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West Indies, DominicanHeritage ProjectBy Tanija Brickhouse
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Home Of My Ancestors
My ancestors are from west indies
It size: 750 square kilometers
It notoriety: It is found by Christopher Columbus he found it on a Sunday on November 3,1993
It language: French, English
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My Relatives Live
Somas of the city where my relatives live:
New York city , South Carolina
Washington D.C, North Carolina
Virginia, California
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Special Holidays
New year day
May day , Christmas
Carnival , Boxing day
Good Friday
Easter
Independence Day
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Traditions
Traditions festivals : with its amalgamation of taino Indians , Spanish, African ,French, and hitions is profusely visible in it festival music, dance, and the art
Dominican republic have a lot of tricks when it come to food
One of they tradition food is sancocho it is a soup that is mix with a lot of meat and some vegetables
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Religious
Catholicism is a broad term for describing specific traditions in the Christian churches in theology and doctrine, liturgy, ethics and spirituality.
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Clothes
The traditions clothes for Dominican republic is predominantly a result of Spanish and African influences
Men's: wear button down short sleeved shirts and long pant
Women's: wear dresses, jeans or form-fitting pants.
They beliefs of clothes was colorful dress ,and customs
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Music
Dominica listen to all types of music like: calypso,reggae,zouk,smooth jazz, mix,r&b,hiphop
These are some of the people they listen to: backstreet boys, Ricky martin, Jennifer Lopez, Eminem, destiny child, tlc
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Food
Dominica food is a blend of many culture dishes all combined to make cooking unique.
Dominica food is a blend of Spanish, African, and taino cuisine food
Some of the food they eat is rice, beans, plantains ,pork ,chicken ,and seafood
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Folk Tales or Legends
Stories about mythical beings, as in all cultures, are used to try and explain the unexplainable.
This story is about legendary magical creatures that is a men that can become animals. He can also transfer into objects, like tree trunks and stones.
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Famous Residents
Milly Quezada : she is considered as the queen of merengue of music in the Dominican republic
Rafael Trujillo : a famous military dictator who had ruled the Dominican republic from 1942 to 1952
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Works cited page
Dominica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Music of Dominica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia