Dominican
- 1. Sade Curry Dominican Republic 12/22/06
- 2. General Imformaion Languages is Spanish. President is Leonel Fernandez. There is 31 cities in the Dominican republic. Population 8,895,00 In 1822 the Haitians conquered the Dominicans.
- 3. The Map On Columbus first voyage in 1492 he claimed this land. He named it La Esponola The capital is Santo Domingo It was made the capital in 1496
- 4. The Dominican Republic Flag The flag was adopted on Nov 6, 1844. The blue and red came from Haiti and the white cross is a symbol of faith. Centered in the middle is the coat of arms it stands for national and state use only. The bible has a gold cross . Above the arms is three words Dros,Patria,Libertad they mean God,Country,Freedom
- 5. Their Food This country is know for their agricultural. The export lots of things that cant grow here is the U.S. Bananas ,rice,beans, mangoes, passion fruit,beef,chicken meat, plantains. To the right is one of their most know meals the La Bandera(The Flag)
- 6. Religious Beliefs Their religious is Roman Catholicism. Some of they believe in doing voodoo. Male priest that practices voodoo are called Hungans and the name for females is mamabos. There is also some then called a witch doctor their name is Brujos. Folk practices ensalmo it’s a healing chant. Used with herbs and natural things 89% of Dominicans are baptized. Two groups of religion Evangelical Christians and the church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints.
- 7. Culture D.R. was the first Spanish colony in the New World. It’s a very mixed culture. Their culture is very happy and peaceful . “ No hay problema” means there’s no problems. Dominicans love to party. They have parade of the devil masks at the Santo Domingo carnival.
- 8. Holidays In The Dominican Republic January 1, New Years Day. January 6, Epiphany. January 21, our lady of Altagracia Day. January 26, Juan Pablo Duarte’s b-day. February 26-27, Carnival. February 27, independences day. March or April, good Friday. March or April, Easter Sunday. April 14, Pan-American Day. May 1, labor Day. June 17, Corpus Christi. July 16,Foundation of Sociedad la Trinitaria. Late July, Santo Domingo Merengue Festival. August 5, Founding of Santo Domingo. August 16, Restoration day. September 24, lady of Mercedes. October 12, Columbus Day. October 24, United Nations Day. November 1 All Saint Day . December 24-25, Christmas.
- 9. Ancestors European, Native,and African roots. The naïve land tribes was Taino and Carib. They where killed by all the diseases the Europeans bought to their lands. So African slaves where imported over to replace the natives. 73% of Dominican are mixed I think she going to get an A Ya she well get an A
- 10. Resources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dominican/_republic http://en.wikiped.org/wiki/culture_of_the_dominican_republic . www.infoplease.com/ipa/a010745.html www.google.com Lanic.utexas.edu/la/cb/dr