Kiss the Indian's big toe
This is a video of the famous statue at the Plaza de Armas (Main Square) of Punta Arenas in the deep south of Chile.
The tradition is that if you kiss the Big Toe of the indian, you will return back to Punta Arenas one day. That's why the video starts with a shot of that very toe and the reason it is so shiny compared to the reason of the statue. I also filmed as I walked around the statue so that you can see it from every side and finally I took some close ups of different parts of the it.
Have you ever kissed the indian's big toe?
Labels: Chile, Plaza, Punta Arenas, Statue, Video
posted by Woodward @ 9:17 AM
3 Comments:
You know, I didn't kiss it, and actually am not sure I even touched it, because Punta Arenas does not make me love it, yet I have been there three times.
Maybe I should kiss it (or at least get close) so I can stop going back again! Glad you're having a good time, though.
Hi Eileen,
I had been to Punta Arenas once before too and I hadn't kissed it then either (don't like the taste of toe jam). Funnily, my wife did kiss the toe and she had to stay in Santiago this time. :)
I didn't kiss the toe because people warned me of all the possibilities that people have peed on the statue. While that is gross, it is the reality in Chile--men use the street as their personal urinal.
I have yet to go back to Punta Arenas too.....maybe one day.
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