Kindo » la prima julia http://kindo.com/blog Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:09:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 en Spanish-speaking Family with more profiles http://kindo.com/blog/2008/03/03/spanish-speaking-family-with-more-profiles/en/ http://kindo.com/blog/2008/03/03/spanish-speaking-family-with-more-profiles/en/#comments Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:04:58 +0000 la prima julia http://kindo.com/blog/2008/03/03/spanish-speaking-family-with-more-profiles/en/ Let me introduce you to the Spanish-speaking family with the biggest number of profiles in Kindo.
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In concrete, you can see the youngest generation of the family: Paz, Santiago, Soledad y Nico, who planted the family tree. These four cousins have managed to create the largest tree amongst the Spanish-speaking community in just a few weeks. And, the most important thing, they still have more than 100 relatives to add!

The founder of the tree dedicated us these nice words: “the truth is that kindo is a lot of fun, and the best thing is to share it with your relatives. Go on making improvements, guys, because up to now, I give you a 10/10. EXCELLENT!”

They also told us about the tree in the picture, that is their “beloved “tree of life”, the only tree of its species in Rosario (our city) that stands in front of our gamma’s house. We visit it everytime we meet at gramma’s place for our cousin’ sleepovers.”

It really loonks like a great family so we hope that their family tree will grow bigger and bigger and we hope they go on having fun in their famous “cousins’ sleepovers”! :)

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I would like to wish you all a happy 2008 in behalf of the whole Kindo team. We all hope you’re celebrating these days with your families, just like us.
And remember that it’s the perfect occasion to let them know about Kindo :) !

Here, in Spain, we eat twelve grapes, one on each chime of the clock. If your want to read more about this tradition…

]]> http://kindo.com/blog/2007/12/31/happy-new-year-from-kindo/en/feed/en/ Christmas Blogging: Spanish Christmas 2 http://kindo.com/blog/2007/12/25/spanish-christmas-2/en/ http://kindo.com/blog/2007/12/25/spanish-christmas-2/en/#comments Tue, 25 Dec 2007 19:56:53 +0000 la prima julia http://kindo.com/blog/2007/12/25/spanish-christmas-2/es/ photo-0036.jpgAs a continuation of our series of Christmas blogging, I would like to tell you about Spanish Christmas today.

In Spain, the traditional ornament of the season is the “Nacimiento” or “Belén” , which represents Nativity scenes with figures made of clay, plaster or wood. Normally every house has one and they differ a lot: from simple scenes with the Virgin , St Joseph and the child (such as the one on the right, painted by my mom) to really elaborated ones representing the whole town of Bethlehem.
The biggest ones normally belong to churches or town halls.

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And there is a funny tradition for the biggest ones: a small figure of the “Caganer” represents a man literally “going to the toilet”. This colourful character is often difficult to spot. He is usually to be found in an ”outlying” area - behind a suitably placed bush, for example - and not actually centre stage with the infant Jesus himself! This popular tradition comes from Catalonia and young children often spend quite a long time trying to find it.

Even though we are losing more and more our own traditions and adopting the Christmas trees and other northern ones, the Nativity scenes are still a central part of our Christmas culture. So … Feliz Navidad a todos! :)

]]> http://kindo.com/blog/2007/12/25/spanish-christmas-2/en/feed/en/ Christmas Blogging: The Spanish "Saint Innocents" http://kindo.com/blog/2007/12/21/the-spanish-saint-innocents/en/ http://kindo.com/blog/2007/12/21/the-spanish-saint-innocents/en/#comments Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:11:25 +0000 la prima julia http://kindo.com/blog/2007/12/21/the-spanish-saint-innocents/en/ There are several Spanish traditions in Christmas time, but I’ld like to tell you about one in particular, for you to get your jokes ready in a week time.

On December, the 28th, Spanish people tend not to believe any weird news on TV and to watch their backs, because we celebrate the “Saint Innocents’ Day”, which is the equivalent of the “April’s Fool” or the French “Poisson d’Avril”.

In fact,In fact, the feast has Catholic origins on the remembrace of the children’s massacre of Bethlehem by Herod the Great, called the “Massacre of the Innocents”, because little children hadn’t had time to commit any sin.

It was during the Middle Age, that children started playing jokes and tricks on older people durinh this day and, even if the Catholic Church tried to put an end to these “inappropriate” games, it has finally lasted until these days.

So,if you spend your holidays in Spain, get ready to get paper “Inocentes” stuck in your backs or to hear fake news or “Gazapos” such as Martians’ Invasions of the Earth, even in the most serious TV channels…

]]> http://kindo.com/blog/2007/12/21/the-spanish-saint-innocents/en/feed/en/ Oh yes! They do! http://kindo.com/blog/2007/10/24/oh-yes-they-do/en/ http://kindo.com/blog/2007/10/24/oh-yes-they-do/en/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:39:16 +0000 la prima julia http://kindo.com/blog/2007/10/24/oh-yes-they-do/ couple-83-times.jpgLauren Lubeck Blair and David E. Hough from Tennessee, married each other for the 83th time on August 16th, 2004 in Las Vegas. Their first marriage was in 1984 and, since then, they haven’t stopped renewing their wows.

“We love telling at each other we love each other and looking ito each other’s eyes and saying our wows”, said David.

We just hope it’s not only for the gifts! ;)

As seen in Record Guiness website

]]> http://kindo.com/blog/2007/10/24/oh-yes-they-do/en/feed/en/ A long-lasting love http://kindo.com/blog/2007/10/17/a-long-lasting-love/en/ http://kindo.com/blog/2007/10/17/a-long-lasting-love/en/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:07:13 +0000 la prima julia http://kindo.com/blog/2007/10/17/a-long-lasting-love/ morgan-couple.jpgThomas Morgan (born in Glamorganshire, UK, on May 4, 1786) married Elizabeth (born in Monmouthshire, UK, on January 17, 1786) at Caerleon on May 4, 1809,
They remained married for 81 years 260 days until Elizabeth’s death on January 19, 1891.
At this time Elizabeth was aged 105 years 2 days and Thomas was 104 years 260 days - an aggregate age of 209 years 262 days.

The record is still valid nowadays. It seems that depite an increasing longevity, marriages don’t tend to last that long…

As seen in Guiness records website.

]]> http://kindo.com/blog/2007/10/17/a-long-lasting-love/en/feed/en/ The woman who gave birth to 69 children http://kindo.com/blog/2007/10/17/the-woman-who-gave-birth-to-69-children/en/ http://kindo.com/blog/2007/10/17/the-woman-who-gave-birth-to-69-children/en/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:19:09 +0000 la prima julia http://kindo.com/blog/2007/10/17/the-woman-who-gave-birth-to-69-children/ pregnancy.gifMrs Vassilet (1816-1872) holds that record and she deserves it! This Russian lady was the first wife of Fyodor Vassilet, a farmer from Shuya, and went through no less than 27 pregnancies! But the most impressive fact is that she had twins 16 times, triplets 7 times and 4 times quadruplets, which brings us to a total of … 69 children!
And, what is even more impressive, the majority of them lived up to their adult age, which wasn’t that common in those tiemes.
Mrs Vassilet’s fecundity made her so famous that she even met tsar Alexander II.
So it looks like Mrs Duggar, with her 17 children, has a long way to go…

If you want to read more curious stories about fecundity…

Technorati Tags , , ]]> http://kindo.com/blog/2007/10/17/the-woman-who-gave-birth-to-69-children/en/feed/en/ What families eat around the world http://kindo.com/blog/2007/10/04/what-families-eat-around-the-world/en/ http://kindo.com/blog/2007/10/04/what-families-eat-around-the-world/en/#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:35:12 +0000 la prima julia http://kindo.com/blog/2007/10/04/what-families-eat-around-the-world/en/ We know that, all around the world, families are very different. In his book “Hungry Planet”, Peter Menzel helps us getting closer to some of these differences. The author has lead a research with families in 24 countries and tells us about them, while displaying some of his beautiful pictures.

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Japan: The Ukita family of Kodaira City
Food expenditure for one week: 37,699 Yen or $317.25
Favorite foods: sashimi, fruit, cake, potato chips

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Italy: The Manzo family of Sicily
Food expenditure for one week: 214.36 Euros or $260.11
Favorite foods: fish, pasta with ragu, hot dogs, frozen fish sticks

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Chad: The Aboubakar family of Breidjing Camp
Food expenditure for one week: 685 CFA Francs or $1.23
Favorite foods: soup with fresh sheep meat

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Kuwait: The Al Haggan family of Kuwait City
Food expenditure for one week: 63.63 dinar or $221.45
Family recipe: Chicken biryani with basmati rice

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United States: The Revis family of North Carolina
Food expenditure for one week: $341.98
Favorite foods: spaghetti, potatoes, sesame chicken

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Ecuador: The Ayme family of Tingo
Food expenditure for one week: $31.55
Family recipe: Potato soup with cabbage

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Great Britain: The Bainton family of Cllingbourne Ducis
Food expenditure for one week: 155.54 British Pounds or $253.15
Favorite foods: avocado, mayonnaise sandwich, prawn cocktail, chocolate fudge cake with cream

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Bhutan: The Namgay family of Shingkhey Village
Food expenditure for one week: 224.93 ngultrum or $5.03
Family recipe: Mushroom, cheese and pork

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Germany: The Melander family of Bargteheide
Food expenditure for one week: 375.39 Euros or $500.07
Favorite foods: fried potatoes with onions, bacon and herring, fried noodles with eggs and cheese, pizza, vanilla pudding

(As seen in an article from Time)

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