EconoDork
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Typical jobs in Argentina are relative to where you are inquiring. I know a great deal about the providence of Buenos Aires (that is, Capital Federal, La Plata, and Veronica). So, I guess I can tackle the question from there.
First of all, jobs in the providence of Buenos Aires are all dependent to the equity which foreigners place in Argentina, seeing as how most of the country has been sold off during the Peron days. So, bank jobs, general business, even down to airports/airlines and the water are all foreign capital leaving the country --- therefore, the more money being invested in Argentina (or how well the economy does) will result in the greater variation of jobs or amount of skills required. To answer your question, my experience with Argentines, or my friends who are Argentines were mostly involved with a lot of American, French, Spanish, or Brazilian companies, such as Banco de Santander Rio, Motorola, Aguas Argentinas, Aerolineas Argentinas... etc. Some people are artisans like you would imagine, but just like the USA it's more of a side profession. On the whole there are doctors and lawyers but they aren't paid as well, not nearly as well as they are in the United States or other countries.
Major holidays, well --- they celebrate the holidays just as well do, with obvious exceptions like the 4th of July. I mean, they have Valentine's Day, for example... Christmas --- but different holidays like Dia de los amigos is really cool because you give your friends gifts, haha that was something unique I recall. You will see that Semana Santa is a big deal in April (I believe it was) where everyone takes the whole week off to go on vacations. Mmm, yeah I never paid too much attention to the holidays, it seemed a lot involved being Catholic and I am Jewish, so i didn't really care as much.
Music... obviously the tango... but really, it's more commercial there. You can go to a milonga where you can see great dancers practice the tango and actually participate yourself... taht's always super fun. But I will warn you, if you go, don't expect you will hear pop tango music, it's a trend from the 1950s which is tied with a lot of bad things about Argentina which is just only coming back to be a popular trend with younger people, as it in the past related to gangs, the mafia, and sexism toward females. You will find a lot of POP music, TECHNO, and ROCK & ROLL. For some reaon the Beatles, Rolling Stones (all those 70s bands) still live on with a passion there. My favorite Argentine band is Miranda, they are from Capital Federal and they have a really wonderful music sound and pretty popular with the younger crowd.
You should definitely go to Capital Federal because it's full of super-touristy things to do, I mean, just pick up a guide book and you will see the Olbidesco, so many museums, the Big Ben of South America... etc. etc. --- very rich in history in the big city. But unsual spots for tourists to see would be La Plata of the providence of Buenos Aires, which was historically the capital many many many moons ago. You could also travel to Patagonia or to Ushuaya --- most people go up north though to Salta where you can dance around with the llamas... haha. Argentina has a very VERY unique terrain, from tropical to sub-tropical, desert... to extreme colds and mountains --- it has lots of things to explore.
Myths and legends... not sure about that catagory, sorry. I mean, I think a lot of people think that Argentina is a very tropical country, but in most areas it is pretty cold. I was there this last witner (our summer) and it snowed for the first time in 90 years... haha, it was incredible... they loved it. Anyway ,if you plan on going, please do --- you won't regret it. |
Mumyta
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Hello! Am argentina ... here are the dates homelands (practically not celebrate), the dates on which the young are leaving to celebrate: Christmas, New Year's day friend, day of spring, Easter .... and in terms of places to visit ... we have many glaciers, the Cordillera de los Andes, the iguazu cataracts, the mendoza aconcagua, wheels and tires, lakes of southern Argentina, reprasa canyon del Atuel, Villa La Angostura, the Calamuchita Valley, the beaches and cliffs of Puerto Madryn, Puerto Madero (Buenos Aires), the Lanin volcano in Neuquen ... and a lot more places ... |
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