What is your opinion about the Chilean tradition called ‘mechoneo’?

Hi guys, how are you? 

I hope well, today I will write to you about the Chilean tradition called "mechoneo". The "mechoneo" is a tradition of welcoming new students to the university, they are called "mechones", it is a quite violent welcome, in most of the universities, sometimes they undress the students, they dirty them, take their things, cut their hair, and make them go to ask for money in the streets, to make the ridicule or any humiliating activity. 

It is a very harmful activity and tradition, there have been cases where some students have died from extreme acts of violence in the "mechoneo". I think that the attitudes that appear in the "mechoneos" are very primitive, I think that the young people/human of the society get their worst sides by "mechoneo" from the new students. It is very negative wherever you look, I think that the "mechoneo" should be forbidden in universities or propose a positive mechoneo. 

In my college career (dance) we also do "mechoneo" but it is a totally different kind of mechoneo from the humiliating stereotype of mechoneos that exists in universities. We scare them and act out. They are always blindfolded and taken to a room. 

Before arriving at the room we scare them with the bandages, and we put glitter all over them, we write nice phrases on their face, or arms with pencils to paint the skin.

When the tufts arrive to the room, we take off the bandages and we have a show ready for them, the ex mechones have to do a welcome dance for the new ones, with a theme, in my generation the theme was animal print and we did all kinds of dances, reggaeton, pop, salsa, among others. After that we do games and then they have to go ask for money to make a party all together. 

When they come back we give them shampoo, balsam, soap so they can take a bath and remove the glitter. 

This kind of mechoneo in my career works very well and everyone is happy, at least for me it was a lot of fun when I was a new student.