"Culture, Society, and Religion"
Author: Lindsay de Feliz Date Published: 2010 Date Accessed: December 9 2012
Summary of the Article
This article mainly focuses on all three aspects concerning it's historical origin, culture, and the people of Dominican Republic. Dominican Republican people are a mix of black and white. Black from the indentured slaves being brought over from the slave trade, mixing in with the whites, they formed a new named mulattoes. The article describes the usual lifestyle that any Dominican Republican would live!
Thoughts, Emotions, and Observations about the Article
Whilst reading this article, I thought about how there was no racism from the whites of Dominican Republic towards the blacks that were brought on! It was interesting to me as to how skin color was only a minor detail to them! Their culture was a combination of Spanish origins and African roots, which were then practiced in the Dominican Republic.
How This Relates to Culture
This article depicted the older roots of the Dominican Republican. Yet, also combining the modern traditions of Dominican Republic, and explaining the personality of the people and atmosphere of the Dominican Republicans. The article itself explains the cultural system of the Dominican Republican!
This article mainly focuses on all three aspects concerning it's historical origin, culture, and the people of Dominican Republic. Dominican Republican people are a mix of black and white. Black from the indentured slaves being brought over from the slave trade, mixing in with the whites, they formed a new named mulattoes. The article describes the usual lifestyle that any Dominican Republican would live!
Thoughts, Emotions, and Observations about the Article
Whilst reading this article, I thought about how there was no racism from the whites of Dominican Republic towards the blacks that were brought on! It was interesting to me as to how skin color was only a minor detail to them! Their culture was a combination of Spanish origins and African roots, which were then practiced in the Dominican Republic.
How This Relates to Culture
This article depicted the older roots of the Dominican Republican. Yet, also combining the modern traditions of Dominican Republic, and explaining the personality of the people and atmosphere of the Dominican Republicans. The article itself explains the cultural system of the Dominican Republican!