Domenican Rupublic

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Hello or “hola” in the Dominican Republic, that’s a very good place to start.
Culture is very interesting in the Dominican Republic; Native tribes make bone, amber, coconut husk, and horn jewelry which is very beautiful. Other artists in the Dominican Republic use clay, porcelain, hemp, and guano to make both decorative and religious figures. Bright and colorful artwork is produced in this country. Other than art they have amazing food. The most common ingredients are rice, beans, meat, and seafood. Traditional ingredients consist of yucca, plantains, and potatoes; African recipes use similar ingredients. The most common food is La Bandera or “The Flag”, made with meat, rice, and red beans. Sometimes it is served with plantains called “tostones”. Another food is boiled green plantains known as “Mangu”. Also, there are wrapped turnovers cooked in banana leaves or en hojas: various casseroles, stews, and meat dishes like braised goat, pork, or chicken rinds. Yum, I never knew Dominican culture could be so delicious. Dominica’s national source of pride and identity is baseball. Did you know famous players like Alex Rodríguez, Pedro Martinez, Albert Pujols, and Sammy Sosa all come from the country?
The people that live in the Dominican are usually Mixed (73% of the time), White (16%), and black (11%). This statement starts us off with the more boring part of this paper, as I call it “the numbers”. The Dominican Republic mostly speaks Spanish, for they were colonized by Spain, a Spanish speaking country. This is why 95% percent of people are Roman Catholic in the Dominican Republic. Population in this country is 10,349,741 million people; whoa that’s a lot of people! Their nationality is Dominican. Finally that’s over, back to a some...

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...ents like increasing the amount of jobs or preventing deforestation, soil erosion, or water shortages. I think the Dominican Republic is the coolest and most interesting country in Latin America. One day I would like to visit there and see all of the historical monuments and such. I really would like to know if Christopher Columbus was actually buried under the oldest church in the world. I think most of my fellow classmates would probably agree with me. They have good natural resources booting there economy up. I would love to live here, because the food is so delicious sounding. As a country they should increase their GDPpc and GDP, maybe by making more jobs available. I am very glad I got this country to research; it was very interesting and a lot of fun. I wish I could be the leader of Dominican Republic to fix all of the problems and make the government better.

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