The best Fiestas Patrias

When I ask me for the best Fiestas Patrias that I have, I come to mind many memories, but I think that this years was a little different, because I take advantage of the whole weekend, every day I did something different and each had something funny...I don't like classify the things I do like "the best", "the most", "the less", but I think I have many stories to tell and many good memories about this year.

Normally, I spent one or two days with my friends and other two with my family, but this year I started to go out with my friends from the first day I could, I went to my uncles house in Peñaflor and there we ate empanadas with all my cousins, uncles and grandmother. Also, went to other uncles house, there we did a roast. I had two days of fondas in house of my friends; one in Santiago and the other in Calera de Tango. Finally, holidays finished when I visited the home of a dear friend.

About the Chilean things I did, this year I danced cueca even I sang some, I helped cook empanadas and I prepared terremotos. All this activities were very entertaining and everyone makes me very happy at the moment.

Now, back to reality I'm trying to get used to the normal academic rhythm, but is very difficult, I miss much sleep then wake up late and be free to go out, visit people or just relax.

A simple or complex date?

Today is September 11th and like every year can be a regular day for some people or can be a date full of sence. Speaking about myself, the date move me entirely. Since childhood, topics like dictatorship, missing detainee people, coup, etc. have been in my reflections, because my parents instilled in me the idea of respect for the other people and the importance of justice in whole range. In addition, my parents had a youth activist so his experience is marked by this period.

Therefore, I think that complain the human rights violated 40 years ago is a responsability that country have with the affected families, also have responsability on important justice terms and ethical issues. Consequently, the state of Chile must deal with the two parts; offenders and victims. The state have to make visible incidents that all we know.

Finally, I think that this date is not out, meanwhile exist missing people and offenders without being judged is relevant affirm the September 11th or the dictatorship as a unfinished theme. Besides, the people need to re-appropriate their history, for this reason the young people need to know their history and events of the past thet persist throught time. 

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