https://padlet.com/vallerya3812/s5el08a0u346 en-us 2017-03-21 21:13:44 UTC 2024-01-24 04:34:08 UTC hello@padlet.com vallerya3812 https://padlet.com/vallerya3812/s5el08a0u346/wish/161664058 Most of my ancestors are from a country called Guatemala. ]]> 2017-03-21 21:17:27 UTC https://padlet.com/vallerya3812/s5el08a0u346/wish/161664058 vallerya3812 https://padlet.com/vallerya3812/s5el08a0u346/wish/161664485 The first relatives to come to the United States were my grandparents, they are named Patricia and Raul Morales. ]]> 2017-03-21 21:20:17 UTC https://padlet.com/vallerya3812/s5el08a0u346/wish/161664485 vallerya3812 https://padlet.com/vallerya3812/s5el08a0u346/wish/161666219 2017-03-21 21:30:56 UTC https://padlet.com/vallerya3812/s5el08a0u346/wish/161666219 vallerya3812 https://padlet.com/vallerya3812/s5el08a0u346/wish/161666340 He is the current president in Guatemala ]]> 2017-03-21 21:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/vallerya3812/s5el08a0u346/wish/161666340 vallerya3812 https://padlet.com/vallerya3812/s5el08a0u346/wish/161667094 The Tikal is in northern Guatemala, they are temples an palaces from possibly the 1st century A.D. They are now ancient and they have one of the biggest structures. ]]> 2017-03-21 21:37:50 UTC https://padlet.com/vallerya3812/s5el08a0u346/wish/161667094 vallerya3812 https://padlet.com/vallerya3812/s5el08a0u346/wish/161667622 The currency in Guatemala is called Guatemalan quetzal. One dollar over here is worth about seven quetzales in Guatemala. ]]> 2017-03-21 21:42:10 UTC https://padlet.com/vallerya3812/s5el08a0u346/wish/161667622 vallerya3812 https://padlet.com/vallerya3812/s5el08a0u346/wish/161668494 The push factor for my family is that there was not any work back in Guatemala. The pull factor was that a friend of my grandpa's offered him a job in the United States. So both my grandma and grandpa moved to the United States. ]]> 2017-03-21 21:49:56 UTC https://padlet.com/vallerya3812/s5el08a0u346/wish/161668494 vallerya3812 https://padlet.com/vallerya3812/s5el08a0u346/wish/161668549 The most famous food from Guatemala are the tamales. They make the tamales' masa from corn. The salsa they put on it is mademout of chile waque , chil pasa, tomato , anjonjolin, pepitoria. Everything is grilled. Then when everything is made, they put beef or chicken in the masa and drench it with the salsa. They put it in the masa in a banana leaf. After that they put it in aluminum foil and let it cook in boiled water. ]]> 2017-03-21 21:50:23 UTC https://padlet.com/vallerya3812/s5el08a0u346/wish/161668549 vallerya3812 https://padlet.com/vallerya3812/s5el08a0u346/wish/161668575 English: Hello, I am from Guatemala and I came here to the United States

Spanish: Hola, soy de Guatemala y vine aquí a los Estados Unidos.]]> 2017-03-21 21:50:38 UTC https://padlet.com/vallerya3812/s5el08a0u346/wish/161668575 vallerya3812 https://padlet.com/vallerya3812/s5el08a0u346/wish/161668626 Something I learned while doing this project was that there is a big celebration called "Noche Buena" in Guatemala. It is when everyone celebrates on December 24, staying up until 12:00 with fireworks and huge parties. I also learned that I have many family members that live in Guatemala that I did not know about. My grandparents crossed the border with my aunt that I thought was born here but was also born in Guatemala. I learned that instead of celebrating independence day on July 4th , Guatemala celebrates it on September 15th. Also I learned that Guatemala has seven active volcanoes. On December 7, everybody grabs waste such as paper and trash and they burn it. They burn it because they are celebrating a day called Burning of the Devil. ]]> 2017-03-21 21:50:58 UTC https://padlet.com/vallerya3812/s5el08a0u346/wish/161668626 vallerya3812 https://padlet.com/vallerya3812/s5el08a0u346/wish/161668673 On December 24th my whole family gets together and we have a big dinner. Then we all stay up until midnight. Once it hits midnight we all tell each other Merry Christmas and open our presents. ]]> 2017-03-21 21:51:28 UTC https://padlet.com/vallerya3812/s5el08a0u346/wish/161668673 vallerya3812 https://padlet.com/vallerya3812/s5el08a0u346/wish/161669137 One of the rite of passages in Guatemala is their funerals. What they do is that they decorate everything with yellow flowers. When they have the coffin ready to put in the grave they spin it to fool the devil and send the spirit to heaven. ]]> 2017-03-21 21:55:15 UTC https://padlet.com/vallerya3812/s5el08a0u346/wish/161669137 vallerya3812 https://padlet.com/vallerya3812/s5el08a0u346/wish/161669327 The president in Guatemala is elected the same way the president is elected here.]]> 2017-03-21 21:57:03 UTC https://padlet.com/vallerya3812/s5el08a0u346/wish/161669327