Chupalla

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Chupalla

The chupalla is a traditional Chilean horseman's hat made of straw. Many people in rural areas of Central Chile

Zona Central, Chile

Zona central is one of the five natural regions into which CORFO divided continental Chile in 1950. It is home to a majority of the Chilean population and includes the three largest metropolitan areas- Santiago, Valpara?so, and Concepci?n....
use it as well. In addition, it is often used when dancing the cueca

Cueca

Cueca is the national dance of Chile, where it was officially selected on September 18 1979.While its origins are not clearly defined, it is considered to have Spain and African influences, among others....
(a Chilean folk dance) and during Chilean rodeo

Chilean rodeo

Rodeo is the second most popular sport in Chile. It was declared the national sport in 1962. It has since thrived, especially in the more rural areas of the country....
s.

The name chupalla comes from achupalla a local name given to a bromelia

Bromelia

Bromelia is a genus of tropical Americas plants characterized by flowers with a deeply cleft calyx, of the family Bromeliaceae, named after the Sweden botany Olaf Bromelius ....
plant that was used to made chupallas. Today chupallas are made of various types of straw including rice

Rice

Rice is a staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in tropical Latin America, and East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia, making it the second-most consumed cereal grain, after maize....
and wheat

Wheat

Wheat , is a worldwide cultivated Poaceae from the Levant region of the Middle East. Globally, after maize, wheat is the second most-produced food among the cereal just above rice....
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The phrase "por la chupalla", may be heard frequently in Chile.

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