For many, Chicha is a must or grape juice, sweet and pleasant in the process of fermentation and Mapuche, a part of our national customs, the chicha in horn, a bull horn that simulates a vessel and forcing the tradition that the President drinks the nectar during the Fiestas Patrias. Although for some it as a beverage chicha temperamental and unpredictable, something popular expressions like "do not know the chicha that is healing ", reveal a feature of their possible effects, such as rejoice or just ruin the party. Guarilihue recorded in the whole process of harvesting and processing of grapes into Chicha. Don Orlando Reyes, husband of Mrs. Juanita Fuentes showed us how to make chicha. "This process happens every year during the harvest, we harvest the grapes are put in drawers takes the place of gathering and pour the grapes into the crusher machine, this machine has a pump that pushes the skins and juice to a deposit called Lagar. The stalk or stick of grapes is in another container which is then used for fertilizer. The wine press is allowed to stand about 8 days sugar is slowly transformed into alcohol, then when the chicha is ready, Don Orlando carries the brew into vats or barrels.
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