After reading about the Chilean Flag, Alejandro wrote and asks:
Why weren’t the previous revisions of the flag made official? What does the star on Chile’s flag mean?
One previous revision was not made official and soon disappeared, among other reasons, because if was confused with Holland’s flag.
The star represents the powers of the State that watches […]
Posted September 26, 2006 in Ask Pepe, Culture | Comments Off
Unfortunately, I never saw a Copihue, the national flower of Chile, during my stay. This is because I spent most of my time in Santiago and the Copihue is native of southern Chile. As you can see, it is a very beautiful flower:
According to wikipedia:
The Copihue (Lapageria rosea), also known as the Chilean Bellflower and […]
Posted September 7, 2006 in Culture | Comments Off
Linda writes:
I am doing a talk in my son’s second grade class about Chile. I found your website to be very helpful. I have heard that Chile has a custom of giving cowboy spurs to wedding couples as a sign of good luck. Is this true and if so what is the meaning behind this […]
Dear Pepe,
I am learning about Chile in my geography class and I need some information. I’m struggling on the clothing right now. Do you have any pictures of casual Chilean clothing? Modern stuff?
Thank You,
Meghan
You’ll find some good pictures of everyday Chileans on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/search/tags:chile%2Cpeople/tagmode:all/
Posted May 25, 2006 in Ask Pepe, Culture | 1 Comment »
Mary writes:
The Chilean president is coming to my school in June and our principal wants our band to play the Chilean National Anthem for her. How could I get the printed music? I am the band director. Thanks.
You can download the sheet music from this site:
www.national-anthems.org
However, I haven’t purchased from them so I’m […]