18th 19th September During a week, 600 000 people leave the city. It is so quiet and so empty that Santiago turns into a ghost town The D - Day! Time to go to a fonda to celebrate the Festas de la patria. What is a fonda? It is a place usually where people celebrate the festivals. It takes place in parks. How do people celebrate? By eating lots of meat (BBQ) and have some beers or wine and going to a fonda. Once there, you have areas to play old fashion games but very fun, booths where you can buy local products such as food, hats, ponchos, jewelries, and even Egyptian statues,military forces´ presentation. You also have bands, playing Chilean music and people dancing the local folklore called cueca. The most expected show is the horses ones. It rarely in Chile but on 17th evening and night it poured cats and dogs, on 18th it was on and off. It was a pity as not so many people went to the fonda and the horses's shows were called off. I went with 2 friends and arrived at 2 p.m. to leave at 7. The irony of the situation was the sun came out when we were leaving, FESTAS DA PATRIA! CHILENIDAD TRADITIONS and MORE CUECA DANCER FUN GAMES FOR 1 euro! FOOD - BBQ & MEAT WAS IT RAINING THE WHOLE DAY? REALLY!
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