Party Time! More Chilean customs/culture

The most important festival in the Norte Grande region takes place in the small town of La Tirana. Each year, from the 12th through the 18th of July, some 40.000 believers arrive to celebrate the Virgin of Carmel, Chile's patron saint. Activities include songs and dances that seem to go on 24 hours a day for the whole week of ceremonies.

The annual Festival Internacional de la Canción (International Song Festival), in Viña del Mar is an extremely popular event. In February, the liveliest musicians from every Latino country flock to the beautiful outdoor amphitheater, Quinta Vergara, and surrounding public park for a week of song, dance, and limitless fiesta.

I found this information on a website called, CHIP: The Chile Information Project. This website also provides more information about other Chilean customs and culture.

Chile Fast Fact

I felt that due to my recent immigrant interview posted on this blog I would add a fact about Chile that related to my interviewee, Rodrigo Rojas, and his love for soccer.

FACT: SOCCER IS CHILE'S NATIONAL SPORT. Two of the most infamous Chilean soccer players were Ivan Zamorano and Marcelo Salas. Both men were strikers and played on Chile's National team.

Immigrant Interview with Rodrigo Rojas

Hope you all enjoy watching this interview as much as I enjoyed conducting the interview.

YouTube Video: Immigrant Interview with Chile native, Rodrigo Rojas

Let me know what you think.

Chile Immigrant Interview

Just to update all you Chile fans, later today I will be adding an interview with a Chile immigrant that uploaded to YouTube. The interview is with Rodrigo Rojas, Rodrigo was my former club soccer coach for five years and is also a Chile native. The interview was very interesting, fun and informative even to me and I have known him for five years so it should be very interesting for all of you to watch and learn a little more about Chile. The picture I added is of the Chile native, Rodrigo. I also added a picture from when Rodrigo was my coach for the club team I played on, Clay County United. The picture was taken and published in local newspapers in Orange Park, Florida before our team went to compete at Nationals in Indianapolis, Indiana.

DONATE TO CHILE RELIEF

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Earthquake hits Chile

I'm sure you all have heard about the earthquake that rocked Chile on the 27th of February. It was measured as an 8.8. Something interesting that you may not have read about or heard about is that on Monday a NASA scientist said, "the massive 8.8 earthquake that struck Chile may have changed the entire Earth's rotation and shortened the length of days on our planet." If that isn't crazy I don't know what is. As if people already aren't feeling cheated out of life because of the 2012 predictions.

The quake was the seventh strongest earthquake in recorded history, hit Chile Saturday and is said to have shortened the length of an Earth day by 1.26 milliseconds, according to research scientist Richard Gross at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA.

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The Flag

It's always important to know a little bit about the flag of a country you are interested in. The white of the flag represents the snow of the Andes, the red represents the blood of patriots who fought for independence, the blue represents the blue of the skies and the five pointed single star is the emphasise the fact that Chile is an Unitarian republic as opposed to a Federal republic.