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Argentina
Stats: Full
country name:
República
Argentina
Area:
2,776,653 sq Km
(1,082,895 sq mi)
Population:
34 millions
(growth rate 1.2%)
Capital
city:
Buenos
Aires
(pop 12 million)
People:
85% European descent,
15% mestizo, South american indians and other minorities
Languague:
Castellano,
plus 17 indigineous languagues
Religion:
93% Roman Catholic,
2.5% Protestant,
2% Jewish,
1.5% Ukranian
Catholic, Armenian Orthodox
Government:
Republic
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'Christmas in Argentina'
 People
go the church with family, then come back to a family gathering. At midnight
after eating we toast, then the adults dance while younger people go out to see
the fireworks. After this we go to sleep, but before opening the presents under
the Christmas tree. The dinner food is pork, turkey and a great variety of meals.
Then
the table is covered with sweet things, cider, juice for consuming while waiting
for the time of the toast. After the toast all the family chat, sing or play.
Houses are decorated with red and white garlands, on the door Christmas's Boots
are placed. The Chritsmas tree is decorated with coloured lights, ornaments and
the star placed on top of it. Mothers
make different kinds of meals such as roasted turkey, roasted pork, stuffed
tomatoes, Christmas's bread and puddings. The toast: drink prepared with different
kinds of fruit which is cut into pieces, then it is mixed with juice and cider.
The foods are all served cold because it is summer time and most of the people
live in the warmer climates. Many people from Buenos Aires spend Christmas at
the beach in Mar del Plata (about 1,000,000) tourists at Christmas. Make
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Argentina. EL
MATE The
Genuine River Plate costumes arise from it. The desiccating "mate"
leaves represented a group of virtudes for the ancient aborigines previous to
the Spanish conquests. Its consumption grew bigger when in the XVII century the
Jesuits, who were settled in the province of Misiones, began the task of growing
this plant carefully. The "mate" is prepared in a pumpkin bowl, which used to
be attractively decorated. It is drunk by means of a straw with a strainer at
the end called "bombilla". The ingredient are: "yerba mate", sugar at your discretion
and hot water. In meetings with friends, long drinkings of "mate" are held (one
"mate" is poured for each guest alternatly), which shows the spirit of the creole
hospitality.
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| (Cataratas
means "waterfalls"). The waterfalls are in the Misiones State. They are impressive
and marvelous cascades of water that gives incredible beauty to this state of
Argentina full of rich natural flora and fauna. One of the most famous cascades
is "The throat of Devil" and thousands of tourists from all over the world visit
this spectacular and impressive natural landscape every year situated in the Republic
of Argentina. Las
Cataratas del Iguazú se encuentran en la Provincia de Misiones, son imponentes
y maravillosas cascadas que le dan una increible belleza a esta provincia llena
de riqueza natural tanto flora como fauna. Una de las mas famosas cascadas es
"La garganta del diablo" y miles de turistas de todo el mundo visitan cada año
este espectacular e imponente paisaje natural situado en la República Argentina.
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Busy Street in Buenos
Aires
Uno
de los barrios del oeste de la provincia de Buenos Aires llamado Morón. Tiene
un amplia zona comercial para aquellos que quieren comprar mucho y con poco dinero
:). Este barrio tiene tambien una universidad privada llamada Universidad de Morón
y alli asisten todas las personas que viven en el oeste y sus alrededores. Muchas
personas que han viajado dicen que este lugar se parece mucho a Venezuela. |
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picture of a monument commemorating the 'Revolution of May', work of the
architect, Prilidiano Pueyrredón, founded in 1856 and its interior has the "primitiva",
a monument of a crude plaster mixture built in 1811. Monumento
conmemorativo de la Revolucion de Mayo, obra del arquitecto Prilidiano Pueyrredón,
erigida en 1856, y en cuyo interior se guarda la primitiva, un obelisco de adobe
cocido levantado en 1811.
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is a panoramic picture of the city of 'Mar del Plata' (Silver Sea), situated in
the province of Buenos Aires. This is the most famous touristic centre of
the country, its beaches, entertainment places like 'Mar del Plata Acquarium'
and casinos. In Argentina's summer (December to March) thousands of tourists from
all the country and boardering countries like Uruguay and Brazil visit the beautiful
beaches. meeting place of Argentina's families. Esta
es un foto panorámica de la ciudad de Mar del Plata, situada en la provincia de
Buenos Aires. Es el más famoso centro turístico del pais, sus playas, sus
lugares de entretenimiento como el Mar del Plata Acuarium y casinos . En el verano
argentino (diciembre a marzo) miles de veraneantes de todo el pais y de paises
limítrofes como Uruguay y Brasil visitan estas hermosas playas. Lugar de encuentro
de la familia argentina.
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En
Argentina, el Tango es la música folklórica por excelencia. Se empezo a bailar
por 1880 en los Corrales Viejos en Parque Patricios, al sur de Buenos Aires. Si
bien Carlos Gardel es el alma del Tango, Astor Piazzolla, Mariano Mores, Aníbal
Troilo y Juan de Dios Filiberto entre otros, inmortalizaron el Tango. Lo que empezo
siendo una música prohibida por su enorme cuota de sensualidad y pasión, es hoy
la imagen de la estampa porteña. In
Argentina, tango is, far and away, folk music.
It starts being danced in 1880 in the Corrales Viejos in Parque Patricios, south
of Buenos Aires. Even though Carlos Gardel represents the soul of Tango, others
like Astor Piazzolla, Mariano Mores, Aníbal Troilo and Juan de Dios Filiberto
inmortalized it even more. What started as a forbidden music due to its big amount
of sensuality and passion, is nowadays the image of Buenos Aires.
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