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 environment, our culture, our history, our surroundings...
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Foreigners 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 with the foreigners, how we take care of our environment, our culture 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 any information about the origin/history of the names of some places or streets in our capital city. Some names are of native origin, mostly from Mapuche's language, the Mapudungun. 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 Ñuños"? 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 the 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 the 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 did not know that those city names had a meaning
ReplyDeleteHi Benjamin,
DeleteAnd there many, many more...It would be great that the etimology of many places were spread to everyone...
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I agree with the fact that maybe internet is making us informed in some aspects but uninformed in others.
ReplyDeleteHi Catalina,
DeleteThe internet helps us to get fast information of varied quality, but we have to process it wisely and learn from it...
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I'm surprised, I didn't know that those city had meaning, and I like the meaning of Manquehue.
ReplyDeleteHi Diego,
DeleteAnd there many, many more, such as apumanque, nahuelbuta, millaray, pichilemu, lebu, pangipulli, ...
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I feel that the most of chileans don't know the meaning of the cities's name, we need to investigate about it.
ReplyDeleteHi Ma. Paz,
DeleteCan you imagine having the streets, lakes, mountains,....with their corresponding meaning... and an illustration would make them even more attractive.
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the overinformation of these days, ends up becoming more ignorant to people, and forms a biased opinion, we need to learn to learn first.
ReplyDeleteHi David,
DeleteI agree with you: learning to learn is essential; we are overwhelmed with information.
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I like places how Chiloé, where the culture is important for people. Other place like that is Pucón, I remember that every years in the summer, is done a Mapuche fair where sold traditional dishes and share a bit of their culture with workshops and games
ReplyDeleteHi Katherine,
DeleteNice to know you enjoyed the fair... it's a good way of learning about their culture...
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In my opinion, if all the people were as kind and warm as Chiloé and south in general, we would have a more better country!
ReplyDeleteHi Tamara,
DeleteI see you've been and enjoyed the lifestyle in Chiloé.
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I think most of us don't know how much lucky we are living in Chile. You're right, we have a lot of places to visit and most of those are the most beautiful places to visit in the world.
ReplyDeleteHi Pablo,
DeleteEven Santiago has very attractive places to visit.
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ReplyDeleteI think the same as you, we have a lot to learn to appreciate and take better care of our wonderful environment :/
Hi Francisca,
DeleteNice to know you think the same...young people have much to do to keep our country in the best possible way.
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quite interesting to know the origins of the names o:
ReplyDeleteHi Pablo,
DeleteAnd there are so many others.... vitacura, calafquén, apumanque, nahuelbuta, melipilla, pehuenche, ...
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I didn't konw the meaning of some cities!
ReplyDeleteHi Francia,
DeleteSo find out their meanings, when you visit again places with native names... Your stay will be richer...
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We should take advantage of the internet and globalization for learn more about our culture and traditions and be proud of ourself
ReplyDeleteHi Fernanda,
DeleteThat's a good idea...
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wow! I didn´t know the meaning of those cities! We definitely have a lot to learn!
ReplyDeleteHi Haidee,
DeleteThat's right...I hope you spend some time learning about the origin of the names when you go on holidays...
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I didn't know about the influence that has mapudungún in some names of cities from Santiago, because in south of Chile is more commonly found it.
ReplyDeleteHi Catalina,
DeleteMany communes have mapudungun names: Huechuraba, Vitacura, Ñunoa, Mapocho, Macul, Peñanolen, Pudahuel, Quilicura,...and also a great number of streets too...
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I think that chileans do not appreciate the wonders of our country
ReplyDeleteHi Carla,
DeleteI'm inclined to think the same...I hope that young people will change this view to future generations...
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