PRESENTACION

Name: ROBERT RAPAHEL

PAIS: REPUBLICA DOMINICANA 😊

The Dominican

Republic limits

to the north

with the

Atlantic Ocean

along 586 km,

to the south with the Caribbean Sea at a distance of 545 km, to the west with Haiti at

276km of border and to the east with El Canal de la Mona, separating it from the island

of puerto rico. It occupies 74% of the land of the Island of Hispaniola

The culture of the Dominican Republic in terms of its people and customs is nourished

by the mixture of Spanish, African and Taino roots. The Dominican Republic of this

was the first Spanish colony in America. Certain riches brought by the Spanish

colonizers that were unknown to the native inhabitants practically eliminated the

majority of the island's indigenous people; so the colonizers began to import small

quantities of African slaves to replace the natives. After the Haitian liberation of the

entire island, slavery was abolished and folk music spread throughout the island. Folk

Music Merengue is a musical and dance style originating in the Dominican Republic in

the late 19th century. In its origins, merengue was performed with guitars. Later the

guitars were replaced by the accordion that together with the Güira and the tambora,
form the instrumental structure of the typical merengue ensemble. This set synthesizes

the three cultures that shaped the idiosyncrasy of Dominican culture. The European

influence comes to be represented by the accordion, the African by the tambora (drum

with two patches), and the Taíno or aboriginal by the güira. Like other peoples of the

Caribbean region and in general Latin America, the Dominican Republic has a culture

based on syncretism

Typical dance

In the Dominican Republic there are two great types of music: folkloric and popular.

Merengue is the most widespread Dominican folk dance and is considered by many to

be the national dance. Merengue is the most widespread Dominican folk dance and is

considered by many to be the national dance. Merengue is one of the elements that has

served as a union between the different social classes. Meringue has its origin in the

Cuban upa that arrived from Puerto Rico to our country. It is said that it was Alfonsea

who invented this dance so ours

1. Bachata:

It was danced before the meringue and has great acceptance in the humble class.

2. Mangulin:

This dance has its name because when it was first danced, in Baní, mango flowers fell.

3. La Yuca:

This dance has a choreography centered on the yucca and the game.

Sport
The national sport is baseball or «ball», as Dominicans usually call it. It is
played throughout the year throughout the country, but the official season is
winter. Although multiple sports are practiced in the Dominican Republic,
baseball or "ball" is the most popular

Clothing
For women it tends to be a peasant blouse, with flaps on the sleeves, and a
wide ankle length skirt. Other times it tends to be a full body dress, but keeping
the long skirt wide and the peasant type blouse. They decorate their hair with
flowers, usually red cayenne
 Religion
The most practiced religion is still Catholic, since more than 50% of Catholics
are counted among the Dominican population. Evangelical religion and atheists
follow. In addition, you can also find religions such as Buddhism, Judaism,
Islam or the traditional Chinese religion, among many others.

Celebraciones importantes
1 of January New Year

January 6: Epiphany - Three Kings Day

January 21: Day of the Virgin of Altagracia. Pilgrimage to the Altagracia basilica in

Higuey, where the Virgin is said to have appeared in 1691.

January 26: Anniversary of Juan Pablo Duarte. Carnival fever floods the country.

February 27 (or last Sunday of the month): Independence Day and National

Holiday. It is celebrated on the day of 1844, when Juan Pablo Duarte, Francisco

del Rosario Sánchez and Ramón Matías Mella overthrew the Haitians

May 1: International Labor Day

September 24: Virgen de las Mercedes

December 24: Christmas Eve until midday. December 25: Christmas Day

December 31: New Year's Eve

gastronomy

The food consumed daily in the Dominican Republic is "La Bandera" which consists of

white rice, green beans and stewed meat (of the type that is but preferably chicken, pork

or beef). On some occasions it is accompanied with fish and / or vegetables such as

stewed tayota, stewed eggplant, with egg, spaghetti, smoked cutlet or molondrones.

This dish can be accompanied by a green, mixed salad (beet, potato, carrot, egg,

mayonnaise, corn, onion and salt salad) or Russian and green, ripe or fried plantain.
Mamajuana, the traditional drink of the Dominican Republic. "Mamajuana" is a drink

originating in the Dominican Republic. It is a concoction made from rum, red wine and

honey, which is then macerated with herbs and tree bark

Gastronomic customs. The food consumed daily in the Dominican Republic is