Culture Flashcards
Explain ticos and its role in Costa Rica
Tico is another word to say Costa Rica. Tico refers to the tendency of Costa Ricans to put a Tico at the end of his words. Therefore the national soccer team of Costa Rica are called Los Ticos.
Where is the spring in Costa Rica and what can you do there?
In Costa Rica there are many beautiful places were people can spend some time in nature. In the spring of the Tabacon in Arenal, Alajuela, one can walk through tropical gardens, observe the active Arenal volcano and play in the Hot Springs.
What is the famous craft in Costa Rica?
The wooden cart. Artisian’s pink hearts with traditional designs of many colors. Before the cards were used to transport coffee, but today most are decorative.
Explain Adrian Gomez. What is his theme? What is this role in Costa Rica?
Gomez is an artist. Frequent themes are the children and the swings. These paintings reflect the essence of pure life Pura Vida, a popular phrase in Costa Rica. The phrase expresses the identity of Costa Ricans optimism calmness and happiness in life. They say Pura Vida to greet friends give thanks and respond to Como Estas?
Population estimate Capital Money Languages Typical Food
4 million
San Jose
SPANISH
Casado gallo pinto sopa negra
Explain the nature in costa Rica, & what is the famous park there?
Gardens and reserves
In Jardín de cataratas la Paz, you can walk with butterflies. They are called Morfo Azul. There’s a park of hummingbirds orchids waterfalls and tropical plants
Explain Jeannette Carballo and her work
Painted “familia en el volcán Arenal”
It is of a typical family of the countryside. The father has a radio, the mother has one of her daughters, another daughter has a book.
What does the Parque Nacional volcán rincon de la vieja contain?
There is an active volcano, people take hikes near waterfalls, swim in the hot springs.
Monkeys iguanas and many birds live in the park.
What does the parque Nacional Torres del Paine contain? Where is it?
There are volcanoes, glaciers, rivers and lakes.
People can’t fish ride bikes and observe animals there.
It is is Chile
What are the attractions of Buru Ri Ri?
Travel in cable car
See garden of butterflies
Ride horse or slide in the cable Fantastico
There are two authentic costa Rican restaurants
Explain the costs of Costa Rica
The beaches feel like summer all year
You can swim in the water, explore coral reefs, hike, ride horses on the beach or in tropical forests
Explain geography and attractions of Chile
Large and narrow, between the Andes mountains and the Pacific ocean.
Has opposite seasons, people come during their winter to enjoy the winter
Argentina:
- capital
- money
- languages
- buenos aires
- el peso Argentino
- spanish
What is special about how Argentines speak Spanish?
They use the form vos instead of the form tu
What is la Boca? What does it contain? What is the famous street there?
It is a neighborhood of Plano’s grace, where there are things of many colors and a lot of artists live.
You can visit museums, by art and handicrafts, see tango.
A famous street there is called Caminito
What is the Patagonia? What can you do there?
It is popular with adventurous and extreme sports tourists. You can camp, go to the beach, take day trips to mountains, see diverse animals, kayak with glaciers, and see penguins
What happens at soccer games in Argentina and Spain?
You will hear many chants
What does the work of Antonio Berni reflect? What is it called? What is his preferred soccer team?
They reflect the life of Argentina. Soccer is very popular. He shows the importance of the sport of the young and his representation of some boys of an Argentine neighborhood called Club Atletico Nueva Chicago. He likes 13 called club colón de Santa Fe Argentina
When did the Copa Mundial begin? What is it? How did the idea come up? How many tournaments in winning championships have there been? What is the size of the audience? Explain the trophy.
Since it’s first addition, and Uruguay in1930, Decota Mundial of FIFA has grown.” Countries play the game of soccer to complete. The idea originated from a group of French visionaries in 1920. Jules Rimet was the leader. After 10 years the idea became real in the first competition was in 1930. Since then there have been 16 tournament only winning seven different championships. The only interruption was World War II. It now has a global audience of more than 3.700 million people. The goal is to win the Copa, the original trophy is called La Copa Jules Rimet, acquired by Brazil after winning the tournament for the third time. The new trophy has been years since 1974 in the country that wins it has it for four years.
Who is Xul Solar? What is his famous picture; what does it keep it? What is common in his work?
He was a painter, sculptor, poet, and inventor. He invented two languages and some games. A lot of the pictures seem to represent other universes. The picture Bri País-Genti has bright colors and include images of light, the moon, and other forms of geometry, elements that are common in his work.
What is Copetín?
It is a popular comic strip of Columbia. It is a mischievous boy but nice and lives in Bogota. He spends a lot of his time with a group of friends in his neighborhood. The kids and adults like this comic strip for his ideas, unique characters, and mood
Explain the life of the guacho.
They get up early to turn to their cattle and maintain their branches. The salary of the garage show is the meat in the skin of the cattle that they sell. To work, they wear a large hat to protect from the sun, the wind, in the rain. They were pants that are called bombachas and some tall boots. In the house, they eat what they produce
Explain the life of the coffee gardeners in Columbia.
The coffee in Columbia is considered best in the world. They were constantly. Normally they wake up 2 o’clock to 4 o’clock in the morning. They wear a poncho and a big cat. Some days they go on a meal. They go every day to maintain their coffee. Later, they take the coffee beans because they have to make it into coffee
