Dominican Republic

Christian Ledesma PeñaJosefina M. París Afugu

Introduction

The country is located in Central America and is divided in 36 autonomous communities . The capital is Santo Domingo and has over 8.000.000 citizens. The

most important beaches are: Bocachica, La Romana, Punta Cana.

Monuments

The Columbus Lighthouse, commonly known as Columbus Lighthouse and Museum is a monument built to honor Dominican Christopher Columbus who discovered the

New World. The house is said to be the remains of the famous Admiral Christopher Columbus, but actually found in the Cathedral of Seville and several related valuables,

which are on public display

Traditional food

This food is sold in the streets of D.R.They are made off: Flour, water and salt.

This dish is typical in Easter HolidaysIt’s made off: Beans, biscuits, dry grapes, batata and milk of carnesio

It’s the most popular food in Dominican Republic it’s called La bandera it’s the official dish of the nation. Contains meet, beans, rice and salad.

SportsIn Dominican Republic there are a many famous athletes such as:

Sammy Sosa: Samuel Peralta Sosa Kelvin (born November 12, 1968 in Consuelo) is a former outfielder who played in the right position in Major League Baseball. Better known as Sammy Sosa. I did 600 home runes

Felix Sánchez: Felix Sanchez (New York, August 30, 1977) is a track and field athlete from the Dominican Republic, Olympic champion in Athens in 2004 and in 2012 in London in the discipline of 400 hurdles, considered the greatest athlete in the history of the Dominican Republic

PartiesCarnival: It’s one of the two popular celebrations in Dominican Republic.The people wear customs of demons, also the woman wear a mangulina custom, this custom is for dance perico ripiao.

Perico Ripiao: It’s Perico Ripiao a set of three or four musicians, whose specialty is to run Dominican folk rhythms, especially merengue, or carabiné mangulina.

MusicDominican Republic is a country with a lot of caribbean styles of music such as merengue, salsa, mambo, bachata, etc.Let’s talk about some famous artist of Dominican Republic.

Ramón Orlando: It’s a composer of classical, modern and of course merengue music, he’s very famous by his song: El venao

Omega: It’s a mambo and merengue singer it’s famous by his style of sing and by his phrase El fuerte

Tercer Cielo: It’s a marriage, whose lyrics reflect messages of love, joy peace. They are famous for the way they produce songs, a new and innovative way. Also known as a Christian group for over 10 years

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Punta Cana

Boca Chica

La Romana