{"id":10667,"date":"2020-09-02T00:52:42","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T22:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/?p=10667"},"modified":"2020-09-02T01:09:50","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T23:09:50","slug":"fiestas-patrias-a-cultural-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/fiestas-patrias-a-cultural-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201eFiestas Patrias\u201d \u2013 a cultural experience"},"content":{"rendered":"Usually, on September 18th each year, Chileans intensely celebrate the &#8220;Fiestas Patrias&#8221;, the main civic celebration to commemorate their emancipation from the Spanish empire and rise of their Republics, which in Chile took place in 1810.<\/p>\n<p>At ramadas and fondas, the festivity grounds, typical products are served such as empanadas (savoury filled pastries), anticuchos (meat skewers) and mote con huesillo, a dessert made with dried peaches and cooked wheat. Also traditional artistic spectacles are offered to the public.  <\/p>\n<p>Immerse yourself in the flair of this national celebration with the following video and experience Chile&#8217;s culture up close:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pMprorE6G2c\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/br><\/p>\n<p>The national dance Cueca, a symbol of Chilean culture, cannot be missed during these festivities. In this couple dance, both dance partners move towards each other and in a semicircle around each other. Both hold a white handkerchief in their hands.<\/p>\n<p>It is a dance of conquest and elegant flirting. Originally it is the representation of the energetic dance a rooster makes to courtship a hen. Presented in traditional folk garb, the man represents a countryside man &#8220;Huaso&#8221; while the countryside woman is nominated \u201echina\u201c.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Experience a Cueca dance performance of the national winners 2019:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sEsjzY4gHMs?start=24\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Usually, on September 18th each year, Chileans intensely celebrate the &#8220;Fiestas Patrias&#8221;, the main civic celebration to commemorate their emancipation from the Spanish empire and rise of their Republics, which in Chile took place in 1810. At ramadas and fondas, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"[:de]\u201eFiestas Patrias\u201d \u2013 ein kulturelles Erlebnis[:en]\u201eFiestas Patrias\u201d \u2013 a cultural experience[:] - travelArt","description":"[:de]Am 18. September jeden Jahres feiert Chile normalerweise ausgiebig die \u201eFiestas Patrias\u201c, die wichtigste nationale Feier, um der Unabh\u00e4ngigkeit vom spanisc"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chile-reise.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}