Culture of the Dominican Republic

The Dominican culture of the Dominican Republic contains Tylenol, Spaniards, and Africans. The island's indigenous people are Tyano. Taino is a hunter and collector who lives in the land. Under the guidance of Christopher Columbus, the Spaniards conquered the island in 1492. The Spaniards forced them to become their slaves and killed many others. Later Africans were taken to the island as slaves. Certain characteristics of these people still exist in Dominican culture, such as people's food, language, religion, and personality (Goodwin, 116).

The Dominican Republic culture, like its neighboring countries in the Caribbean, combines the cultures of European colonists, African slaves, and the people of the Tyno region. The official language is Spanish. Other languages ​​such as English, French, German, Italian, Chinese are used in various degrees. The cultural elements of Europe, Africa and Tylenol are most prominent in food, family structure, religion, and music. Many Araq / Tino names and words are used in everyday conversation and many foods originating from the Dominican Republic

Through cultural integration, the culture and customs of the Dominican people have a cultural basis in Europe, influenced by African elements and indigenous Tynos despite the emergence of the intrinsic elements of Dominican culture. One of the most European countries in the U.S. continent of Uruguay. Because the cultural adaptation and cultural assimilation of African slaves were relatively successful and the influence of African culture weakened compared to other Caribbean countries, the colonial Spanish system could dominate the Dominican culture It was.

The Dominican (Spanish: Dominicon) is a people with ethnic relations with the Dominican Republic. Dominica was historically the captain of the captain of General Santo Domingo and has been retained even after the independence of the country. Most Dominican people live in the Dominican Republic, but there are also big Dominican people mainly in America and Spain. The National Bureau of Statistics of the Dominican Republic estimates that the population of the Dominican Republic in 2016 was 10.2 million people