Dia de los Muertos

The holiday called Day of the Dead is to mourn the dead, not really. The first night of the day of the dead is to spend time with the adult loved ones the second night is to spend time with the little ones that have pasted on. Sometimes people make alters, they usally have: Marigolds (flowers to help the loved ones find their way back), water (for thirst), food (hunger from the long trip) and fire for warpmth. This holiday is not a sad holiday it is a happy, colorful and a fun holiday.

Republica Domnicana Geography and Climate

Dominican Republic shares an island with Haiti, it is the bigger half of the island. The Domican is bigger than the Bahamas, Jamaica, Puerto Rico. Dominican Republic has beutiful beaches and has tropical weather year round. Also has a varity of mountian ranges, one of them is Pico Duarte it is the tallest mountian in the Caribbean.

Introducciones

Yo soy Catalina. Soy de Dominican Republic. Estoy bien porque es hace buien tiempo. Mi cumpleanos. es el seis de septiembre. Yo soy atletica, baja, contenta y inteligente. Me gust perros. Yo tengo doce anos. Cuando hace caliente, voy nadar. En mi familia somos trea persoas. Mi madre, hermano y yo. Yo vivir en Tucson, Arizona.

Dominican Republic - Un poco de todo

Every month in February they have a huge carnival every weekend. They have interesting and colorful costumes the costumes show what part of Dominican Republic they are from and the regions. During this big celebration they have contest that involve lots of money and pride and the judges chose the best costume out of all the people. There are some scary costumes i think. There is this devil mask and it is so scary and he walks with a lamp in his hand.

Dominican Republic - El paísaje y lugaresimportantes

Dominican Republic - Comida

Bizcocho Dominicano is there national cake and is very much like pound cake. It is not used for anything special it is made to eat. It can have fillings that fit the mood. Some of the fillings are strawberries, pineapples, oranges and peaches. That is like the only difference is betweenpound cake and this cake there are fillings or can be.

Dominican Republic - Gobierno

The government in Dominican Republic is representative democracy. Their president is Leonel Fernandez. His wife is Margarita Cedeno and he is a father of 3 children. He moved to New York City when he was a little child and he got a very good education and he went to Brandeis Higt School that was in the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He was elected in 2004 to be president

of the Dominican people.