Cuban Culture Research Paper

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The culture of Cuba is interesting to me because my dad I from Cuba. Cuba’s culture practices have a major influence on art, music, dancing, and cigars. Although my dad is from Cuba we are not the Cubans at all! Cuba’s landscape is mostly mountains and hills. Cuba is a self-sustained communist country for over 50 years. First off, here is a little about Cuba’s landscape. As stated earlier it is mostly mountains and hill. The climate is a year-round warm temp. Cuba has a population of 11,260,000 people! “About 75% of the Cuban population resides in urban areas. Havana is the capital and the largest city.” According to http://www.school.ed.com// . Cuba’s mostly mountains and hills. Cuba’s landscape a year-round warm climate and most people live in Havana the urban capital. …show more content…

Cuba’s food industries it’s food it’s language. Common foods in Cuba include moros y cristianos=black beans with rice, arroz con pollo=rice with chicken, and ropa vieja=shredded beef. Cuba’s industry is mostly based around tobacco or cigars but what is interesting that Cuba has a big sugarcane industry. “The official language of Cuba is Spanish.” “There are almost no regional dialects in the country, though some Indian words have become incorporated into the language.” According to http://www.school.ed.com// . I would say Cuba is very different from other Latin American

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