My Charrua origin by Juan Francisco Navarro

Ingles charruas (terminado) from Maria Marta Bordenave

My parents by Hector Huamanchuno

The story began when my parents travelled to Argentina to study and work. Luis Huamanchumo, my dad, studied to be a dentist at university of odontology and worked in the cinema San Martin. Azucena Chicchón, my mum, studied to be kindergarten teacher in university of primary education. Then, my parents met and married. The origins The ancestors of my parents are the Incas; the identity of the Incas is based on:

•Machu Picchu Located at 2,700 meters, is the best preserved Inca city that has come to today. He discovered the American explorer Hiram Bingham in 1911. The city of Macchu Pichu was a natural fortress, protected by the god of the sun and a mountain of three open sides and one open. This was where the Incas were located the military. Using stones always had a religious meaning to the Incas •
•Art
The Incas made their sculptures with gold, which abounded much in the region. The Incas extracted from mines and rivers. They were guarded by soldiers who prevented theft.
The work of gold, especially in the Cuzco area, used to represent animals and men. One of the animals represented is LLAMA, which was a favorite of the Incas.
• The religion
The Incas adore their gods, like the Pachamama (goddess of nature) and Viracocha (creator God) and the most important was the Sun God.

Tango by Pilar Telechea and Julia Valladares

Tango from Maria Marta Bordenave

Dulce de Leche by Martín Tarrabé and Rocío Arriagada

Power point dulce de leche from Maria Marta Bordenave

The effort was worth it by Bianca Cecchini

My great grandfather, Luis, is Italian and he came to Argentina for many reasons: he wanted a safe future for his family, because in Italy there were wars and a difficult situation for countryside people.

He was born ,grew up, got married to his wife and had kids in that country. All his dream was destroyed in short time. He decided to come to Argentina to start a new life and find a job.

He could find a job on a farm, and started working with animals, like sheep, cows and horses. His boss was an English man, which left his country for the same reasons as my grandpa. Henry Jones was very kind because he gave to him, work, food and a place where all his family could sleep. They were like brothers and shared their different lifestyles.

Finally Luis and Henry started a meal company.

English and italian food, all in the same restaurant. They were very lucky and all the effort was worth it.

The mate, one Argentinian story, by Piuquén Vilela and Martín Cuchetti

The mate, one Argentinian story    

The mate is made with yerba mate. These leaves are bitter so some people put sugar into the mate. Other people put orange skin into to make it taste differently.

The leaves of the yerba mate are dried and cut previously. It grows near the rivers Paraná, Paraguay and Uruguay.

It has been consumed since pre-Columbian times by the indians from different tribes but the original mate was made by guaranies. They called it “ka’ay” , but in quechua “mati” means “pumkin” .

In general, the mate is made with hot water but if it’s made with juice, it is called “tereré”.

The mate is served in rounds of people. In Argentina, it is very popular to be with friends and drink mate or “matear” although people shouldn't be thirsty to do so. So the mate is like a meeting.

 

My grandparents: From Europe to Argentina, by Agustina Borquez

 Jesus Gonzalez was my great-grandfather from my mom’s side. He was born in 1894 in La Coruña, España.

 He grew up there and when he turned twenty years old, he came to Argentina because of the First World War.

 He spent a few days in Buenos Aires and then he moved to the country side six hundred miles from Buenos Aires. He started working with animals and producing vegetables and grains. After a few months he started his own farm.

 There he met Margarita Gonzalez and one year later they got married and had five children.

One of them was my grandmother called Nelida Gonzalez who grew up in the country side. When she was eighteen she met Carlos Spertino , they got married and had three children. My mum and her brothers grow up in the country and when my mum was six, they moved to a small town so my mum could start primary school.

  After my mum finished secondary school, she left that little town and moved to La Plata to study architecture. Here she met my father and when she was twenty-four they got married, and one year later they had their first children, my brother called Mariano.