Tradition & Culture
An ethnicity meaning people who either speak Spanish or descend from those who do, including Spain but not Brazil.
What is Hispanic?
A sandwich consisting of pork, ham, Swiss cheese, pickles, and mustard.
What is a Cuban sandwich?
A Picasso artwork featuring pieces of animals and people, depicting the aftermath of a scene of violence. It is meant to be an anti-war declaration.
What is Guernica?
Written by Miguel de Cervantes in Spain, about a man who lost his sanity and then decided to serve his nation. A classic, by all means.
What is Don Quixote de la Mancha?
A band consisting of two trumpets, typically three violins, guitar-like instruments, and occasionally a harp.
What is a mariachi band?
An ethnicity referring to those born in or who have descended from those born in Latin American countries who speak Spanish, Portuguese, and French, including Brazil but not Spain.
What is Latino?
A sauce often used on meat, it can contain oregano, garlic, parsley, vinegar, pepper flakes, etc.
What is chimichurri?
What is Untitled?
A Spanish collection of short stories, written by Jorge Luis Borges in Spain.
What is Ficciones?
A dance born in Rio de Janeiro that is popularly used during Rio's Carnaval.
What is samba?
The traditional and most common religious affiliation of Hispanics and Latinos.
What is Catholic?
A dish from the Mesoamerican area, made wrapped in a corn husk or banana leaves and served with fillings of meat, beans, and cheese.
What are tamales?
An artwork depicting surreal clocks and animals painted by Salvador Dalí.
What is Persistence of Memory?
What is Como agua para chocolate?
The national dance of Mexico.
What is the Jarabe Tapatío?
A Mexican holiday celebrating the lives of the dead.
What is Día de los Muertos?
A dish from El Salvador that consists of corn tortillas stuffed with cheese, meat, beans, and peppers.
What are Salvadoran Pupusas?
An artwork made by Ana Mendieta, it is a collection of natural resources and materials that are used to represent domestic violence and also the connection between the mind, body, and nature.
What is Silhouettes?
The winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982, written by Gabriel García Marquez from Colombia. Considered as one of the greatest of all time.
What is Cien años de soledad?
A Central American dance that contains high social aspects and represents festivity and joy.
What is punta?
A celebration involving parties, parades, and more entertainment that is meant to celebrate the end of the pre-Lenten preiod.
What is Carnaval?
Grilled corn cakes stuffed with fillings of meat, cheese, and beans.
What are arepas?
A painting by Frida Kahlo. It represents the duality of herself, with a version of herself wearing European clothes and the other side wearing traditional Mexican clothing.
What is Two Fridas?
A novel written in Mexico by Francisco Jiménez, based on his own life as a child whose parents were immigrants.
What is Cajas de Cartón: Relatos de la Vida Peregrina de un Nino Campesino?
Dancers who will sometimes use a guitar-like instrument made from the shell of an armadillo.
What are Chichimec dancers (concheros)?