Death is complicated it occurs every day all around the world. Something we all experience in our life, either family or friends. Dealing with death can be difficult. But every culture has their way of dealing with death.…
Comparing Hispanic celebrations to how it we celebrate in America Hispanic Americans have roots in Europe, Africa, South and Central America. This means that there is a wide population of Hispanics. Today, the Hispanic or Latino population in the United States is estimated 54 million people (cdcc.gov, 2013). The Hispanics have different ways to celebrate than we (Americans) do differently. American and Hispanic cultures have different ways to celebrate.…
JoJo Henderson 1302/History Devil in the White City Response In the late the 1880s the U.S. Congress made the announcement regarding the World Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World’s Fair available to the public. The fair was intended to celebrate the 400-year anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ first voyage to the new world. Four cities submitted bids to host the fair including: Chicago, New York, St. Louis, and Washington D.C. The competition between these four cities quickly diminished to a competition between just New York and Chicago.…
The tradition dates back to Aztec times. The festival shrouded in the history of the Mexican people. It combines both Spanish-Catholic traditions. They had many heritages that would symbolize the passage through the stages of life.…
Carnaval takes place around the Catholics’ time of lent. During carnaval, people dress up and crowd the streets in costumes. This is a time for people to feel freer than they would the rest of the year. Carnaval is celebrated before lent officially starts because the eating and drinking gets out of hand during the parties and festivities. The basis of the celebration can be traced back to Roman celebration and to Europe in the middle ages.…
Back in the days, the African American people were using vernacular as a way to express their own history, their own life, their own pain as they were taking away from their countries and family from the Europeans to become slaves. The vernacular, means “ belonging to, developed in, and spoken or used by the people of a particular place, religion, or country; native; indigenous” ( The vernacular tradition. Part 1, pg 6). In consists with the church songs, blues, ballads, stories and hip-hop, work songs, secular songs, dances, stage shows and visual arts. Each one of these categories somehow are related to each other as an example, same topic, but others time they have different meaning behind the words.…
This is a celebration of when Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas and to celebrate mexican race 3. What is Dia de Los Muertos, celebrated on Nov 1st & 2nd? This is a holiday that celebrates the dead and celebrates all saints day, this is when they basically worship the mexicans dead 4. What is one holiday that Mexicans celebrate that Americans also do, too?…
Aspects of Venezuela Culture Venezuela is a beautiful country situated in the norther coast of South America. Instead of there have been a lot immigration from European, and African mainly, Venezuela is characterized by a diverse group of people who share some aspects in their culture: Tradition, language, and family and friends. One aspect of the culture of Venezuela is tradition.…
Christmas Traditions in Panama are mixture of American and Spanish Traditions and are highly religious. Dia de los Reyes is the day children receive small gifts.. The festive floats are brightly decorated and the women wear dresses called polleras whilst the men wear menounos. Christmas trees are traditional and a giant tree is elected at the Panama City beach where there are also spectacular boat parades which are accompanied by fireworks. Food - Chicken tamales.…
La dia de los muertos, known as The Day of the the dead, is celebrated similar to Halloween. Both Halloween and The Day of the dead include spirits but they are incorporated in different ways. These holidays share similarities and differences through their history, festivals, and and they way the spirits are incorporated. While Halloween is celebrated only on October 31st, Day of the dead is celebrated starting on October 31st and ending on November 2nd. The day of the dead was started centuries ago by the catholics and aztecs.…
One holiday that is very important to the Costa Rican people is the celebration of the harvest of their own coffee crop. When the crop has been harvest they like to celebrate they dress with brilliant colors and performed traditional dances. . Many villages and towns celebrate with a special custom on Christmas Day with special bullfight in which no bull is killed or even hunt. (Grigni, J., 1997). Marriage is very traditional way to start a family few Costa Ricans consider only Catholic Church marriages to be official.…
The Day of the Dead (El Dia de los Muertos), is a very important holiday celebrated in Mexico. The purpose of the holiday is to gather family and friends to remember members who have died. We celebrate on November 1st and November 2nd where the children eat first and then adults eat the second day. Some traditions that mexicans do for the day of the dead is build altars, marigolds, favorite food, and also visiting graves. We honor our deceased ancestors by cooking their favorite food and putting it on the altar so they can get full.…
Then all the family meets together to pray for the people who have died. In my family, each person take a turn to say something about the deceased. Sometimes we play the favorite music of our deceased and say some anecdotes that happened when the person was alive simultaneously. This day is very special for us because in someway is a manner to feel that our deceased is with us even though is not.…
Carnival traditions on the island nation reflect its multicultural history, which was influenced by Spanish and English colonists, French planters, African slaves, and Indian indentured laborers, to name a few” (Schwartz).The carnival has grown from being a sophisticated, special event to an all broad public carnival of Trinidad and Tobago. Consequently, for one to comprehend the importance of carnival one should observe at the cultural integration as well as the perseverance. Carnival time is one of the most important occasions on the islands year planner. The festivities all began in the late 18th century with French farm proprietors from the island of Martinique establishing pretenses and spheres before bearing the fasting of the lent period.…
It is said that Carnival was originated in southern Europe with the Roman feast of Saturnalia, which is known as a midwinter celebration of birth and renewal, and the inversion of the norm. It developed during the Middle Ages into the Feast of Fools, in which the pretensions of the medieval Catholic Church were scandalously mocked. The Church, unsurprisingly, did its best to suppress the festival, but in long run assimilation proved more effective, and Carnival was incorporated into the Catholic faith as a final binge carne vale which was understood as the farewell to flesh before the fasting period of Lent. Carnival is known for being the greatest show on earth which encompasses the celebration of life, color and the togetherness of a people.…