Venezuela by Hersey, Elianna

Overview

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The country Venezuela is a Spanish speaking country in South America with a population of 28.84 million as of 2023. it is bordering the Atlantic Ocean and the Carribean Sea. The yellow strip in their flag symbolizes wealth for their land. The blue represents independence and the red for courage. Honduras has four regions the Guiana Highlands in southeast, the broad plains Orinoco in central Venezuela, and the Maracaibo lowlands in northwest, the northern mountains.

Holidays and origin

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Feria del sol is a holiday in venezuela celebrated every February 2nd. this festival can also be called “Virgin de Candelaria,” which means candlemass. This is a christian event where the people dress themselves with their bright colored costumes and masks while they have a parade. This holiday was originated in the 1800s when african christians were the natives hte the country.

Another holiday that they celebrate is the Velorio de la Cruz de Mayo which means May crosswake wake. This holiday is held every May 3rd. In this holiday they make May crosses from wood and they paint them pretty with flowrs. This holiday is to mark the beginning of the harvest season. Velorio de la Cruz de Mayo originated when Francisco Perez Santana made it clear that the importance of this holiday was to encourage students of Venezuelan's to honor the crop and such

Tradition, food and music

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Some of Venezuela's traditions is when they are in a group they always introduce the eldest person first. Some Venezuelans giveout handkercheifs because they are thought of as unlucky. When they are done eating they leave a little bit of food on their plate which they consider as being polite.

Most of the food in Venezuela is heavily influenced on the French, Italian and Spanish culture. A famous dish from their is Tequenos, this is fried wonton wrappers with cheese in the middle. It is also served with many sauces. Another well known dish is arepa reina pepiada this is filled and stacked with mayonnaise, cilantro, lime, shredded chicken, and avocado.

Venezuela and their music is a mix of all kinds of music because of the thousands of different immigrans that have shared their ideas with one another. They have a genre named Joropo and it represent the dance fandango - which is a

Conclusion and Cultural Comparrison

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