Research Project by Lorena Nunez

General Country Information

1301281832 — 2024-08-16 20:47:56 UTC

El Salvador is in Central America. Its bordered by the Pacific Ocean, Guatemala, and Honduras. The official language is Castillian, a small number of indigenous Pipils speak Nawat or Nicarao. The population is 6,338,193 people in El Salvador. The flag is a horizontal triband of cobalt blue-white-cobalt blue, with the coat of arms centered and entirely contained within the central white stripe.

Current Events

1301281832 — 2024-08-16 21:01:48 UTC

Nayib Bukele is set to sworn into his second term as El Salvador's President. More than 60 children detained, beaten, tortured in El Salvador since the government declared a state of emergency over two years ago to combat gangs. Over the summer the experienced heavy rains, causing many destructions and deaths.

Traditions

1301281832 — 2024-08-20 21:11:54 UTC

El Salvador has many popular traditions some are the San Miguel Carnival, Holy Week celebrations, Independence Festivals, and the Day of the Cross. Many weavers make different types of things called Telares. A common and know thing to have is a hammock because of its creativity and its use. Its know for its pottery, the colorful and creative vases, wall design

Place to Tour

1301281832 — 2024-08-23 15:33:43 UTC

They are known for they're national parks, historical museums, beaches, and volcanoes. Tourist typically tend to go to the beautiful beaches like El Tunco. They have many tours you can do there like hike a volcano, Art Museums, Churches, Historical Museum, Archaeological site, and more! If I was a tourist in El Salvador I would first visit the Botanical Gardens. I would probably go to a couple different volcanoes. I would definitely go to the beach a couple times. I would also want to try many different kinds of food and go to some of the Historical Museums.

Food

1301281832 — 2024-09-03 20:58:47 UTC

Papusa is one of the most famous dishes in El Salvador. It's a thick flour tortilla stuffed with meat and cheese, and is grilled over high heat. Many people in El Salvador eat many different kinds of soups! Fresh seafood is also a very important ingredient in many peoples meals. The way people make enchiladas in El Salvador would sort of look like tostadas. Crazy corn is a typical snack to eat there.

Music & Dance

1301281832 — 2024-09-24 21:53:38 UTC

Popular kinds of music in El Salvador includes Salvadoran Cumbia, Rock and Native Mesoamerican Indigenous Music. There's a popular artist that many people listen to there, his name he goes by is Bad Bunny. Xuc also known as Salvadoran folk music, is a musical genre and later a typical dance of El Salvador.

Sports

1301281832 — 2024-09-26 21:03:03 UTC

One of the most known sports to be played in El Salvador is football but here known as soccer. El Salvador is home to the largest football stadium in Central America, the Estadio Cuscatlan. Other popular sports there is basketball, boxing, cycling.

Favorite things about Country

1301281832 — 2024-09-26 21:13:10 UTC

My favorite things about learning about El Salvador would probably be learning about the culture. Getting to know more about what goes on in a different country makes me grateful for what I have. I'm mexican and it's cool learning about another ethnicity.