Haiti And Hungary Similarities

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No matter where you are from, every place has its own culture. Haiti and Three key aspects of culture are religion, language, and ethnicity. Hungary have many similarities and differences in their culture. First, both Haiti and Hungary share their dominant religion; Roman Catholic. In Haiti, Roman Catholic is one of two official religions, and it makes up 54.7% of the population's religion. The other official religion of Haiti is Voodoo, however its percentage, 2.1%, is far smaller than that of the second most common religion, Protestant, which has a percentage of 28.5%. The last 14.8% of people in Haiti either have an unspecified religion or do not have a religion at all. Hungary does not have an official religion, but they are mostly Roman

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