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Dominant Religion in Venezuela
Venezuela is a country of striking natural beauty and dramatic contrasts. The snow capped peaks of the Andes in the west, steamy Amazonian jungles in the south, the hauntingly beautiful Gran Sabana plateau, with its strange flat topped mountains, in the east and 3000km of white sand beaches fringed with coconut palms lining the Caribbean coast.
South Americas largest lake, Lake Maracaibo, and third longest river, the Orinoco, are also here, and the country boasts the world s highest waterfall, Angel Falls. It is also home to a wide variety of exotic plants and animals, including the jaguar, ocelot, tapir, armadillo, anteater, and the longest snake in the world, the anaconda.
Venezuela is bounded by the Caribbean, Guyana, the Atlantic Ocean, Brazil and Colombia.
Venezuela offers the tourist a great variety of landscapes tropical beaches, immense plains, enormous rivers, forests, jungle, waterfalls and great mountains.
Nestling in a long narrow valley, Caracas, the capital, is typical of the new Venezuela, despite being one of the oldest established cities in the country.
The 4000km of Caribbean coastline represents the major tourist destination in the country. The area has numerous excellent beaches and resorts ranging from the comparatively luxurious to the unashamedly opulent, which stretch along the coastline.
The coastal regions to the north of the Guyana Highlands have some fine tourist beaches and resorts. These include Higuerote and Lecheria. The Guyana Highlands lie to the south of the Orinoco River and constitute half the land area of the country.
The Gran Sabana National Reserve is the largest of the Venezuelan plateaux and has an extraordinary array of wildlife.
Some local specialities are tequenos, thin dough wrapped around a finger of local white cheese and fried crisp and arepas, the native bread.
There are many nightclubs and discotheques in the major cities.
Visual arts and handicrafts are popular, but the countries most distinctive cultural outlet is probably its music, which is an eclectic blend of European, African and indigenous rhythms.
Theatre is growing in popularity, and there is an active literary scene, especially among the younger generation.
Roman Catholicism is by far the dominant religion in Venezuela, and has been adopted by most indigenous people only those living in isolated regions still practice their ancient tribal beliefs. The Protestant church has a significant presence, and recently has been gaining some ground, attracting adherents from the Catholic Church. An unusual and obscure pantheistic sect, known as the Cult of Mari Lionza, exists in the northwest and combines pre Hispanic indigenous creeds, African voodoo and Christian religious practices. Spanish is spoken by almost all Venezuelans, though some 25 indigenous tongues are spoken by remote tribes. English is spoken by some people in urban centres.
Douglas Scott works for The Rental Car Hire Specialist. and is a free lance writer for The Venezuela Rental Site Article Source: ArticlesBase.com
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We are losing Canada - what can we do? (Answers: 11) (Comments: 0)
What has Canada become to? Where is the custom and heritage? Are we converting to China and the other related countries? Why are we so afraid of China that our retailers and similar companies have to meet their demands and requirements? I also immigrated to Canada at an early age and have since acknowledge this country as my home. I am proud to be a Canadian and I am proud of my country. Therefore whenever I see other immigrants populating the country in a large amount and demanding that Canada meet their culture and demands, it demeans and upset us, as Canadian. Why is it that when the immigrants come here, we have to adjust to their culture and when we visit their country we still have to adjust to their culture, is the Canadians so stupid and lost their respect?
Recently I visited Walmart retail store that is located on Hwy 7 and was astonished to see that they have converted every signs in the store to English and Chinese. I have lived in Markham for 15 years. Markham is a multi-culture environment with born Canadians, immigrants from Italian, Greek, Polish, Caribbean, Guyana, Trinidad, China and many other countries who speak different languages. But yet the Walmart has chosen to change their signs to Chinese ? why? Is it that that other people are insignificant, should we all lobby to have Walmart build a store in Markham for each one of us so that we can read the signs. The signs were very upsetting and I would encourage others (non-Chinese) to boycott this store. Walmart has not considered the impact of such behaviour to others, they are sucking up to the Chinese. The Associate at Walmart informed me that the reason they have changed the signs is that the majority of Chinese shop at this Walmart and they are planning another location Scarborough to accommodate the Indian community, so would Walmart start to build locations for each nationality that lives in the GTA so that we can feel welcome and appreciated? Is our dollar not the same quality as of the Chinese?s dollar?
The Chinese seems to take over and yet we as Canadians are not taking an active role to save our country. I strongly encourage the people of Markham who are not Chinese to boycott this Markham location.
The Chinese already have their own quarters in Chinatown, Richmond Hill, and wherever, please I call upon the Government and real Canadians to stop this nonsense. We as Canadians, should maintain our country heritage, language and customs. I wouldn?t be surprise if the Chinese population demands that they want to see their language as a second language in Canada. Also, the Government has stressed the importance for companies to maintain a quota of minorities and different culture but yet in the Chinese stores are not meeting this requirement. Their staff is only of their own community and they have extended hours and holidays opening. Also several years ago, SARS broke out in Ontario, who brought it here? But yet we let this all happen, are we scared of the Chinese community that we have to beckon to their call? What has Canada become to. Please, I call upon the non-Chinese (oriental) community to put a stop to this non-sense, we should all feel welcome and appreciated with respect in Canada. Generic stores and companies such as Walmart, Best Buy, Home Depot, Lowes, No-Frills, Chryster Jeep, should all remain generic because their customers are of a multi-culture and they should treat us all with same respect; they need our business to survive.
Canada is multi-culture and I am proud to be in Canada and a Canadian! I call upon the Government, businesses and true Canadians to end this trend! Please let?s show respect for every nationality ? we are multi-culture and we should be respected!
Concerned and Upset Citizen
BM
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whats the difference between race ethnicity and nationality? (Answers: 4) (Comments: 0)
i was talking to some friends about it and got kind of confused
im mixed, im black white indian and asian (chinese)
and my family is from the caribbean (guyana and dominica) not the dominican republic btw
but i was born in new york
soo i no my race would be mixed but what would my nationality and ethnicity be?
because my friend said ethnicity was where you were born and nationality is what your culture is but i thought it was the other way around?
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Why don't Caribbean parents allow their daughters to date? (Answers: 8) (Comments: 0)
I, myself, am from the Caribbean (Guyana). I've never had a boyfriend, never went on a date, never even kissed a guy before or anything. I'm now 18 years old, a college freshman, and my parents still don't want me to date. And I notice that is the same case with many girls from the Caribbean--thier parents don't want them dating. I want to know: why are Caribbean parents like that with their daughters?
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