The Fiesta: a Caribbean and Latin American tradition
Monday, 03 May 2010 18:34 Published in Popular culture
The celebrations of the Day of the Dead in Mexico, Carnival in Rio, Oruro and Trinidad, San Juan in Venezuela, Christmas anywhere – each with their own style and identity – are some of the major festivities in the Americas.
The Fiesta in Latin America is an institution. For Xavier Albó, a Bolivian culture researcher, the fiesta is a fundamental time in the lives of individuals and communities due to their diversity, the richness in its symbols, the amounts of people they attract and the power of their climax.
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One of the ideals of Simon Bolivar was the formation of an American bloc to unite the countries of America. In 1826 Bolivar attempted, without much success, to integrate the region through the Panama Congress. |
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