The national holiday

In my opinion, there are different perspectives to think about what makes a person being Chilean. Now I'm going to talk about these.

First, according to the legal perspective, Chilean is anyone born in Chile. In order to the culture perspective, be "Chilean" is a issue very complex, because it means an identity matter (e.g. to me, be a chilean woman gives me a root, and allows me to feel like I'm part of a culture, of a group, etc.) According to the lore, I think is very unfortunate that the deepest traditions in our society, are rooted by the dominant culture (specially when political goals play a crucial role). Is precisely these "customs" presented as "folklore" that are expressed in the national holidays, I think that's the reason about why we play kite flying, but not palin.

Thinking about answers for this final question "Which elements of our culture should be celebrated?" in my opinión, whether we hope to avoid the mistakes of consider just a minority, it would be interesting to ask each person, what elements are most important in your daily living?

Finally, I think a day will come when the true national holiday will not be rid of the Spanish crown, but to be rid of capitalist imperialism, when culture identifies us all, because we build all. I think that day if you celebrate a great national holiday.