The siesta is historically common throughout the Mediterranean and Southern Europe and Mainland Chinaand Indian subcontinent. It is the traditional daytime sleep of Spain and, through Spanish influence, the Philippines , and Mexico. In Dalmatia (coastal Croatia), the traditional afternoon nap is known as pižolot (from Venetian pixolotto).Anić, Vladimir & Goldstein, Ivo (1999). Rječnik Stranih Riječi, p998. Zagreb: Novi Liber. The Spanish word siesta derives originally from the Latin word hora sexta "sixth hour" (counting from dawn, hence "midday rest"). In Egypt the mid-afternoon nap is called "taaseela". In Egypt as with other Middle Eastern countries, government workers typically work 6 hours a day, 6 days a week. Due to this schedule, workers don't eat lunch at work, but instead leave work around 2pm and eat their main meal which is the heaviest at lunch time. Following the heavy lunch, they take a taaseela or nap and have tea upon waking up. For dinner they usually have a smaller meal.
Siestas are historically common throughout the Mediterranean and Southern Europe , Mainland China, and the Indian subcontinent. The siesta is a tradition in Spain and, through Spanish influence, the Philippines and Mexico. In Dalmatia (coastal Croatia), the traditional afternoon nap is known as pižolot (from Venetian pixolotto).Anić, Vladimir & Goldstein, Ivo (1999). Rječnik Stranih Riječi, p998. Zagreb: Novi Liber. The Spanish word siesta derives originally from the Latin word hora sexta "sixth hour" (counting from dawn, hence "midday rest"). In Egypt the mid-afternoon nap is called "taaseela". In Egypt as with other Middle Eastern countries, government workers typically work 6 hours a day, 6 days a week. Due to this schedule, workers don't eat lunch at work, but instead leave work around 2pm and eat their main meal which is the heaviest at lunch time. Following the heavy lunch, they take a taaseela or nap and have tea upon waking up. For dinner they usually have a smaller meal.
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