Another reason that my culture is important to me is because most of my family lives in the Dominican Republic and whenever I visit there, I have fun with our generous family. We have a many family reunions! My cousins come to me house in the D.R. and we party. We play music from the radio.
Kelsey is an agriculturally based community whose workforce can mainly be found working at Kelsey Gardens, where they care for organically grown fruits and vegetables. The onsite restaurant operates during the growing season of spring and the harvest season of the summer months. It also prides itself on being earth-friendly and sells 100 % locally grown produce and meats (Apollo Group, 2012). In addition to the agriculture industry, Kelsey maintains a large present in the
Another factor that has been influenced is the art. After all, look at the top 100 lists and you will see lots of Hispanics artists like Pitbull, Santana and many others. But things don't stop there; to capture the Latino audience and produce a new sound, many American artists have sung with Latins. There are also many Hollywood films that have Hispanic influence. Some of these films are Bandidas, The Mask of Zorro and Selena, which is a movie about the life of this famous Mexican singer and how is killed.
The Japanese enjoyed kendo and sumo a lot ; although they also establishes Kenjinkai, which are associations used to serve the needs of the immigrant generation in Japanese American Communities. Their greatest contribution to the Imperial Valley was agriculture, although they began as migrant laborers, overtime they rose to the ranks of crew bosses and foremen for the large companies, then became share-croppers, and eventually leased and even owned their own farmland until the 1913 Alien Land Law. The Japanese were instrumental in establishing the Imperial Valley as major produce growing region. They concentrated on lettuce, melons, and tomatoes. Furthermore they were also heavily involved in such crops as alfalfa, barley, cabbage, cotton, cucumbers, dates, grapefruit, grapes, peas, and squash, among others.
Culture is defined by the famous anthropologists Bates and Plog as a “system of shared beliefs, values, customs, behaviors, and artifacts that the members of society use to deal cope with their world and with one another, and that are transmitted from generation to generation through learning”(1976, p6 ). Culture affects everything a person does, including food choices, preparation, and beliefs. Considered a distinct cultural group in the United States, African Americans have kept a strong sense of their culture. This culture is reflected in the cuisine of African Americans. PGPH 1 The roots of African-American cuisine may be traced back to 1619, when the first African slaves were sold in the New World.
Her friends and family from her hometown of Santos Suárez neighborhood in Havana, Cuba. Once people in the Americas' found out about Celia Cruz she was famous worldwide. She performed from New York, New York to Paris, France. She was a singing and dancing sensation. The video Celia Cruz- Guantamera had drums that sound like bongos, more than one conga, the tempo to the instruments
This dance style is thought to have originated on an island off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina. Runnin Wild and Shuffle along were very famous performances of the Charleston. The dance consisted of manly kicks, flicks and bending and stretching of the knees, it was a fast and energetic style of dance. A flapper in the 1920s was referred to a group of young women that were a “new breed”. They wore short skirts and had their hair bobbed.
Housing is hard to find in Cuba. Despite troubles, Cubans value their dignity and are patriotic. A traditional Cuban meal is rice and beans. Rice is eaten with most meals along with sweet potatoes, plátanos (plantains), tomatoes, and potatoes. Corn is also a basis for many foods.
One would consider that a great part brought on by interracial marriages would be the mix of cultural upbringing. How the mix of different races can bring on new cultures and ethnicities, an example would be most of Central and South America. How in Mexico two ethnicities the Aztecs and Spaniards could form a new race through their marriages and relations in that country. This brought on the culture they have now most of Mexico, which has the mix beliefs of both the Spanish and the Aztecs. It also goes for the rest of Central America, South America, Philippines and the Caribbean islands.
The montuno involves a rhythmic backbeat infused with often-improvised solos. These solos became the focus of the mambo, and the most important part of the song. Danzon is widely considered the official style of music in Cuba. The danzon style of music was heavily influenced by the French-Haitian contradance, which was imported to Cuba from Haiti. Originally, danzon orchestras consisted of e typical orchestra instruments.