Anita wrote:
How can I get seed from the Copihue?
Looks like you can buy Copihue seeds (Chile’s national flower) online from these sites:
Banana Tree
B and T World Seeds
eBay
I also found this site which sells rare plants and used to stock the Copihue:
Eleonor England
You may wish to contact them to see if they have any seed available.
Posted April 30, 2008 in Ask Pepe, Culture | Add Your Comment »
I get inquiries every so often about Chile, the country, and its relationship to the chili pepper.
Fact: Chile’s shape on the map looks like a chili pepper.
Fiction: Chile was named after a pepper.
Chile’s name originates in the Quechua chin (”cold”), tchili (”snow”), or chilli (”where the land ends”).
While Chile wasn’t named for a pepper, chili […]
Posted February 28, 2008 in Ask Pepe, Culture | Add Your Comment »
Keiandra wrote and asks:
I was wondering if you could tell me a little about your country and how it got its name and any other important things I should know
You can find lots of information about Chile on my site:
Interesting facts about Chile
Chilean culture
According to Wikipedia, there are numerous ideas of how Chile’s name originated:
According […]
Posted October 23, 2007 in Ask Pepe, Culture | 1 Comment »
Cecilia wrote me looking for some Chilean directed films on DVD.
You may be able to find some Chilean films in the Internet Movie Database:
http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=chile
http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=chilean
I also found a list of Chilean Directors on wikipedia.
You should hopefully then be able to find movies from those directors on Amazon.com or even Netflix.com for DVD rentals.
You can browse […]
Posted October 17, 2007 in Ask Pepe, Culture | Add Your Comment »
The national dance of Chile is called the Cueca. This dance has rich historical roots in both African and Native American cultures. Even though Chileans have been dancing the Cueca for years, it wasn’t declared the official dance of Chile until September, 1979.
The Cueca is a parody of the courtship of a chicken and rooster. […]
Posted August 24, 2007 in Culture | 8 Comments »
