MAPUCHE (HOMBRES DE LA TIERRA) - TRAIGUEN

 

Special Thanks to Carolina for the wonderful card.sent  August 2021.

    The Mapuche (people of the land in Mapudungun) have historically inhabited the valleys of Central and Southern Chile and Southern Argentina. During colonial times, the Spaniards knew the Mapuche as Araucanos (Araucanians in English), term that is now considered pejorative. The Mapuche are a diverse ethnicity composed of various groups that share a common social, religious, and economic structure, as well as a common linguistic heritage. Each group has a distinctive name regarding the region they live in. It is believed that Mapuches first inhabited the valleys between the Itata and Toltén Rivers in Chile. In the early 15th century, Mapuches fought the Inca invaders from Peru, stopping the expansion of the Inca Empire toward the south. After the arrival of the Spaniards, Mapuches began expanding eastward into the Andes and pampas forming, with the native people, the Pehuenche (people of the Pehuén, the Araucaria's fruit).

Stamps from right to left

• Bicentenary Battle of Maipu

Country:
    Chile
Themes:
    Battle | Coats of Arms | Horses
Issued on:
    2018-04-05

• 50 years Radio Bío Bío
  

Country:
    Chile
Series:
    Radio Bio Bio, 50th Anniv.
Themes:
    Anniversaries and Jubilees | Maps | Radio
Issued on:
    2016-12-07

PAPA NUI ISLA DE PUSCUA CHILE

 

Thanks goes to Ruben sent  27 July 2013

 

Stamps

• World Post Day

Country:
    Argentina
Series:
    World Post Day
Themes:
    International Years | Postal Services | Postmen

• Belén culture, funerary urn

Country:
    Argentina
Series:
    Archaeological artifacts
Themes:
    Anthropology | Archaeology | Culture | Jars

• Vaso cultura Yocavil
  

Country:
    Argentina
Series:
    Archaeological artifacts
Themes:
    Archaeology | Glass and Earthenware
Issued on:
    2008-07-18

• Empanadas - Cebolla de Verdeo
  

Country:
    Argentina
Series:
    Food
Themes:
    Food | Gastronomy
Issued on:
    2003-06-07

 

RAPA NUI ISLA DE PASCUA EASTER ISLAND CHILIE

 

Thank you so much CAROLINA for the nice card . sent on MAY  2013.

    Easter Island is located in the southeast Pacific Ocean. It was discovered in the 18th century. The famous giants of Easter Island are hundreds of monoliths that were carved and lined up in a quarry on the island .

    The statues of Easter Island dedicated to ancestral cults ,these are human-shaped giants that turn their backs to the ocean. They were probably used to celebrate the gods of the Easter Island population. Many statues have not been finished and remain unfinished in the quarries.

Stamps: from left to right

• Antofagasta Presents the Bicentennial

Country:
    Chile
Series:
    Antofagasta greets the Bicentennial
Issued on:
    2010-09-24

•  Trolley Bus with closed Doors
  

Country:
    Chile
Series:
    Valparaiso - World Heritage Site
Themes:
    Buses | Townscapes / City Views | UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Issued on:
    2010-07-12

Caleta Tortel

 

    Special Thanks to my friend CAROL from chilie , sentJanuary 2015.

 

    Tortel is a municipality in Chile, part of the province of Capitán Prat, itself part of the region of Aisén.Otherwise known as the city of footbridges, Tortel invites you to walk along its seven and a half kilometers of platforms, bridges and cypress wood staircases that connect the different points of this picturesque place, declared a typical area for its architecture and for the way of life of its inhabitants.

Stamps: from left to right

• Ferrocarril Arica La Paz

Country:
    Chile
Series:
    100 years Arica-La Paz Railway
Themes:
    Locomotives | Railways | Stations
Issued on:
    2013-05-29

• Brasil 2014 World Cup

Country:
    Chile
Themes:
    Football (Soccer) | Sports
Issued on:
    2014-06-18