Uruguay

=media type="youtube" key="bUQuM78Xljs" height="344" width="425"= = Watch the video showing the parade for Carnaval in Montevideo, Uruguay. How would you compare this parade with a parade where you live? = =In this video I saw lots of dancing and there own kind of relogion stuff like there own thing and diffrent and colerful costums.(711)= In the video I saw alot of costumes and in parades here we have some costumes (clown) but not alot like the ones they had. (314) All the parades I have been to people threw candy at us, but in Uruguay they didn't. (306) The parades that I have been in or to did not have any dancing at all.(302) All the parades in Iowa usually have floats. Both of the parades have people dancing in costumes. (722) In parades in Ankeny there are people from different buisnesses and dance studios and things like that. In there parades they just had dancers, but in both parades there are people in lines playing drums.(713) This parade seemed fast paced with lots of fast dancing and bright colors, and other parades have instruments other than the drums.(E20) In their parades people dress up in costumes and dance in a fast pase, ours have some costumes and floats where people throw candy.(B20) In Iowa there isn't as much music or dancing as there is in Uruguay (D16) There was alot of dancing as music in the video,I have never seen anything like it here in Iowa (A3) In Uraguay, the parade has more traditional costumes, music, and dances than parades in Iowa do. (D9) I've never seen a parade like that here, they wear costumes(bright colored), lots of dancing with music, and they love playing with drums. (C13) The parade in the video was a lot more colorful than the parades in Iowa.(A6) Uruguay has colorful and music filled parade. Ankeny is not as colorful but close. They have carnivals like Ankeny does.(A2) Uruguay has cool parades and wears colorful costumes, Ankeny does not wear such clothes or have such parade's.(b13) They dance a lot and sing. Uruguaryan people wear funny looking costumes. (C25) I saw people with colorful costumes. They don't throw candy like they did in Ankeny. I also saw alot of dancing. (C3) Some people believed that Uruguaryans dance and dress up in costumes because they are talking to the spirits of their antsisters who died during the war while trying to gain peace for their country.(B10) In the parades they have a lot more color and music(E15) They have alot of people dancing in the parade and alot of drumming.(E18) Urguay littercy rate is 99 percent and all of their meals is fried or grilled(321) In Urguay January is the warmest month of the year.(705) Uruguay is home to the strange big eared brown bat.(315) In Uraguay there is a frog that meows.(708) =There was a lot more color and dancing then there is in the U.S. The costums were very elaborate too= = = = = =What information can you tell us about Uruguay? Information we are looking for:= =*interesting facts -literacy rate is 99%(314) population is 3,477,778 (717) 706-Their currency is "peso". 73 jan. 53 july (304) unemployment rate is7.8% (311)= =*places to see= =*things to do= =*celebrations/festivals= =*traditions= =*historic events= =*famous people from here and why they are famous- Del Cipopo- he is a famous director ( 716)= =*why they speak Spanish= =*any other information you think we should know about Uruguay= many famous people that are writers come from their.(718) Uruguay is home to the largest anteater in South America. (319) The sperm whale from Uruguay makes the loudest sound known to animal. (301) Borders the south Atlantic Ocean 702 population is 3,477,778(720)