7. About Birthdays.

In classes, we always talk about traditions, rituals, and mythologies in another far locations and exotic cultures, but we never talk about our cultural simbols and manners.

Since a long time ago, I got this special curiosity about the origin of the birthday parties, cause for me, is a very interesting ritual, and we all had participate in this activities once.

Yesterday, I went to google and I look for an explication for the songs, globes, and food that everybody use to have in the birthdays parties. There I found some strange explanations aobut the origin of all the usual elements in this ritual. For example, I read that turning off the lights and blow out the candle meant starting a new cycle with positive energies, and leave behind past problems.

I also discovered that there exist many differents songs to celebrate birthdays. For me, the song that we usually sing in moments like that is horrible. I don’t like it, and even sometimes it bothers me.

Well. Now I will tell you why I chose to write about birthday in this blog: it was because january 25 was my birthday! That day was good at the end, cause some friends take me away from the University and we were eating and talking for a while. The rest of the day was be studying and at classes! This never happened to me before, so I felt that I really need freetime and be quite for a moment. So on Friday I was with friends too, and there we share a really with moment. And at the weekend, I went to the beach and it helped me relax and enjoy been out of Santiago.

6. About places to go to eat

I have to start this post talking about ice cream!

Buy a big ice cream and share it with friends is just what I need to have a perfect moment. I think the better place to go is “emporio de la Rosa”, in Bellas Artes, because is near to a beautiful park and also the ice creams are very nice flavor and there are many original options to choose.

Another option is the popular “bravissimo”. I’ve worked there last year, and it was very stressful... but I got the opportunity to try much kind of ice creams and I really loved many of them!

In second place, and at winter mostly, I prefer eat something like pizza! I like pizza, but only with traditional ingredients like cheese, tomato, and different kind of meats. Many restaurants to eat tasty pizza are in Santa Isabel street, between Salvador and Bustamante Park.

And to show that I like healthy food too, I will recommend the “Waya’s & Gyros restaurant”, where they offer a big portion of salads with meat or chicken. Of course, this includes a glass of natural juice. This restaurant is located in Providencia avenues, near to Manuel Montt. Is not expensive, but is a lot of food and is really delicious! Is the better place to enjoy eating at lunch.

Well… I don’t remember if I know more tips for go to eat, but I’m always trying different places and kinds of food so give me your advices (or invite me, ja!)*

*(That is a joke, obviously).

Two different cultures in Chrismas day

This article is about a woman who has only held christmas once time in all his life.

Her name is Katie Burnetts, and this particular situation is because she is Jewish. She belongs to this cultural group that don't celebrate that day like us, cause they believe in other things.

In the publication, she is preparing all the necessary things to celebrate her second christmas in his life.

Before of living Chrismas like is normal, she lived with her parents in the North of London. That day, as usual, the Jewish family just concentrates about Jewish manners and movies. The only exception where something related to Chrismas appears in that house, was listen the Queen's speech. There were no trees, no presents, no letters, and no 'Santa Claus'.

She said that the first time she stayed in a house where the family celebrates Christmas, was with her boyfriend, who invites her to his house that day. In that situation she had a very good moment, so in the future she wants to celebrate christmas, and expects to do everything the peo do on that day.

What is the relation between the anthropology and this article? The important of this is the differents ways of seeing and living the England traditions.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/dec/07/family-christmas-traditions