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Top 5 the most Chilean bizarres traditions 

Here we put down the strange tradition that we considered weird and bizarres. We do not put it in order because all of them are important and bizarres for this group.

Spend the night on New Year in cemetery This is considered the world's weirdest tradition.In Talca in the south of Chile this strange celebration of new year is very common. For many years there is a tradition to celebrate the arrival of the New Year with loved ones who have gone before, betting at the General Cemetery in the city. Tradition that dates back to 1979 when members of the family Albornoz Opazo, climbed the walls of the cemetery to visit the grave of the household head in July Opazo Silva, who for many years had been gravedigger in the same cemetery. Such action began to be imitated by a growing number of Talca so that in 1995 the administration decided to formalize complex activity that has become a hallmark of the city during the holidays last year.

 

Minka of Tiradura de casa(moving houses with bulls) Is a pre-Columbian tradition of community volunteer work or group for social utility or reciprocal currently in place in several Latin American countries.Is to move a house. The reasons for transfer include: the need to approach a road or the acquisition of new land. The complexity of the task requires several days of work and the presence of experienced carpenters. To achieve the foundations of the building are removed and wooden beams that function as a sledge skates are placed. Doors and windows are removed and the inside is reinforced with struts to not be deformed during transit. The house oxen, bulls or tied tractors and drag whatever it takes. Sometimes it is also necessary to carry through the sea.It attracts the curiosity of tourists and media. So almost every home tiraduras are around strangers and go on to become social events selling food and traditional music numbers. Often in the rest of the word Chile minga alludes only to this particular type.

Putaendo Confetti Carnival Date: Second week of Febreaury In Chile, the fifth region, specifically in Putaendo, celebrated the Confetti Carnival each year. The tradition consist in people with their hands full of confeti, go around near of principal square and when they meet in front of the man or woman who are in love take a big handful of confetti and ... throw it on the face.If following this courageous act and love do not answer back with confetti is because it was rejected.

Pagar una manda (a type of pilgrimage that consist to  go to a santuary with candless and crawling) In Chile as in other cultures have different saints santos.This have sacred places where people go to pray for a loved one or your family. It is said that when the Holy fulfill your request you must go to his shrine every year at least once on the date of canolization.Those places people go walking, crawling, with candles in hand. They bring you offerings as his hair, pictures, money, etc. The strange thing is that tradition as people realized. Hundreds of people crawling kilometers each year.

St John's Eve A celebration from antiquity pagan origins, is celebrated in Chile innumerable rituals, meals, drinks and dances, showing that the sacred night of June 23 has not abandoned his magic component. The origin of this festival is linked to the celebration of the arrival of the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere, for which bonfires they lit up to pay tribute to the sun and purify the sins of man. This commemoration later was adopted by the Catholic Church, giving it a new investiture: the birth of John the Baptist, 24 June. Many are the beliefs that are related to tonight, and countless traditions that are celebrated. Here are some of them: •             Place 3 potatoes under the bed, one unpeeled, the other half peeled and the third peeled whole. When collect them, if you take the unpeeled you'll have a lot of money If you pick the half peeled, you will spend economic hardship, and if you touch peeled whole, you're very poor all year round. •             For women, there are special rites given a salt bath to clean energy; if you want love comes to their lives, light a pink candle; light a brazier in the backyard and burn some article of their clothing, so that all the evil that envelops leave; if you want the fortune and money abound, light a green candle. •             There are other less superstitious rites and pantagruelian. For example, in Ancud and Castro, Chiloe, announce celebrations with the classic dishes of pork, potatoes and wine, with performances by folk ensembles to dance at night, in addition to performing enjoyable tests.