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El Salvador: El salvador Art / Culture Profile 2012

2012/03/09

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El salvador Art / Culture Profile 2012

El Salvador is located on the Pacific coast of Central America and its the smallest country in Central America. Majority of the area lies is in the fertile volcanic plateau and its about 2,000 ft high .El Salvador Culture is one of the typical kinds of South America culture as this is dominated by Roman Catholics. Officially this country is known as “Republic of El Salvador” and History And Culture Of El Salvador dates back to sixteenth century when the Spanish conquerors entered into Central America from Mexico and that time it was known as Spanish Colony of New Spain. El Salvador lies in the Pacific Ring of Fire and thus it is prone to maximum tectonic activities.

El Salvador Culture got stability around 1900 as before this time El Salvador witnessed frequent revolutions .Spanish is the official language of this country and English is the popular second language Indigenous language are not so popular nowadays but Nahua language of the Pipils are in preserved for the academic point of view. The economic growth of the country was based on the agriculture and mining and coffee industry has even saw a huge growth in the El Salvador. Popular folk music are aired on Salvadoran radio and music from US, Mexico and Latin America also contributes there part. Poetry is quiet a rage in El Salvador and well known writers with there enigmatic scripts has given a new insight to the El Salvador Culture.

The Art school has also flourished well in the El Salvador Culture and the Village of la Palma houses the best art school of the country. Ceramic work also ensembles the Culture Of El Salvador and textile artwork is also popular. El Salvadorans popular food is “Casamiento” and its a mixture of rice and beans and cheese are very popular. Fruit Drinks to Hard drinks all form the part of food and also of El Salvador Culture.

Thus the El Salvador Culture is a proper amalgamation of everything and despite being a small country it makes it mark very well and forms an important part of South America Culture.

Cuisine

El Salvador's most notable dish is the pupusa. Pupusas are a thick hand-made corn tortilla (made using masa de maíz or masa de arroz, a maize or rice flour dough used in Latin American cuisine) stuffed with one or more of the following: cheese (usually a soft Salvadoran cheese, a popular example is Quesillo con loroco), chicharrón (a ground pork product, often mixed with tomato paste), and refried beans. Loroco is a vine flower bud native to Central America. There are also vegetarian options, often with ayote (a type of squash) or garlic. Some adventurous restaurants even offer pupusas stuffed with shrimp or spinach.

Pupusas come from the pipil-nahuatl word, pupushahua. The pupusa's exact origins are debated, although its presence in El Salvador is known to predate the arrival of Spaniards.

Two other typical Salvadoran dishes are yuca frita and panes rellenos. Yuca frita, which is deep fried cassava root served with curtido (a pickled cabbage, onion and carrot topping) and pork rinds or pepesquitas (fried baby sardines). The Yuca is sometimes served boiled instead of fried. Pan con pavo (bread with turkey) is a warm turkey submarine sandwich similar to a hoagie. The turkey is marinated and then roasted with Pipil spices and handpulled. This sandwich is traditionally served with turkey, tomato, and watercress.

Music

El Salvador is a Central American country whose culture is a mixture of Pipil and Spanish. Its music includes religious songs (mostly Roman Catholic) used to celebrate Christmas and other holidays, especially feast days of the saints. Satirical rural lyrical themes are common. Due to the Americanization of El Salvador, popular English music is played on most national radio stations. In 2007, census showed that 67% of the music played on the most popular radio station, consisted of English music