PING Culture Project by Emmanuel Greene https://padlet.com/emmanuelgreene4/a1fv70dvvn0m Venezuela's Culture en-us 2017-12-12 19:46:07 UTC 2017-12-15 02:41:39 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Rafaelo.png Language emmanuelgreene4 https://padlet.com/emmanuelgreene4/a1fv70dvvn0m/wish/215594205 The language mainly spoken in Venezuela is Spanish
Spanish is a part of the Indo-European family, its part of the Romance languages which are derived from Vulgar Latin]]> 2017-12-12 19:51:14 UTC https://padlet.com/emmanuelgreene4/a1fv70dvvn0m/wish/215594205 Religions emmanuelgreene4 https://padlet.com/emmanuelgreene4/a1fv70dvvn0m/wish/215940596 70% of Venezuelan citizens are Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic is a universalizing religion. Roman Catholic]]> 2017-12-13 18:56:44 UTC https://padlet.com/emmanuelgreene4/a1fv70dvvn0m/wish/215940596 Ethnicity emmanuelgreene4 https://padlet.com/emmanuelgreene4/a1fv70dvvn0m/wish/215957396 69% identify as mezito, which means a mix of European, African and American Indian ancestry. They are from Europe and the Americas, speak English and Spanish and practice Christianity.
The other 20% are white/European. They originate from Europe, speak English, and are Roman Catholic]]> 2017-12-13 19:31:13 UTC https://padlet.com/emmanuelgreene4/a1fv70dvvn0m/wish/215957396 Woman Roles emmanuelgreene4 https://padlet.com/emmanuelgreene4/a1fv70dvvn0m/wish/216367581 Women are legally equal to men in Venezuela, but machismo is prevalent.              
By tradition, women perform household work and they may accept jobs related to domestic services.                
The professional women and businesswomen of Venezuela generally "work hard at looking great" and they "dress to impress"; their business dress include wearing feminine attire
]]> 2017-12-15 01:41:19 UTC https://padlet.com/emmanuelgreene4/a1fv70dvvn0m/wish/216367581 Examples of Folk Culture emmanuelgreene4 https://padlet.com/emmanuelgreene4/a1fv70dvvn0m/wish/216367992 Joropo is a music form that originated in the rural plains of Venezuela. It has African and European influences.
The Gaita is also a popular style of folk music, played generally during Christmas, and is typical of the Zulian region. ]]> 2017-12-15 01:46:35 UTC https://padlet.com/emmanuelgreene4/a1fv70dvvn0m/wish/216367992 Examples of Popular Culture emmanuelgreene4 https://padlet.com/emmanuelgreene4/a1fv70dvvn0m/wish/216369377 Venezuela's different styles of music comes from their mixture of different ethnicities/cultures ranging from: African, Native Indigenous, Spanish, and even American and Caribbean.
Caracas, Venezuela is where salsa began becoming popular in Venezuela, and is the central hub for music and culture here.


]]> 2017-12-15 02:03:31 UTC https://padlet.com/emmanuelgreene4/a1fv70dvvn0m/wish/216369377 Racial Tension in Venezuela emmanuelgreene4 https://padlet.com/emmanuelgreene4/a1fv70dvvn0m/wish/216369997 Since Spanish conquest of the Americas began in the 15th country many natives have been mistreated. In Venezuela there were no valuable raw materials so the Spanish used it as a slave port. When slavery ended some of these predjudices toward the natives remained. While many citizens say that racism is not apparent in their country many experts say that it is very clear.]]> 2017-12-15 02:11:16 UTC https://padlet.com/emmanuelgreene4/a1fv70dvvn0m/wish/216369997 Venezuela Current Event emmanuelgreene4 https://padlet.com/emmanuelgreene4/a1fv70dvvn0m/wish/216371125
This is an example of the spread of folk culture by relocation diffusion. Although joropo originated in Venezuela, an institute is willing to expose this to citizens of Jamaica. This relates to the unit because relocation diffusion is the spread of an idea through movement and since this institute is teaching in a foreign country then the creator must have traveled to spread this dance.
]]> 2017-12-15 02:25:01 UTC https://padlet.com/emmanuelgreene4/a1fv70dvvn0m/wish/216371125 Sources Used emmanuelgreene4 https://padlet.com/emmanuelgreene4/a1fv70dvvn0m/wish/216371709 https://pedagogicalthoughts.wordpress.com/2014/03/17/venezuela-salient-ethnic-tensions-in-the-colonial-and-reconstruction-periods/
https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/322
http://www.loc.gov/folklife/guides/Venezuela.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Venezuela

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