My Mexican Culture Essay

The very first time I went to Mexico. I was with my aunt, she was greeting the neighbors, but what seemed strange to me was that they kissed her on the cheek. I was so confused and weirded out. I asked her after the neighbors left why they had kissed her on the cheek. She told me “ Mija, that’s how we say hello to each other”. I am divided in between two culture’s my Hispanic culture, and my American culture. This connects to one of the two things I will be talking about, My culture’s moral beliefs and a very special tradition. Also, I will be discussing my Hispanic culture’s food. For example, food is one of the few things that have huge differences in between both the cultures. Food in my latin culture is so differently made, they mostly make food with only fresh ingredients. In most every Hispanic household in Mexico, there is rarely any canned or preserved food. They also make sure to finish it all wasting food is something so big for them. Another thing about the Hispanic food is that most every dish we make there is always a condiment that is spicy. That's our cultural inheritance, …show more content…
In my Hispanic culture, we are expected to greet anyone no matter if we know them or not by a hug or a kiss on the cheek to show we are welcoming them into our home or life's. Also in our culture teenager girls when they turn 15 have a celebration called a quinceanera. Quinceaneras used to show the coming of age of a lady, they are celebrated with a church mass. They are followed with a party with our authentic Mexican food. Followed with Bands and mariachis. The quinceanera will usually dance with her chambelanes and with her family. This day is made to be the best day of the quinceaneras life. Parents will most likely go all out. They will get the best venue, cooks, musicians, and photographers. Not to forget the two most important items the dress and the