Argentina En 1875 - Vida Diaria

ARGENTINA 1875 – 1918
EVERYDAY LIFE


WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE USES AND CUSTOMES OF EVERYDAY LIFE IN ARGENTINA BETWEEN 1875 AND 1918.

- GARMENTS: WITH THEIR EYES IN EUROPE, THEY TRIED TO COPYPARISSIAN AND LONDONER FASHION. THE “MIRIÑAQUE” WAS REPLACED BY THE “POLISON” IN THE FEMALE STYLE, WHILE MEN WORE FORMAL, TIGHT SUITS, ACCOMPANIED BY HAT AND WALKING STICK. REMOVABLE CUFFS ANDCOLLARS WERE ATTACHED TO THE SHIRTS.
SPECIAL OCCASIONS DEMANDED FASHIONABLE GARMENTS TOO.
- FOOD: WE ARE GOING TO MENTION SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR DISHES OF THAT TIME.
- SPORTS: DURING THIS PERIOD, SEVERALSPORTS WERE PLAYED, SUCH AS FOOTBALL, GOLF, PATO, POLO.
- KIND OF TRANSPORTS: BEING ARGENTINA SUCH A BIG COUNTRY, THE RAILWAY WAS VERY IMPORTANT. CARRIAGES AND TRAMS WERE THE MAIN LOCOMOTION SYSTEMUNTIL 1910, WHEN DE CAR APPEARED.
- JOBS: A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES WERE CARRIED OUT. SOME OF THEM WERE: WATER SELLER, TRAM GUARD, ORGANILLERO, SHOESHINE MAN, WICKER SELLER, SHARPENER, NEWSPAPER SELLER,LAUNDRY WORKER.
- IMMIGRATION: AT THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY, ITALIAN, SPANISH, FRENCH, GERMAN AND PORTUGUESE PEOPLE IMMIGRATED TO OUR COUNTRY; THEY SPOKE IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND THEY HAD A VARIETYOF CUSTOMS. THEY SETTLED IN “CONVENTILLOS”, ABNADONED HOUSES OF WEALTHY PEOPLE WHO HAD MOVED TO OTHER NEIGBOURHOODS DUE TO YELLOW FEVER.
ENTIRE FAMILIES LIVING IN ONE ROOM. MANY FAMILIES IN THE SAMEBUILDING.
PATIOS WERE THE CENTRE OF FAMILY LIFE. THEY WERE MICROCOSM, WHERE PEOPLE ATE, WORKED, PALYED, IRONED, WASHED IN BASINS, AND MANY OTHER DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES OF EVERYDAY LIFE.
THE FUSION OFCRIOLLOS AND IMMIGRANTS LED TO TANGO, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EXPRESSION OF ENTERTAINMENT.
ITALIANS INTRODUCED THE “OPERA” AND THE SPANIARDS THE “ZARZUELA”, DIFFERENT MUSIC STYLES PLAYED INTHE CONVENTILLOS.
BUT THESE CHANGES WERE NOT ONLY IN MUSIC BUT ALSO IN SPOKEN LANGUAGE AS WELL. FOR EXAMPLE, THE LOAN OF FOREIGN WORDS BECAME SLANG.

- REGARDING SOCIAL STATUS, THE MAJORITY OF THEM...