About our Bicentenary

I always believe that September 18th is the most important celebration of our country. Long ago I meet a German and an Argentinian, they tell me that they don't have a celebration like our. For the Argentinian our celebration is like the days that they won the worldcup. They believe that we have a great patriotism.

I think that these days are going to be a big celebration; unfortunately we're not going to have the celebration that we think some years ago, with a lot of monuments or building inaugurations, because in one hand we have to remember that our country had to overcome economical problems, an the other hand we need to remind that our government not always do what they promise.

I think that we have to use these days to share with our family, take some time to think about we expect for the next years and make a goal for us. Also, we have to celebrate our bicentenary and separate sometime to visit historical places, go to places that are related to our independency and get more information about what we’re celebrating. I must say that I never play some Chilean games like “greasy pole” or “catch the pig”, I never been in a “Rodeo”, that is maybe I think that these days are a very good opportunity to try some of them, because they are part of Chilean culture

Finally one of the things that I believe that are wrong: some people don’t know about what we’re celebrating, and they think that September, especially September 18th, is only to fly a kite or a few days of holidays that we can use to go outside of Chile.