As UG2 honors Hispanic Heritage Month through Oct 15th, members of Team UG2 are sharing fond memories and cherished traditions from their home countries.
This week, Carlos Herrera, Account Manager from the Mid-Atlantic Region spoke to us about Bolivia and Eunice Guillen, Billing Supervisor from the UG2 corporate office reflected on Honduras.
UG2: Is there a particular food or drink that you would call your favorite from home?
CH: My favorite food is Majadito (a traditional Bolivian dish of rice, meat, onions and tomatoes).
EG: My favorite food is tamales, traditional during Christmas time. For me it is not Christmas unless I have tamales at home. My favorite drink is horchata.
UG2: Do you have a song, musical artist or movie that represents your country well?
CH: Nina Camba is a very traditional song played during festivities in Bolivia. You can listen to it on youtube: here.
EG: My favorite artist is America Ferrara (Ugly Betty) and my favorite music is Garifuna (Afro-Caribbean) music called Punta.
UG2: Tell us how a birthday or wedding might be celebrated in your home country?
CH: Birthdays are celebrated with all family members. Sharing food, drinks and a cake is a must.
EG: Children’s birthday parties are the best. We celebrate with a piñata. Each child takes turns until someone breaks it, and they are filled with candies and goodies. The cake is served with homemade horchata.
UG2: What about games or special holiday traditions?
CH: The Carnival is a cultural festival with more than 48 groups of folk dancers celebrated throughout the entire country.
EG: Hondurans are obsessed with soccer, when the national team plays—especially during the World Cup—the whole nation stops to watch.
UG2: Is there a particular place or neighborhood you think of when you think of your home country?
CH: The Cathedral downtown in Santa Cruz, Bolivia
EG: I love my country especially our mountains with their thermal waters, and my favorite beach in the world is West Bay in Roatan, an island of the coast of Honduras. I need to mention the ruins of Copan, a national treasure from the Maya culture. It was considered the “Paris of the Mayas.”
UG2: What is something surprising that people might not know about your home country?
CH: The world’s largest salt flats are located in Bolivia. During a rainy day, the salt reflects the sky.
EG: Our 2 Lempira bill is considered one of the most beautiful in the world.
In April in the department of Yoro, it rains fish…Yes! You heard it right. It rains fish in Honduras!
lluvia de peces, from Wikipedia:
The lluvia de peces (lit. ‘rain of fish’), also known as aguacero de pescado (lit. ‘downpour of fish’), is a phenomenon that has been occurring yearly for more than a century in Yoro, Honduras, in which fish are said to fall from the sky. It occurs up to four times in a year.