Its interesting the way that native people were related. In most of cases, the domination of white man is almost a fact and they tried to make its own rules avoiding native culture and trends. The same way as Chilean native people: Spaniards came out and now, in 2012, many of its traditions are lost and few people can speak mapudungun, the languaje of the Mapuches.
I think the problem with Chilean native people's loss of traditions and languages is not only fault of Spaniards or Chileans. When we see other native communities abroad, they fight day after day to keep their traditions alive, but in our country we see how Mapuches, or other communities, just leave their lands and try of being part of the white men world. I know this is a very personal opinion and I know they have problem with their lands (because they say that those were stolen), but if they really want to keep their culture alive I think they have to find the way to transferring their knowledge to new generations.
ReplyDeleteI disagree with you Julio, since there are many mapuche communities that still try to keep their traditions alive, the problem is that they are not necessarily synchronised with the development of the country and that produces a clash between them and the rest of the Chilean people.
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