We are all dominicans, however, we are differents.

In the world, not only in my country, we can notice that every person is different, we have different personalities, different ways of thinking and different characteristics. Define a whole culture for one person is not the correct way to know about it, about its people, about its traditions and history.

The truth is, that since I got here i became the ambassador of Dominican Republic which means that every single thing i do or say is going to tell others how dominicans are like, which is not totally fair in my opinion because even though we are from the same country and we have been raised with certain similar values and traditions we are all different one from the other because every person is unique.

According to Dictionarie.com, culture can be define as the sum total of ways of living, built up by a group of human beings and transmitted from one gerenation to another. I think that concept can be taken to have an idea of what culture is, "literally". The best way to know about a culture is live with it and feel it in your heart like your own.

I'm in another country, to far away from mine, and i want to show who i am, who we are, but not trough my actions or sayings, i want to show the dominican culture, trough my feelings and the way how i express my love for another culture to which i never belonged to.

A tradition that brings happiness

My country is Dominican Republic an Island in the middle of the carebbean, famous for its traditions and its nature. But what is the most characteristic thing of this beautiful place?, that thing that makes us happy and forget our sadness, im talking about the Merengue, a dance that we created and is sprend in the world. Its name is spanish taked form the spanish name of the meringue a dessert made with whipped eggs whites and sugar. This style was created by Nico Lora in 1920s. After its creation in the Dominican Republic was promoted by the dictator Rafael Trujillo and became the country's national music and dance style.

Then in the United States was popularized by Angel Viloria and his band Conjunto Tipico Cibaeno; it was that the Trujillo era the song Compadre Pedro Juan became and international hit.

Internationally merengue singers include: Juan Luis Guerra, Eddy Herrera, Los toros Band, Milly Quezada, Sergio Vargas, etc.

Juan Luis Guerra the most popular, every year win grammys for his compositions, and its a pride for us.

The traditional instrumentation include a diatonic accordion, two side drum called tambora, and a guira.

This music represents Dominican Republic, as well known as the most popular music genre in Latin America.

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Every country has his heroes, all my life i have been hearing about the independece battles of America; now i can talk about their heroes, that character who fight for the freedom of their countries. United States of America, here was born George Washington in 1732, he was the comander of the continental Army in the America revolurtionary war and served as the first president of the USA; in 1778 George Washington marked July 4 with a double ration of rum for his soldiers.

Another hero is Juan Pablo Duarte, was born in Dominican Republic in 1813. We were dominated by the Haitians for 22 years, he got tired of that and decided to fight with them for our freedom; he created an asosiation called La Trinitaria, through this, he could create a plan for the battle, and with his best friends Francisco del Rosario Sanchez and Ramon Mella, and other soldiers, in 1844 he made us free.

George Washington and Juan Pablo Duarte were two men who fight for their country and its independence against our invasors.

Olemiss New life!

Since i got here to Olemiss the fisrt thing i could notice was that people love sports. They go crazy with this, i have always known that they are very dedicated to this but i never thought it was like that. Every time there is sports games they get together in restaurants, in the Grove, and at any stadium to enjoy and to share time with their families and friends. Fall is the season in which there are a lot of sport games and other kind of activities in which you can gather with your friends and have fun while you watch a game.

Another thing that impressed me is the environment because of the amount of green areas you can find here. In my country i cant find this things so i really now appreciate the meaning of the nature. I love animals and i have had the opportunity to admire all kind of wild animals that a hadnt seen before. I feel comfortable in this place because i can breathe pure air and appreciate what i cant find in a big city.

Olemiss New life!