San Theodoros - People and Culture

People and Culture

Most of the population seems to be humble and poor, as depicted in Tintin and the Picaros. The national drink is aguardiente, as said in The Broken Ear. They are festive people, having their own carnival celebrated at the capital, Los Dopicos, from February 22–24 every year. The most visible honor bestowed in San Theodoros, as shown in Tintin and the Picaros, is the Order of San Fernando.

The Paztecas are people who came together and formed Pazteca Empire. They were highly developed with respect to their neighbors. They were great architects and astronomers. They built numerous temples and palaces. They were on to agriculture, in which successful applied methods of cultivation, trade and, through its excellent roads. In addition, a heavy toll charged to Bíbaros and Arumbayas in exchange for peace.

The Bíbaros and Arumbayas are Indian tribes that were long living with neighbor Pazteca Empire. They survived by hunting and foraging. They lived in simple huts and were under the leadership of a chief.

With the Arumbayas lives the English explorer Ridgewell, who tries to teach them golf. In the English books, they speak Cockney English, but it is written in such a way that it looks meaningless. (One example: "Ai tolja tahitta ferlip inbaul intada oh'l!" instead of "I told you to hit the flippin' ball into the hole!" ) In the original French, the Arumbaya language seems to be another incarnation of Hergé's favourite Brussels dialect (Marols).