Holidays in Other Countries

As we all know, English is the most expanded language in the world, every country is making their habitants to learn this language in order to have a better communication with the entire world. These articles are written in this language because it will be able to be visible for the people that don’t speak those languages, with the objective that more people get interested on their holidays tradition. In the articles, it is explained the traditional ceremonies that are carried about in some countries as Peru, India, Guatemala and Thailand.

For example, in Peru some families go to mass at the night, on December 24^th, and then they serve dinner at midnight, some typical meals for Christmas are turkey, salad, “arroz Árabe”, and for dessert they have “paneton” and hot chocolate.  

In India, the color festival of Holi is a tradition, it is celebrated on Phalgun Purmina in February, and the theme of the celebration is the victory of good over bad. On this day people seems very happy and they hug and wish each other to have a happy Holi. In this ceremony they celebrate with lighting up of bonfire, numerous legends and stories, and they have the chance to send blessings and give some special Holi gift to the people they love.

 In Guatemala, they have ‘Alfombras’, which are decorations over the street for holy week, hundreds of people stay all night or wake up really early to elaborate this decoration. The ‘alfombras’ are made of colored flowers, petals, needles, sand, fruits, and many colorful and beautiful materials.

Finally, in Thailand they have special celebrations for New Year, they have a certain number of rituals with diverse steps, for example, cleaning the house, putting new clothes, visiting temples. One of the most curious Thailand traditions is the use of water guns to purify and take away the bad luck.

Personal Culture

Since I was a little girl I've been surrounded by many different sports, primarily by baseball/softball. When I was just a kid my dad played baseball in his team from work, years later so did my mom in her job and my brother was taking baseball classes. Then, when my older sister was about 13, she started playing in my mom's team as well. 

At that time I was still too young and such a crybaby to play, so even though I was wishing so badly to get in I couldn't. We played baseball with the rest of our family every once in a while, and they noticed I did have skills and and the attitude so, when I grew up a little bit more I made it, and got in my mom's softball team, I was still a crybaby though, so whether I did something right or something wrong I always ended up crying. I stopped playing some months later. But here's what that culture had to teach me: You won´t always do things as good as you wish, BUT... If you enjoy doing it and you are with nice people it will always be worth it.

Since then I have really been into sports and I just can stay still. Right now at Uninorte I'm in many Bienestar classes and about to get in a football team.

Economic Empowerment for Women

I would lend money to Ericka Patricia: the 27 year old with a soda and candy shop in her neighborhood. She would probably know how to use it wise.

The reason I choose her is because of the fact she was able to grow by herself at a short age. She started working when she was about 17 and now, 10 years later, she has a soda and candy shop on her own. She would probably invest well my borrowed money.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZqnqH9s1jk