The siesta is becoming much less prevalent than it used to be. Businesses tend to open earlier in the morning and then once they close they stay closed, or retail businesses are air conditioned and they maintain the same hours year around. The siesta was an old attempt to avoid the blistering heat of midafternoon.Airconditioning and altered schedules do the same thing.
BY closing their eyes after lunch, nature takes care of the rest
Yes, but it primarily applies to retail business. Corporations typically do not give their employees siesta (unless they are working at storefront businesses, like bank locations).
In Spain, they take siestas.
A Spain siesta is when shops, returants and other buildings close down for about an hour so evryone can take a nap.
Siesta is a custom from Spain.
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A siesta.
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Bullfighter and siesta.
The spanish did during the time Spain took them over
Siesta is a rest or nap in the midday. This tradition is most commonly practiced in Spain, Latin America, and the Philippines.
"After lunch, I like to take a siesta" (i.e.a nap)
The chilean people usually don't sleep siesta.
In some parts of Mexico it is customary to take a siesta at four pm.