The legends of my people Karai October.

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The town of my land is very believers in their legends, although it is a civilized city and updated, no longer remember the old ways grandmother.

The first day of October, is a tradition in my land, eating in abundance, no matter the social range, from low, middle or upper class, practice this tradition, this day should be cooked at least 3 different varieties of food.

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This year in my house, he celebrated the day of Karai October, with a large roast, pasta and locro loaded correctly. Abundance can not miss.

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Karai legend October, has Guarani origin, Mr. October in guaran language, especially the farmers Guarani peasant land workers.

The Karai or Mr. October, is a small man with a big hat brushwood, wearing clothes miserly, has a whip in hand, angry, man of few words, lives in the dense forests of the region, on trees it spends all year braiding her leather riding crop animal.

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Watch the farmer and his walk is watching their behavior at work, who sees that they are lazy, they are the first to be visited.

No one can see, only be seen once a year, comes to the villages to check that the tradition is fulfilled. Every year on the first day of October, with whip in hand jingling his whip in the air, a sign of his arrival, ready to paste the doubter to abide by customs.

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For centuries visit the houses of the villages, reaches the Infernillo house collating compliance with tradition, the matrons home afraid and give way to karai to get to the kitchen, his desire is to see that the pot is full of food.

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After a long winter in my province, vegetables that have not been harvested, burned by the cold frost, there is shortage of vegetables, just passing the first freeze, you have to start planting, if you want to have vegetables by the end of spring. Des because of the cold, no grass to feed the animals, it is said that October is a month of lean by the shortage of grass.

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Midwives who have not complied with the tradition are punished by the elf, this is set at home that failed to meet throughout the year, claiming the little food that is prepared in the day, the misery and the consequences of them, accompany throughout the year.

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The only way to ward off the karai, is fulfilling the tradition, the first day of October have to receive with abundant food, breathe the farmstead, is fanning the lid of a pot the three corners of the ground, leaving a libe, that around flee misery, another way is the hour of dawn, the family head with whip in hand, hitting the corners and drive r to Karai.

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The elf personifies the poverty and scarcity, so the tradition of eating in abundance the first day of the month, this leave quiet the scruples of the whole family, those who have not complied with tradition, will have to live with greed for all year.

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It is a teaching to local, to provide a living for his family, for the months of drought does not affect the food of its people, reward Elf cautious and battering the loafer.

Chake Chamigo, fear not to Karai, is cautious, do not be lazy, watch over your family and nothing will have happened. I received your day with a jopará Karaku.

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