Bolivian Cultural Customs

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Bolivians have a good lifestyle centered on holidays, customs, and cuisine. Throughout this reading you will learn so much more than what you already knew or maybe learn more about what you already knew. A good lifestyle centered on holidays, customs, and cuisine. Which will consist of the holidays they celebrate, how they celebrate, and their traditional customs and what they eat.
Holidays in Bolivia, many people believe everyone celebrates the same holidays worldwide. That is just not always the case. Like Christmas in Bolivia, they celebrate from Christmas Eve, until January 6th. To begin with on Christmas Eve they have a Midnight Mass service called the 'Misa de Gallo' and at exactly 12’o’clock they let off firecrackers. The baby Jesus …show more content…

Another important cultural of Haitian customs is Carnival. Which is a national celebration that takes place every February. It begins on February 7th and lasts through to February 9th. A Carnival festival consists of parades, live music, dancing in the streets and all night partying. Carnival is also considered “Mardi Gras”. There is two carnivals in Bolivia first one is “Carnival De Oruro”, the second is “Carnival”. It is also the most popular and festive …show more content…

If you visit Bolivia, you will get to experience and explore the cuisine they are known for. As an example, for breakfast, you may decide to go to a general breakfast house. There they will serve you a menu with tons of food to choose from. You will be very shocked with how different they are from us Americans just by their cuisine. But, it’s not something you will always be able to try. A common breakfast would be Empanadas which is a fried pastry. For lunch, you may have Sanduiche de Chola which is a pork sandwhich. When it becomes time for dinner you may decide to try out something a little different. Like Antichucho which is skewerd beef hearts. This sounds disgusting but is very common in Bolivia. A few drinks in Bolivia are Chicha (corn beer), Tojori (thick hot corn drink), and Singani (sprite and fruit). For deserts, they have Budin de Coco which is coconut pudding. Another dessert is Arroz con Leche which is Rice pudding. A common dessert to us Americans. Although their foods do not seem very appealing they may taste very well. To add they are all very hearty and healthy

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