Chileans eat a lot of lentils, but traditionally one must eat lentils on Monday - means you'll have luck with money. And in Argentina, one must eat gnocchi on the 29th of the month for the same reason.
Chanchos=pigs...or burps. My host sister said she had chanchos at the dinner table and I was really quite puzzled.
Esposa= handcuffs...or wife. They've taken the joke a step further than in English...
The first movie in Chile was made in Valpo, in 1903. Way to be cutting edge.
Schools usually close the 11th, and perhaps the 10th of September. They won't tell you beforehand, but they want to avoid large groups of students and the riots that go with them on the anniversary of the military coup. We talked about it in film class; even though it's been 40 years, the war criminals have never been tried, bodies have never been returned, and disappearances have never been explained. And on top of all this, the country still has two polarized factions: socialist and capitalist. The socialists, as the victims of the coup, want reform in various areas (like free education), and the right still see themselves as the salvation of the country after the economy went down the drain under communist rule. It strikes me as ironic that on the same day that the US is remembering an attack on capitalism, Chile is remembering an attack backed by capitalists. I'm surprised they don't resent Americans more.
Chanchos=pigs...or burps. My host sister said she had chanchos at the dinner table and I was really quite puzzled.
Esposa= handcuffs...or wife. They've taken the joke a step further than in English...
The first movie in Chile was made in Valpo, in 1903. Way to be cutting edge.
Schools usually close the 11th, and perhaps the 10th of September. They won't tell you beforehand, but they want to avoid large groups of students and the riots that go with them on the anniversary of the military coup. We talked about it in film class; even though it's been 40 years, the war criminals have never been tried, bodies have never been returned, and disappearances have never been explained. And on top of all this, the country still has two polarized factions: socialist and capitalist. The socialists, as the victims of the coup, want reform in various areas (like free education), and the right still see themselves as the salvation of the country after the economy went down the drain under communist rule. It strikes me as ironic that on the same day that the US is remembering an attack on capitalism, Chile is remembering an attack backed by capitalists. I'm surprised they don't resent Americans more.
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