lunes, 26 de septiembre de 2011

Celebrations

 The Chinita's Fair


Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá or the Virgin of Chiquinquirá is a title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary. She is the patron saint of the Venezuelan state of Zulia.An image of the Virgin of Chiquinquirá can be found at the Basílica of Maracaibo, in Maracaibo, Venezuela, where it is also called La Chinita. Every November 18, the city celebrates the traditional Feast of La Chinita with masses and processions in honor of the Virgin.

The people of Maracaibo celebrate the Chinita's fair in November with an all-night party. One of the main city avenues, Bella Vista, is closed for several blocks and the city puts lights along the whole avenue. The lights stay up for months, until after Christmas. There are stages set up, sponsored by the government and businesses around the city. There are firework shows and street vendors, and hundreds of thousands of people line the streets and celebrate all night.The Chinita’s fair officially begins on October 27th when the Virgin is taken down from the altar in which she rests. She tours all over the Zulia State and returns to the Basilica to start all the religious festivities. Around November 2nd, Bella Vista Avenue sees itself lit up by all the Christmas decorations and the local government promotes a series of public concerts with national and international artists to begin the “real” fair. Crowds of people flock together to the different stages or platforms devised to house such concerts.

Other cultural activities are held during the fair. Expo-Zulia is a temporary marketplace where the zulians show a great deal products that characterize our region. Many merchants, stores, companies and artisans offer their products at reasonably low prices. The Bullfights are also popular and a number of these are held in our bullring. The “Toros coleados” is another event that people don’t usually miss. Many “gaiteros” gather in front of the basilica to sing their best gaitas to please the patron virgin of our people putting an end to the “gaita season”.

The last two days of the Chinita’s fair are the most special ones. It is during these days when all the great parties around the city are held. By the afternoon of the 17th, many people enjoy the multiple concerts and gaita bands that sing in the different pubs, clubs and discos of our city. The party begins on the 17th and lasts way into the wee hours of the 18th, having fun in the “Gaitero Daybreak”. A lot of people usually go to the Chinita’s baseball game right after this traditional party and to the “Toros coleados” in the afternoon.


Festival of the Sea 




The Festival of Sea 
The Festival of the Sea, known in Santa Marta as Las Fiestas del Mar, occurs every year in July. This festival is one of Santa Marta's biggest, with several main attractions for the traveler and local alike. One of the favorite events that takes place during Las Fiestas del Mar is the exciting Jet Ski show, put on by the Santa Marta Esqui. Along with this thrilling event, there are several parades,that is performed on both land and water. The Queen of the Sea beauty pageant and countless parties. The streets are also filled with music, giving even more spirit to this already exhilarating festival! The festival even has its own slogan: "Santa Marta, the magic of having it all!" 

domingo, 25 de septiembre de 2011

My schedule for this week!


 It's my schedule for next week. On monday, I take brekfast at 8:00am and take lunch at 12:00pm. On tuesday, I take my english class and work out at GYM. On wednesday, watch TV at 9:00am and go to the bank at 3:00pm. On thursday I take music test at 10:00am and study math at 4:00pm. On friday run at 6:00am and party at ternerita at 9:00pm. On saturday visit to grand mother at 10:00am and go to the movies at 8:00pm. On sunday family's reunion at 2:00pm and go to the church at 6:00pm.


Dialogue!

Roberto: Here's the newspaper, Danny.
Danny: Great. what movies are playing?
Roberto: Er conde jons movie is playing at 5:00 let's see it!
Danny: hmm... I don't really want to
see that.
Roberto: Okay. Then let's see The America Captain.
Danny: Okay, That sounds good.

lunes, 19 de septiembre de 2011

Welcome to my blog!

  In this blog I will post my school homework for Level 2. I will use it to practice writing, listening, speaking and reading. Also, i will share it with my classmates and people from the world.

  My name’s Roberto Morales like my father and grandfather but you can call me Robertico. I’m from Maracaibo, originally. I live in Maracaibo, in Nueva Democracia. I’m 17 years old and I study engineering at URBE . My favorite subjects are Mathematic and Phisyc. This trimester I am taking 8 classes and I am in the 2nd trimester.


 Roberto Morales (me)

  I love music, playing guitar, surfing the net, studying Mathtematic, talking on the phone with my friends, waching TV, pizza , chocolate, my family. I also enjoy hanging out with my friends on weekends.

  I hate olives, war, violence, fake people and washing dishes.

  My dream is to travel aroud my country, i want to visit "La Gran Sabana" and others places that i don't know but my first step is to graduate from Engineering School and be a good engineer. Finaly, i would like to get a married and start my family.




  About English, I'm really bad on that language but I'm doing the best for me, I know the english is one of the most importan language around the globe. I will take an english course after my university out of my country, It will be in USA.

  Well, this is my first post! I hope you have fun.

  See you people and remember "If you dream it, you can do it"