What do Canadians think of traveling to Earth’s Southern Hemisphere?
Question by Eric S: What do Canadians think of traveling to Earth’s Southern Hemisphere?
I know Canada is the North Strong and Free. But what do Canadians think of the serenity and tranquility in the Southern Hemisphere.
Like Australia/New Zealand – you have shiny happy people scuba diving in the Pacific Seas, and the Maori and remote islands.
And Chile/Argentina – Tango dancing and breathtaking landscapes
Peru and Bolivia with the Andes Mountains and Macha Pichu
Puppetry in the Indonesian mountains of sumatra
And South Africa and Mozambique you have safari and very indigenous
I find the Southern Hemisphere doesn’t get much attention. I have 6,000 songs on my ipod, only 263 are attributed to lands in the Southern Hemisphere.
I think Canadians would like the peace and tranquility of the very Southern Hemisphere.
Do Canadians agree?
In Canada, why can’t there be a special CBC-sponsored study on Southern Hemispheric ethnicities in Canada.
Southern Hemisphere cultures seem to be very mellow, easy-going…
Best answer:
Answer by Karen C
Some Canadians do a lot of travelling in the Southern hemisphere. There are a lot of Canadians who work there, especially in Third World countries and even more who go there just for holidays. I lived in South Africa for three years; my sister still lives there. My brother’s job has taken him to every corner of the globe. I’ll grant you that there are Canadians who never leave the country but there are a lot who do also.
I think you need to rethink the “Southern Hemisphere cultures seem to be very mellow, easy-going” idea though. Africa is a continent that is constantly in turmoil. And so is South America – not so long a go we had a group of Canadians who were kidnapped there and held for months before being released and anywhere that is a mass of drug cartels cannot be called, “easy going”. Some of the negative news from some of those countries does not look as bad as it is simply because THEIR bad news is overshadowed by other countries who’s bad news is worse – everything is relative! And the media has a lot to do with what is internationally known about most places – if the media get a hold of an issue going on , we know about it. If they don’t, we don’t either.
The Canadian version of the History channel and CBC, CTV etc often have shows and documentaries about the various cultures represented in this country – if the USA did not block out Canadian TV, you’d know that.
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I’ve been to many countries in the souther hemisphere – but I’m not sure what the point of your question is. You talk about tango dancing and landscape in the same breath – and throw in puppetry? To me, those things don’t have the same weight at all.
Nor do I understand why you think CBCshould sponsor a study on Southern Hemispheric ethnicities in Canada. Study them to what end? What would you gain by that information?
It would be more to the point to encourage Canadians to visit other countries in the southern hemisphere, and to learn about their cultures en situ.
If your point is that Canadians, by not travelling to the Southern Hemisphere very much, are missing out on a good thing, you are probably right.
I think we don’t go there much because it is so far away. The US or Europe are so much closer.