Hello
classmates, well today I had to choose a picture and talk about it and I have
to say that it was SO MUCH DIFFICULT! Because I really love to take and to see
pictures!! In fact, some time ago I used to go out and take pictures almost every
day. With that said, I can continue with the chosen one.
This photo,
even if you cannot see it, is a visual record about my experience with Mapuche
people in the South of Chile. It was taken for a very closed friend (in these
time, my boyfriend) in Curarrehue, a really beautiful little town in IX
Araucania Region.
In the
photo you can see a pot over a big stove, well, let me tell us that inside of
that the pot used to be some of the better “Sopaipillas” that I ever eat! If
you don’t know, “Sopaipillas” are like paste made with flour and pumpkins, but Mapuches’
sopaipillas are different because it doesn’t have pumpkin, just flour, water,
salt and oil. But that’s not all, they were eaten with the best company because
Mapuche people are so welcoming, they make you feel like you’re at home.
I would
love to came back these place, it was such an amazing experience to share with indigenous
people and know about their lifestyle, culture and their handcraft. We
practically live together and share our cultures, so I really learned a lot of
thing that you only can learn living the experience yourself.
