West Indies, Dominican Heritage Project By Tanija Brickhouse.

West Indies, DominicanHeritage ProjectBy Tanija Brickhouse

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

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

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.

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

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