Teres Smith
Dear godmother receive a greeting and a hug for
me, I am writing to remind you again that I am very grateful for the
opportunity and collaboration you are offering to me, I wish health and
enjoyment for you together with your family.
Also I am writing to tell you that I was good
in my studies and I hope to keep doing better and better, I hope you continue
collaborating me to advance in my studies, intellectually and in my personal
life. Always in my prayers I hope you many blessings, prosperity, health and I
hope in the future I can thank you personally all what you have done for me.
I can tell you that this year the
representative who comes from Switzerland BETINA
SPINGER was talking about you.This year I have the opportunity to learn new
things from my parent. Also this year I enjoyed too much with friends and
teachers, some funny things happen to me.
I have the chance to travel to Bogotá to Maloka
and to the museum we enjoyed this trip because we enjoyed the scenery that is
my country, those are the most beautiful in the world you have to come and see
them and tell me if I have reason. This year I achieved some of my personal
goals but I need to thank you personally.
In the YMCA they teach us too many things about
English and other subjects, Istill do not speak it well but I am going to
continue working on it hard. I am closer to finish my studies at the college
and my family said thank you very much for your help on it.
Godmotheri want to tell you that the Christmas
in my country are celebrated so nice, the more traditional is the dinner on
December de 24 because this day is the birth of Jesus, the gifts are at twelve
o'clock. December 31 is even better because we burn the old year I imagine
you're wondering what is that?, is a ritual by tradition and that is to make a doll
from old clothes and when it is twelve o'clock precisely when the new year
starts we burn it meaning old year ends.
This year no use of gunpowder here
because in previous years these dolls were filled with gunpowder which exploded
causing accidents, so the police prohibited that. I forgot to say that before
this time exactly on December 7 we practice a nice tradition to light candles
consistent over the houses and their front gardens to announce the arrival of
Christmas like that there are many other traditions in our country, someday I
would like to know the customs and traditions of your country.
On the other hand I want to tell you that
mid-year in June is a very special date, because for those days we celebrate
the Colombian festival of folklore in my city because Ibagué - Tolima is the Colombian
musical capital; the music festival in which the best musicians in the region
performing his songs with acoustic guitar plus some dance groups all these
festivities are part of the tradition and as children we teach but in recent
years has changed a lot and has tended to disappear however I would like to
hear those beautiful songs for ever.
Again I remind you that I did a brief summary
of what has happened to me and I wanted to tell you about the traditions of my
country and my city for you to know them a little. Again I want to thank you
for everything you have done for me and I hope someday to meet you personally
and tell you much more of my country.
I wish you a Happy New Year and a prosperous
2013
Sincerely,
Jorge Andrés Duarte.
Transformamos Vidas!