Interesting facts - Paraguay Video Transcripts
Video 1 Transcript
Lunch is like the big meal of the day in their country. Instead of like here, it's we have a bigger dinner, there they have a big lunch and they get together as a family and it's a big deal. Also, one thing that was interesting to me was that when sometimes you walk down the street and there will be like a car pass by with a kind of like a siren, but instead of a siren they play like this advertisement that says chippa, chippa basu, chippa con queso, like they'll try to get you to come buy something. It's kind of like an ice cream truck, but instead of ice cream they're selling bread and it's really kind of silly and funny.
Video 2 Transcript
It has a ton of hydroelectric generated power, which I did not expect at all. Another one is that, I'm not sure how many decades ago, it wasn't very long ago, I think it was in the 80s, it was under a dictatorship and now it, um, it's, it's, government is like a republic now, but there's a lot of corruption and a lot of gangs now, which is actually more dangerous than when it was a dictatorship. But the people are really good. I mean, despite, I never really felt in danger, but there is a lot of violence and people recognize it and people take a stand against it, which I think is a really cool national, I think identity that they have is that they recognize that things need to change and they don't know much, but they'll try.
Video 3 Transcript
So I think just the main thing is that their country has a lot of nationalism, nationalistic pride, but it's not like the United States. It's more like a love for their people instead of extreme pride for the country. One thing that goes with that is that the people love football or soccer in English. The people will ask you what club you're in, which means what team do you like. My favorite is Cerro Porteño, but I know a lot of people love Olympia or Luqueños. Make sure you have a favorite because they'll ask you. Another thing is that little kids, they'll go to school in the morning or in the afternoon. It's not the whole day, it's like four hours or four hours, and they'll come home and have lunch in between.
