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Holiday in Gran Chaco

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Sports From the well-manicured fancy pitches of Asuncion to the countryside fields with makeshift goal posts, futbol (soccer) is undoubtedly, the most predominant sport in Paraguay. The national team inspires pride like none other. In the 2010 Mundial (World Cup), the Albirroja as they are known, made it to the quarterfinals, a record for the team. There are several local and regional teams, and foreigners will frequently be asked which club they cheer for (de que club sos?). The largest national clubs, based in Asuncion, are Olimpia (with club colors black and white) and Cerro Porteno (blue and red). A

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Traveling in Gran Chaco

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Literature & Arts Paraguay has a limited literary tradition thanks to a slew of dictatorships that discouraged education and sent the educated and artistically inclined in to exile. Augusto Roa Bastos is the country’s most well known author and winner of the prestigious Premio Cervantes prize for Spanish language literature. Social justice is a common theme in his works, which are almost entirely set in Paraguay. Among his best known are Yo El Supremo (I The Supreme) a thinly veiled critique of the Stroessner dictatorship and Hijo de Hombre (Son of Man), both of which are available in

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Travel to Gran Chaco

editor — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 13:20:00 +0000

Music & Dance Paraguayans are very proud of their musical heritage. During the colonial era, Guarani and Spanish musical traditions were blended, thanks to the Jesuit priests. The musical melding that took place in the Jesuit missions resulted in a style known as Guarani-Baroque (see Guarani Baroque Music). Nowadays, polkas and guaranias are the most representative musical styles. Paraguayan polka, a cousin of the Argentine chamame, was founded by European immigrants who reached Paraguay by the Rio de la Plata. No wedding is complete without an energetic set of polkas that sends couples spinning around the dance floor at a

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Gran Chaco Travel Destinations

editor — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 12:16:00 +0000

Immigrants Paraguay is also home to an interesting mix of immigrant populations. Some are more integrated into Paraguayan society than others. Geographic isolation has led many to adapt quickly to Paraguay and become paraguayizados (paraguayanized), drinking terere and picking up Guarani. Mennonites Perhaps the best known of Paraguay’s immigrant communities, the Mennonites arrived to the country in the late 1920’s. The first groups settled in the Paraguayan Chaco (see The Mennonites). These days, there are over seventeen Mennonite colonies consisting of more than 28,000 people, each organized around the cooperative system, throughout Paraguay. Most communities are very closed off, maintaining

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Gran Chaco Guide for Tourist

editor — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 08:32:00 +0000

Paraguay’s Indigenous Population Though the majority of Paraguayans have indigenous heritage, a distinct difference is drawn between mestizos and pure-blooded indigenas (indigenous). According to the 2002 indigenous census, Paraguay had approximately 86,500 native inhabitants with a projected population of 120,000 by 2010. Paraguay’s tribes are generally divided into five distinct linguistic families: Zamuco, Mataco, Maskoy, Guaicuru, and Guarani. In total, there are seventeen different ethnicities within these five linguistic families, with Guarani tribes accounting for more than half of Paraguay’s total indigenous population. The native makeup of Eastern Paraguay is almost solely Guarani, while the Paraguayan Chaco is home to

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Gran Chaco Travel

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Languages Both Spanish and Guarani are spoken throughout the country and used daily in varying degrees by most Paraguayans. The mixture of both languages is commonly known as jopara which, fittingly, means mix or blend” in Guarani. The balance between the two languages shifts towards Spanish in urban areas and towards Guarani in rural areas. In both areas, there are few people who speak either no Spanish or no Guarani whatsoever. Guaram Guarani is one of the few pre-colonial indigenous languages that still survives in Latin America and is still widely used throughout all levels of Paraguayan society. Perhaps what

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