ENGLISH VERSION

San Agustín makes the observation of which the Church celebrates the celebration of the saints in the day of its death. Since then he was indicated tonight like the one of San Juan, very next to the solstice of winter in the South Hemisphere and to the solstice of summer in the North Hemisphere.

From primitive times, this has been a date of celebration, in which in some places - on all Andean it is used to arm great bonfires, to remove “in you walk” the image of San Juan Baptist and to make great celebrations in the towns.

In our country, this day is celebrated of diverse forms, but most traditional it is the “supper at night of San Juan ", whose menu, based on the preparation of meats, varies in all the regions of the country. What exceeds is distributed between the assistants, who take to their houses a plate with a little each thing. In Chiloé, for example, it is prepared with lamb meat, it is vacant, pig, hen and turkey. Whereas in the province of It dims, one is curanto of vegetables and meat of bovine.

Also, every year, the 23 of June to 12 at night, are made several rituals to at night take advantage of the “magical energies " San Juan. In this date superstitions or tests are put in practice diverse, between which they emphasize: to seat underneath a fig tree with a guitar, to put Popes underneath the bed, to put three papers with desires underneath the pillow, to throw sperm of candle in a water source, to spill red, or to read the future in an egg yolk.

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Tonight one opens the door that introduce us to the knowledge of the future and to the magical dimensions of the reality. it is the night in which the burials burn, the Devil walks loose and the fields are blessed by the Baptist. In the morning, very early people wash to the hair and the face with blessed waters and begin to call, three consecutive times: - San Juan! , San Juan! , dame milcao I will give bread you. Previous night two they have been the most important events: the dance of tropom and the tests. Some of these tests are:

l. The young person who leaves to the dawn and is with a dog his husband will be a goloso dog during his life. (Castro)

2. When leaving, after the 12, one is with a black cat is bad luck for the future - happiness if the cat is of another color. (Chulín)

3. If it leaves, after midnight, with a black hen and gives to returns seven times the house, will find the Devil. (Chulín)

4. To first that it finds and it embraces, after 12, it can be its pair. (Matao)

5. If to midnight a cross in the trees becomes, will produce the double. (Matao)

6. If at 12, it watches the moon later and the fig tree, it will see it bloom. (Chulín)

7. The fig tree and the “manger” (fern) bloom tonight. Who has one of these flowers will be very lucky.

8. Who sees bloom the good grass tonight will be very lucky whenever it maintains it privily. (Matao)

9. If haba buries one and it is going it to see midnight of San Juan, it will bloom. (Chulín)

10. In the eve the flower of hortensia stands, in a jar with earth and water. Soon an order is made putting faith in the baptism of San Juan. (Achao)

11. It is necessary to wash the hands with slope water to maintener young and the hair to conserve it beautiful. That night the waters are in favor blessed of the Baptist. (Cheniao)

12. When it rains that night on the following day or, it is going to have abundance of apples. (Achao)

13. Before the exit of the sun it is necessary to water the trees with slope water, so that they give enough fruit during the year. (Achao)

14. In order to have good sowing it is necessary to throw a piece of candle the night of San Juan. (Quenac)

15. If that night is requested under the fig tree that wants enamored his to it, it will leave certain. (Quenac)

16. In order to obtain wealth it is necessary to descuerar a black cat in the mountain and with that leather to be made a wallet. (Cheniao).

17. In order to obtain a magical key it is necessary to cook alive a black cat in the heat of mounts, locking in itself in a circle so that the visions are outside. Once cooked, one of the bones will have the virtue to open any door. (Castro)

18. In order to learn to touch guitar (Tocoihue) is necessary to be placed during tonight under a huiguera or in the encounter of four ways where it will appear the Devil to teach to him (Chulín).

19. If one watches at the mirror the Night of San Juan it will appear the Devil. (Cardinal red)

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Review:

i choose this myth because first is about my culture i find that is a very intresting myth alot of people do it and i find it easy because it has the steps and its history behind the myth