Pinocchio

In a class with Mr. Villa, we were talking about Disney movies, and how different they are from the real stories which Hans Christian Andersen made, like "the little mermaid"; The Grimm's brothers one, "The little red riding hood"; or the shocking change that was made to the Carlo Collodi one, "Pinocchio". And I'm going to talk about this last in particular.

In the movie, Geppeto wished that his last creation became alive, and his wish was granted and the puppet that he made was alive! And so that is how Pinocchio was born.
But the fairy that conceded the wish to Geppeto, made a warning to the new child, in which he had to be honest, obedient and sincere, and Jiminy Cricket jump into scene to help Pinocchio to achieve this (he was like his conscience).

But Pinocchio was involved in so many bad scenes in which he lied and disobey, that because of this his nose was becoming long and long everytime he told a lie or something like that. 
 

On another hand, in the real story of Carlo Collodi, while Geppeto was making Pinocchio, this last one was laughing and moving hands a feet, and then he run away from home, and told the police that Geppeto raped him and took him to jail. And Jiminy Cricket said to him that what he did was bad, and as all little children, he did not like to be told to do things, so he got mad and throw a hammer to the cricket and Pinocchio killed him.

But somehow the cricket live again and told Pinocchio not to go to some mountains but the puppet did it anyway and he met with some killers. And he run, and run, however, the killers grabbed him and hung him in a tree branch. Pinocchio continued doing bad things that he regret.
 
You can read the whole story here Pinocchio (it is not long).

I really liked the Collodi tale, because it has more bizarre and morbid things. And I think that Disney really changed the story, but I enjoyed it anyways. Futhermore, I think that the movie "Pinocchio", an Italian version is much more similar to the Carlo's one. Here is the trailer

Would you like a puppet, a doll, or any toy to become alive?

A life laughing

While I was preparing my map exhibition I read a lot of interesting material about Canada, unfortunately in 5 minutes I could not said the whole information I had prepared so here I go!

Although Canada is the second largest country in the world all the honors are always taken by the United States, that's why Canada is better known like the American Backyard. Too bad! :(

By now, let's talk about Hollywood, some stars are known for their nationality as

Jim Carrey. (The Mask, Dumb and dumber, Liar Liar, Fun with Dick and Jane, Yes Sir, and so on.) 

He was born in Otario, Canada on January 17, 1962. He got his start in a Toronto's comedy club when he was just 15 years old. He relocated to Los Angeles a long time ago to purpuse comedy but anyway he is a Canadian star!!. 

Here is a video from The Grinch, a movie I really love, I think it's a EPIC characterization in all aspects!!

How the Grinch Stole Christmas 

 Hope you enjoy it!

"MAPUCHE`S CULTURE, ALIMAPU, WE TRIPANTU"

 I was very indecisive about what should I write in the blog, but I remembered that a couple of weeks ago, reading my Facebook, and after the fire in Valparaíso, I read something about "Alimapu", that means "ali" burn or dry, and "mapu", land. This is the name that Changos used to call Valparaiso. I also read that Spanish once they know about the location of Chango`s settlement, they devastated and burned everything. Then I started thinking about how far away we are from our own culture, from our own background

I had the pleasure to known a Mapuche couple, and every time we met, I feel like a little girl listening their histories, it`s something magical!. It`s amazing how listening a little bit of the Mapuche`s world view, habits and belief, I felt totally identified!!.

I think that Chileans are always searching for a sense of belonging, because of this breakdown with our roots, and that's why we have lots of urban cultures. 

We Tripantu and the Winter Solstice

One of the things that captured my attention was "we tripantu" that means "new sunrise", the winter solstice, the shortest day and the longest night symbolizes the beginning of the new sowing cycle and it marks the moment of the sun`s rebirth. I believe that this "awareness" of the environment was a common thing in almost every native culture.

All the family members and the community gather together around a fire to eat, tell stories and sing playing kultrun and trutruca. In the dawn they go to the river to wash up any negative thing they`ve picked up through the year. 

To conclude, I believe that rituals are very important, specially in my life, and with the fast rhythm of life that we have, we are leaving them behind .

I also think that Chileans should give up football and start playing Chueca!!! LOL!

Leave me your comments please!!

The place where the animals would prefer to live.

In our last activity from Introduction, I have to search about the protection of the wild life in South Africa. 
By the time I was investigating, I was getting more and more interested on the topic, so I saw a video of the animals in the Kruger National Park, the biggest game reserve and biosphere reserve, that covers an area of 19,633 square kilometres in the provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga in northeastern of South Africa and I was surprised... Animals living in they natural enviroment, being themselves, running, fighting, sleeping, doing whatever they want to. Elephants, zebras, lions, and rhynos. A lot of differents species, with unique characteristics. ¡How wonderfull is nature!


The truth is that many of the people, in those years, would not get surprised because of the wild animals, they would said "Oh, you can saw the same animals in a zoo, those places looks pretty good, the animals are so close to you, and they look happy."
I want to stop for a minute, and realize the actual situation of the zoos in Chile, we have no laws that govern those places, where the animals get caught with the excuse that is good for us, its educational and in the same time, they entertain us.
I saw an investigation of one non-governmental organization, and I think that the conclussion is easy... Tell me, how would do you feel, if you spend ALL you're life in the same place, with people taking you a lot of photographies, the flashes of the camera, the sounds, the laughs, when there's no time to rest when u feel tired, eating the same things everyday, with no space to extend your muscles and no another place to go?...
I want to share this with all of you, to take awareness, and take a stand on this issue, Zoos, a good place to learn or just a business? Hope you enjoy it and believe me, Kruger National Park is where the animals have and would prefer to live :)

Apartheid in South Africa

There was a term that called me my attention when we did the maps, which was the apartheid in South Africa. This concept means separation and it was a completely act of social segregation.

The abundance of natural resources, mostly mineral resources, in South Africa provoked a high immigration from England in the XX century.

With the invention of the National Party (in 1948), created in order to have the socioeconomic control in this country, and then, the "Grand Apartheid", non-white people had been deprived of their rights (as voting). Their lives were completely affected by the laws that had been approved, such as the restriction of marriage between white and non-white and the creation of "white-only" jobs.

In 1950. the Population Registration Act required that all South Africans be racially classified into one of three categories: white, black (African), or colored (of mixed descent).

In 1951, the government created the "homelands", which were independent states and the government was the responsible to assigned to each African where "his/her belonged" according to his/her record of origin.

Other breaches to the rights of non-white people were they had inferior public services and the existence of benches or buildings that they couldn't use.

The system was dismantled in 1990, but nowadays South Africa still wrestles with its significant racial issue.

As my reflection, I sincerely believe that those kind of events on the history shows the cruelty of the human beings, and I really don't understand how someone can hate someone else by the colour of his/her skin, religion or sexual orientation, and how, despite the plurality that exists in our age, some of us is still thinking, for example, that homosexuals should disappear or that they are an abomination.

Women in dress

I love the dresses of the women in the royalty, because I think that the way the corse was tightened to the waist it made the body look so beautiful and femenine, and also I feel pain just seeing how tight it was, but I would use that dresses just to look like a hourglass.
 



 The fabrics of the clothes were so beautiful, like silk, velvet and brocade.

Also women had rules of the colours and fabrics that they could use, this was called Sumptuary laws. Elizabeth I continued using this laws after her father and sister.

Rich women had to use certain colours depending on their title. Elizabeth put in her proclamation for the Statues of Apparel Sumptuary Laws for women:

None shall wear

Any cloth of gold, tissue, nor fur of sables: except duchesses, marquises, and countesses in their gowns, kirtles, partlets, and sleeves; cloth of gold, silver, tinseled satin, silk, or cloth mixed or embroidered with gold or silver or pearl, saving silk mixed with gold or silver in linings of cowls, partlets, and sleeves:

except all degrees above viscountesses, and viscountesses, baronesses, and other personages of like degrees in their kirtles and sleeves.

You could see the rest of it in here Elizabeth's Laws

I think this laws were to know the rank and privilege of all people. Also I think this was so racist, but we have to realize that those days were a little different from now.

If you want, leave a comment to let me know what you think! 

Elizabeth first has affairs too

Elizabeth I, the virgin Queen, one of the most powerful women in England; even she has affairs with some men. Unfortunately all of her suitors has affairs and one of them plot against her throne.

Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, was her close friend of the queen in her first years of reign, he was condemned to death for treason, because his family try to put on the throne to Jane Gray, but he has been forgiven. After that Dudley was a lovely Elizabeth’s friend until his death.

Before Dudley death he include into the England’s parliament to Robert Devereux who will be Elizabeth’s suitor, She loved to be adored by a 20’s man, but his youth and hunger of power brought him to plot against Elizabeth’s throne and he will die beheaded in the tower of London.

Walter Raleigh was an English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, politician, courtier, spy, and explorer. He was so close to the queen until his affair, and after secret marriage, with Elizabeth Throckmorton, one of the queen’s ladies-in-waiting. For this secret marriage he and his wife has been sent to death. The queen leave them go away together, but before that she send him to the war against Spain.

The look of “The Virgin Queen” has been affirmed, because she has never married with anyone and her integrity as a virgin can’t be refused.