the region in which it originates.

Interestingly, Cueca has been taken by the young generation and made into Cueca Brava - recreated in such a way that drives away its tradition and inflexibility. In doing so, it has become chora and popular.