Transcript Chile

Chile
Interacting with the environment
Cultural universals
clothing
People in Chile wear clothes
like Poncho’s, garments and
pants. Poncho is a garment
used to keep your body
warm; it is a big piece of
fabric with a hole in the
centre for the head. Chilean
people are very particular
about their clothes. A
Chamanto is a special type of
traditional dress worn in
central Chile. It has a design
similar to a poncho and is
made of silk woven with wool
and tread. The edge of the
dress is decorated with
ribbons and frills.
clothing
The main difference
between a Chamanto and
other poncho’s is that they
have reverse colours
meaning they have different
shades on each side.
Usually the dark side is
worn in daylight and light
side at night. Ponchos are
made to keep your body
warm as it is cold in Chile
and some ponchos are
made of water resistant
material to keep you dry
when it rains. The weather
in Chile is hot and rainy so
the ponchos are the best
clothes for the weather in
Chile.
Chilean crops and food
Chile has many different types
of cuisine in north, south and
central Chile. Seafood is very
big in Chile as it has the Pacific
Ocean to its west. There is lots
of fishing and seafood such as
prawns, crabs, clams, shrimp,
codfish, salmon, oysters,
lobsters, etc. are fished in large
amounts.
Main crops in Chile are the
Chirimoya which is a native fruit
and is grown in the Andes
mountain ranges, the Lucuma
which is another Andean fruit is
also grown in the Andes
mountains is exported
worldwide and is an important
flavour in ice creams.
Chilean foods and crops
The Ugni Molinae also known as
“Chilean guava” is a shrub grown in
southern Chile. Quinoa is an edible
seed from the Andes Mountain
growing from the quinoa tree.
Maize or corn or Choclo as known
in Chile is the main staple diet of
the people in Chile. Potatoes are
widely grown in Chileo archipelago.
These are islands at the coast of
Chile.
Soil in the Andes Mountains is very
stony and supports very less
vegetation.
The climate and soil is very suitable
for these plants to grow.
housing
A Palafito is a typical Chilean
house. It is an American-Indian stilt
village on water bodies or floating
on water.
Stilt houses are houses raised on
pile (foundation, tile, etc.) on
surface of soil or water bodies. In
the nineteenth centuary, many
Palafito were built in Chilean cites
and in Chiloe archipelago (islands
on coast of Chile).
Since then, these houses have
been considered important typical
parts of the Chilotan architecture.
These houses are made of
lightwood and are covered with
straw so they can float on water
and if broken then they can set up
again.
Housing
Nearly all houses and buildings in
colonial Chile were made of wood
and covered with roof shingle
(these are roof coverings which
have overlapping layers.). Palafitos
have shingle roofs so that the rain
or leaves or any dirt can easily slide
off. Lightwood is found a lot in Chile
and is used in making Palafitios.
Since many fisherman and people
live along the coast so they live in
Palafitos on water.
Earthquakes are common so if their
houses are on water then they may
not be distrusted too much and if it
breaks then they can rebuild it.