Friday, October 12, 2007

Histories and Myths of Pampas

Histories and myths of the Pampas
There are myths, mysteries, and legends that happen in the north of Chile over the years in its desert ground. There are famous stories that the people of the north know, specially the older people. In Iquique the grandparents tell different stories about strange events that have happened throughout the years.
There is a very special story that the people of the north know the story of a woman named Alis “La Novia,” who lived in a nitrate mine called Humberstone located one and a half hour from Iquique. She was a woman from a good family and she fell in love with a man who worked for her father. In those times it was impossible for a woman of high society to fall in love with a worker, but nothing or nobody could destroy this relationship and they secretly continued their relationship for years, until the day her family discovered this romance.
After many fights the family accepted the relationship and accepted their marriage. But the family doesn’t know that Alis hid a secret, that only her better friend knew. Alis was pregnant. The wedding day arrived and everybody by waited for the bride in the church and her be loved.
When the carriage arrived with Alis at the church, she had a great smile and she looked at her future husband and she crossed the street. But lamentably a vehicle run her over in front of the church. Since then her soul cannot rest and until today she roams the highways of Pampas, causing serious automobile accidents. In front of appears any automobile dressed in her dress of bride full of blood and crying. Her image at night causes fear and an impact on the drivers.
This is one of the typical stories of the north of Chile. Some people say these stories are real and others think the opposite, but the truth is that several accidents in the desert of Iquique have ocurred, and most of the survivors say that one woman with a bridal gown, stops the car and she requests them to please they take her house because she is lost. When she gets into to the car the driver crashes and then she goes away.

Anahy Kuhnow.

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