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What do all 21 Hispanic counties have in common. They all speak Spanish, that's 400 million people! In the United States alone there are 45 million fluent Spanish speakers. Another amazing fact about the Spanish speaking language is that it is the 2nd most used language in the world(Spanish Language). Therefore, since there are 400 million people and 21 countries that speak Spanish, there will be different variations of Spanish. In some countries people say thing different than others in the neighboring countries. For example, the word grass. You can use "hierba" ,but you can also use "cesped." It's amazing how the language can vary in pronunciation and ways of saying the words.

If you didn't know The Spanish language is relatively known as the language of love or the Romance language. Spanish is a mostly inflected language, with a two-gender noun system and about fifty conjugated forms per verb, but with inflection of nouns, adjectives, and determiners limited to number and gender. Spanish syntax is considered right-branching, meaning that modifying constituents tend to be placed after their head words. The language uses prepositions and usually places adjectives after nouns, as do other Romance languages (Spanish Language).

(Culture)More than one-third of Hispanic/Latino households were married couples with children in 1997; only a quarter of non-Hispanic/Latino households were married couples with children. Children lived in more than half of the 8.2 million Hispanic/Latino households. (Culture) Only about one-third of the 9.3 million non-Hispanic/Latino households included children ("Married with children": More likely to describe Hispanic/Latino households, 1998). Religion plays a big role in the lives of Hispanic/Latino Americans. The Spanish colonial experience brought about a distinct culture of which the Catholic faith was an important part. Catholicism was brought by the Spanish to the United States. The first mass on what is now the United States was celebrated at Saint Augustine, Florida, in 1565- Spanish missionaries were active in the Southwest as early as 1539, and California missions were founded between 1770 and 1782.

Hispanic people are especially close with their families. Hispanic people also have large families. Therefore, when children are younger, they sometimes spend a lot of time with their cousins (Attitudes). Parents do this so when they grow up, family importance is already reinforced.They do this also when their parent have to work and need someone to take car of their children. Parents are caring towards all children. Since they are loving towards these children, they normally don't have self-discipline. Another part of the Spanish Heritage are eating habits. Hispanic people usually eat slow, therefore, they don't rush a good meal. Usually most of their cooking is done at home. After a meal with families, they usually have some kind of social activity after. They don't complain much, and they are usually optimistic. They try to look on the bright side of everything. They realize everything will get better. If we kept the Hispanic culture alive, we might be better able to understand the value of life. When we are close with our families, we know that there will always be someone to help us back on our feet in hard times. They are loving towards children, so when those children grow up, they will do the same for the next generation. When they eat healthy, they are showing care for their health. They don't complain a lot because they realize that if we spend our entire life complaining, we will regret wasting our time when we go on to the next life. The Spanish Culture is loving all around. They respect human life and make the most out of their time on Earth. If we didn't preserve the Spanish Heritage, all these family and human values would be lost. Imagine how much more hateful the world will be if we lost the values in the Spanish culture.

Now it's time for the music. Different countries have different types of music. (Latin America Music) Brazil listens to Samba, Chile listens to Andean music, Puerto Rico listen to Reggeton and Dominican Republic listen to Bachata, Venezuela listen to " Musica Llanero." (Latin america music) In up-beat Venezuelan parties called "gaitas" That is the type of music played. When you think of Bachata and Reggeton artists who do you think of? Do these artists come in mind? Juan Luis Gurerra, Aventura, Prince Royce, Daddy Yankee? Well, it's very common if you go to an Hispanic party to hear this type of music. They play on the radio and at a lot of parties. But, (Bachata) The typical bachata group consists of five instruments: lead guitar, rhythm guitar, electric bass guitar, bongos and güira. The rhythm guitar is also known as a segunda and serves the purpose of adding syncopation to the music. Bachata groups mainly play a straightforward style of bolero (lead guitar instrumentation using arpeggiated repetitive chords is a distinctive characteristic of bachata), but when they change to merengue-based bachata, the percussionist will switch from bongo to a tambora drum. In the 1960s and 1970s, maracas were used instead of güira. The change in the 1980s from maracas to the more versatile güira was made as bachata was becoming more dance oriented.

I hope this essay helped you understand more about the Hispanic Culture and why we should keep it alive. Thank you for reading this and I also hope that you learned new thing that you didn't know before.

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