Monday, January 28, 2008

Can Herpes Live On A Wet Toothbrush

Nationalism

What makes us Chileans? Be the range, the tamales, the declaration of independence, the garden of seafood, the cueca, the Festival de Viña, Castilian Chileanised, the Cucalón, the pebre Papelucho the piscola, the merkén, highlands, Torres del Paine ... well, some of these things help to explain our identity, however, is difficult to think of a livelihood that differs profoundly from Bolivian Peruvians, Argentines, Venezuelans, Colombians, etc.

According to experts, the identity and culture are closely linked to religion, and if you think about it, all Latin American countries are predominantly Catholic. To this point, more than anyone should be saying that we are very different from Ecuadorians and nothing makes us like the Paraguayans. Perhaps they are right, but attribute becomings these differences historical, territorial and geographical situations contingencies. At least we all speak Castilian, pray to Jesus, we worship Mary, we were colonized by the English, our countries have less than 200 years of independence and we all have conflicts with the native peoples for exclusion and segregation.

South Caucasus countries in 2006 celebrated 15 years of independence after having been relieved of the USSR. For them it was simply a formality, since their identity is not played on a declaration of independence, the blood is in charge. Just as these people may have endured a history of domination by different empires, without losing a bit of their culture and sense of belonging to their roots.

The pride of these people for being Armenian, Georgian or Azeri feel when they speak, when they pray, when they fight, they eat, when they suffer. All the passion and the roots have made these people can continue to feel unique. Religions

own unique languages, help, despite centuries of domination, Armenians, Georgians and Azeris can continue fighting to be recognized as the ancestors of Noah, and those fortunate to live in the land chosen by Zeus to chain Prometheus and the place where the garden was supposed to be of Eden. Nando



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