Mullets are cool in Chile!!!! I was seeing a lot of them and I asked what they were called and Vale told me an interesting story that goes like this: street vendors get on buses to sell sweets and ice cream and drinks and then get off to sell their stuff on other buses. Pretty standard stuff, but they were the ones who originally had mullets. A popular ice cream is called a chocolito and the brand is panda, so they would yell "chocolito, cien" or "chocopanda, cien" and now kids of the middle and even upper class have stolen their hairstyle and it's called a chocopanda. They aren't like, over-the-top mullets but are definitely short on top longer in the back, genuine mullets. Dreadlock one are also pretty popular.
Another thing I've been trying to learn are the different stereotypes here. One is a 'pokemón' which is someone who dresses a certain way (straight, emo-ish hair and hats. They listen to reggaetón)...I'm not quite sure what else, but it's fun to say. They also told me that 'flaites' are people who think they're gangster. There are also emo (pronounced: "eh-mo"!) and hardcore :P That the kids here would have their own stereotypes is something that I never thought about but makes a lot of sense and is really interesting. Hopefully I'll figure it all out :)
02 March 2008
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