Hispanic+Heritage+Notes+NS15

Thesis Statement- Hispanic Cultures should be kept or else it will be lost. When it is lost, the hispanic heritage will be a myth or rumor.

I am a vietnamese not a hispanic. Both of my parents are from Vietnam. Rural and Urban. But why do this have to do with me? Actually it does have to do something about me. Both of the vietnamese heritage and hispanic heritage have one thing in common. We want to keep our culture and the hispanic culture alive. If the culture is gone, the hispanic heritage will be a rumor or a theory. Same with the vietnamese cultures. By the way, what does hispanic mean? Hispanic is an ethnonym to people of country heritage that speak the spanish language. There are lots of countries that speak spanish, actually 24 countries that speak spanish. There are 31 countries with spanish culture(around the world). Much more than the 24 spanish speaking countries. But what happen if those countries do not exist? Who will keep the hispanic heritage?

What is one part of the culture that every other cultures have in common? In my first opinion, it is arts. Music, painting, sculptures, stories and much more. Famous singer are from spanish speaking countries like Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, etc. What happen if these famous singers does not exist? If they do not exist, their culture will not be able to live. These famous singers are the representative of the hispanic cultures. What about the arts and the spanish memorial? Pablo Picasso drew many famous arts and he is the representative of arts in the hispanic cultures. Some of the famous stories is from the spanish speaking countries. Another part is history. In the spanish speaking countries, many stories and history that change the world happen there. The Aztec, Inca, Maya, and other tribes from South America and Central America. Famous conquerors and explorers like Ponce De Leon, Hernan Cortes, Francisco Pizarro, and Francisco Vazquez de Coronado. If they do not exist, the spanish speaking country like Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, and Colombia will be rule by indians and other people. Not just that, famous days or festivals will not be living right now. Like Cinco de Mayo, mexican fought for their land. If that did not exist, mexico could be under the control of France. Performance will not have been alive as well. Bullfighting, flamenco dancing, and famous musicians will not be living right now.

The ways of how spanish speaking countries live is also important. How they live each day is very important as well. How they get married, how they eat lunch, how they greet each other and how they talk to each other is very different than any other countries. What food they eat, what friendship they create, and what emotion they use is also important. My cultures is very different from the american cultures and the spanish cultures. We eat different types of foods. We wear different clothes, we speak different languages, and we have different types of entertainments. But we share some common cultures. We share the same friendship, we share the same fairness and justice and we also share the same relationship. Why is the Hispanic cultures so important? Most the of the world population speak spanish. Not just that, they live through the spanish cultures and history from generation to generation. What happen if the hispanic cultures was not real? Yeah why live in a spanish country and speak spanish but no cultures. That will be bad because if that happen, the spanish people will be like nomad or foreigner. They will be left out and will never fit in.

Everybody like food. I like food as well. But have you tried different type of food, I mean different cultures food? Like spanish food, chinese food, american food, or french food. Yeah food is also important but did you know that some of these food have a history behind it? Yeah, amazing right? Well some hispanic food that everyone like is churros, tacos, enchiladas, flan, and croquettes are created in the past and is a common hispanic foods in the future. Well foods is nice but what about music? Everyone love music and so do I. Music is everywhere around the world but they are different because of the tone and language. There are lots of different types of spanish music. Some examples are salsa, flamenco, tango, Reggae, and merengue. Lots of people love spanish music, even my dad. He listen to them everyday. What do hispanic do during their time at school, at work, or at home? At school, the kids study and learn for 7 periods. That is short because kids at United States learn for 8 periods. (Well some school I think). Their lunch is different than our lunch. We stay in school to eat lunch, and spanish people in spanish countries go home and eat together. Some thing for the adults. They work and during lunch time, they go home and eat with their families. At home, spanish kids do normal activities just like american kids when they are at home.

So you understand why we should keep the hispanic heritage. Our american cultures and the hispanic cultures are very different but they share some common features. Hispanic Cultures is very interesting and I want to learn more about it. Books and exploring is very helpful and can learn more. The more cultures there are, the more the world will become interesting. Like everyone say,"the more, the merrier."

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"Activities." Countries in the World: Discover Countries in the World. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Apr. 2015. <[]>.
 * Country Report is really helpful to all of those who want to learn other countries.

"Facts about Hispanic Heritage, Culture and History." Facts about Hispanic Heritage, Culture and History. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Apr. 2015. <[]>.
 * Hispanic Heritage and Cultures is really important and it is to be use wisely or else it will be lost.

"Hispanic Culture - Latin American Culture - Spanish Culture." Hispanic Culture - Latin American Culture - Spanish Culture. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Apr. 2015. <[]>.


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"Hispanic." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 21 Apr. 2015. <[]>.
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