Today I learned some very interesting details about Bolivian culture, particularly with regards to womens' rights and family traditions. It seems that girls cannot leave the house of their parents to live elsewhere unless they are married. Also, girls (or boys) cannot stay over night at the house of their girlfriend or boyfriend, since this would be a mortal sin. Even if they have children together, as long as they are not married, they cannot live together, which I find kind of weird.
Also, it is pretty impressive how much the Bolivian culture is still marked by patriarchism and the idea of virginity until marriage. It was weird to hear that it is widely believed that graduation parties are the most common place for young girls to lose their virginity.. which, in itself, might not be that uncommon, but people seem to believe it because they see it in American films!
New things every day..
Also, I seem to have been promised to Paolo, the brother of my host brother's wife, who comes back from the States in October o.0 family gatherings are evil...!
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Hallo hallo... guten Morgen!! Wie Du siehst: Andere Länder, andere Sitten! Ich denke, da würden sich manche Teenager bei uns die Haare raufen.... Werde mir später dann mal das Dictonary raussuchen müssen, um genau zu übersetzen, aber soviel ist mir jetzt schon klar: In Cochabamba gibts eine Menge neuer Eindrücke für Dich... MENNO....ICH WÄR AUCH GERN DABEI *snüff*
ReplyDeletelol better tell paolo that he cant stay over ... that would be a mortal sin!
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