EL SALVADOR

Food
Pupusas: The most famous dish of El Salvador is the pupusa, is a
thick corn tortilla stuffed with cheese, meat, squash, and/or other
fillings.
Tamales: boiled pockets of corn dough, stuffed with meat or sweet
corn and served in banana leaves.

Dessert: Arroz con leche (Rice and milk)

Salvadoran dishes based on maize

Pupusa: thick, hand-made corn tortilla filled with chicharrn (pork),

beans and cheese.
Atol and tamales of elote (corn tamales).

Atol chuco (a drink prepared from maize flour and other

ingredients)
Maize pastries with a filling of minced meat or vegetables.

Levantamuertos, which is a consomm of garrobo (a reptile similar

to an iguana measuring some 50 cm in length).
Empanada that are made of banana and cream filling

Customs

They use to eat the pupusas with the hands, without using a fork..

They use to put a cross in the yard and put some ornaments of
colored papers and with fruits on May the 3rd.

Flag

They are used to go out and take a

shower in the beaches during holidays

El Salvadors oficial flag consists in three horizontal stripes, two of them

are blue and represent both the sky of the country and the waters of the
pacific and the athlantic oceans. These two open seas symbolize the
spirit of a solidary nation with the rest of the countries. The white stripe
symbolizes the peace and the agreement.
The national coat of arms is located in the central part of the white
stripe, is an equilateral triangle that represents the three powers of the
country and is a symbol of equality between people. There are five
volcanoes that symbolize the braveness of the populace. The legend
that says God, Union and Freedom represents the religious believing of
the people of El Salvador, since for them is the superior power who rules
everything, producing the unity and the harmony to make a better future
in every sense.

Tradition
El Salvador is a society that holds onto a traditional machismo attitude,
in which females stay home and tend to household chores, while men go
to work and support the family. However, those roles are challenged by
women who seek employment.
Many marriages are informal, meaning a couple starts a household and
bypasses a church service. This is a legally-recognized union. Unions
that involve a religious ceremony are also legally-recognized; however,
they are typically considered permanent bonds. Roughly 75 percent of
Salvadorans consider themselves Roman Catholic, and the Church
traditionally frowns upon divorce.
While modern medicine has a place in El Salvador, traditional healers
also maintain a role in society, along with folk illnesses. For example,
traditional Salvadoran beliefs imply that babies suffering from a fever
might also be suffering from "evil eye," a condition that is only resolved
when the person responsible for passing on the evil eye chews herbs
and applies the resulting liquid on the baby.

Sport in El Salvador
El Salvador literally means The Savior and it appears to be exactly that
for a lot of people. It is smallest and also the most densely populated

country in all of Central America. As with most of the Americas, football

rules the sports world of the El Salvadorians.
Their national football team had qualified to the 1970 and 1982 FIFA
World Cup. Their qualification for the 1970 was quite interesting due to
what was referred to as the Football War that they had with Honduras
who they took down. Their most well-known players include Jorge El
Magico Gonzalez who is not just known in El Salvador but is referred to
as one of the best players in Central American football history. Jaie La
Chelona Rodriguez who was Gonzalez' partner in leading the national
team's run for the 1982 World Cup run.
El Salvadorians also love playing basketball and even boxing.
El Salvador has been sending athletes to the Summer Olympic Games
since 1968 which was held in Mexico City. They skipped the 1976 and
1980 Games held in Montreal and Moscow respectively. They then have
joined the following Olympic Games up to the 2012 London Games. All
in all, 118 El Salvadorians have competed in the Olympic Games but is
yet to take home an Olympic medal.
Popular sports of El Salvador: Football, beach soccer, cycling,
basketball, boxing
Athletes from El Salvador: Jorge El Magico Gonzalez (football) / Ral
Daz Arce (football) / Carlos Hernndez (boxing)

Culture
The culture of El Salvador is similar to other countries in Latin
America, and more specifically to other countries in Central America. The
European influences are emphasized in the architecture of the colonial
churches, museums and theaters throughout most of El Salvador

A Cabalgador (Spanish: Cavalry, Horseman, Horserider) is a Salvadoran

horse-mounted livestock herder (cowboy) of a tradition that originated
on the Iberian Peninsula and was brought to Central America by Spanish
settlers. It has deep historic roots tracing back to Spain and the earliest
European settlers of the Americas. Cabalgador is a Spanish word for a
horseman rider and herder. It derives from Cabalgar and Cabalgadura
meaning "rider".
Early Cabalgadores in El Salvador were originally a mixture of part
Spanish and American Indigenous, Mestizo, Indigenous and Pardo men
who lived in the countryside and had a strong culture which has shaped
El Salvador's over all distinctive rural culture, tradition, folklore, and
music, having a strong rural countryside culture. The origins of the
Cabagador tradition in El Salvador come from Spain, beginning with the
hacienda system of medieval Spain. This style of cattle ranching spread
throughout much of the Iberian peninsula and later, was imported to the
Americas. During the 16th century, the Conquerors and other Spanish
settlers brought their cattle-raising traditions as well as both horses and
domesticated cattle to the Americas.
The traditions of Spain were transformed by the geographic,
environmental and cultural circumstances. In turn, the land and people
of the Americas also saw dramatic changes due to Spanish influence. In
El Salvador's case, a massive, almost complete deforestation to make
way for agriculture and animal herding, El Salvador lost virtually all of its
primary rain forests. The Spanish haciendas which in El Salvador's case
were owned by a military middle class and wealthy military cavalry
Spaniards who spoke in voseo, a Spanish speech that originates from
medieval Spain, this way of speech is used by all Salvadorans
today, Salvadoran Spanish which has shaped and defined Salvadorianism dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries.

Music of El Salvador
The music of El Salvador has a mixture of Pipil and Spanish influences.
This music includes religious songs (mostly used to
celebrate Christmas and other holidays, especially feast days of
the saints). Satirical and rural lyrical themes are

common. Cuban, Colombian, and Mexican music has infiltrated the

country, especially salsa and cumbia. Popular music in El Salvador
uses marimba, tehpe'ch, flutes, drums, scrapers and gourds, as well as
more recently imported guitars and other instruments. El Salvador's well
known folk dance is known as Xuc which originated
in Cojutepeque, Cuscatlan. Other musical repertoire consists of danza,
pasillo, marcha and canciones.
Popular Dance:
The Dance of the Chapetones
This dance is executed in the town of Panchimalco. Twelve gentlemen
dressed in tuxedos and in shoes appear. A lady dressed in white that
represents the Queen and is wearing a headband on her head
accompanies them. The dance imitates Spaniard manners and ridicules
them with ceremonious and languid movements to the music of a
delicate waltz.

El Salvador
90% of El Salvador people are Mestizos
10% are from spanish origin
The number of people in the counrty is 6, 122, 515
Religin: the 80% of the population is catholic.
Their coin or currency is the American Dollar and the Coln
Their language: is Spanish; they also speak mayan and
nhuatl.
National Flower: the cafeto (Coffeto arabiga), that is a Little
White flower.
Postulated the first woman for presidet in all LatinAmerican
History (Prudencia Ayala)
San Salvador is the oldest capital city in Center America, and
it was founded in 1524 by the conqueror Pedro de Alvarado
on June 18th. The former mayor was Diego de Holguin.

En El Salvador esta lo que se le conoce como la "Pompeya de

las Amricas"
Las desigualdades econmicas provocaron la guerra civil que
tuvo lugar entre 1980 y 1992; muchos Salvadoreos (ricos y
pobres) emigraron a E. U. A.
La universidad de El Salvador Fue fundada en 1841 pero fue
cerrada 1 ao despus porque no haba estudiantes con el
suficiente nivel acadmico.
El Salvador es el nico pas de Amrica central que no tiene
ninguna raza africana nativa, debido a la inaccesibilidad del
comercio del ocano Atlntico.
Es el 4 pas ms feliz del mundo empatado con E. U. A. y
Finlandia

The Pipil Indians, descendants of the Aztecs, likely migrated

to the region in the 11th century. In 1525, Pedro de Alvarado,
a lieutenant of Corts's, conquered El Salvador.
El Salvador, with the other countries of Central America,
declared its independence from Spain on Sept. 15, 1821, and
was part of a federation of Central American states until that
union dissolved in 1838. For decades after its independence,
El Salvador experienced numerous revolutions and wars

against other Central American republics. From 1931 to 1979

El Salvador was ruled by a series of military dictatorships.
El Salvador, with the other countries of Central America,
declared its independence from Spain on Sept. 15, 1821, and
was part of a federation of Central American states until that
union dissolved in 1838. For decades after its independence,
El Salvador experienced numerous revolutions and wars
against other Central American republics. From 1931 to 1979
El Salvador was ruled by a series of military dictatorships.

Literature. Salvadoran literary production in the latter

twentieth century has been concerned with a re-examination
of the national history. Notable works include the novels and
poetry of Manlio Argueta, the poetry of Roque Dalton, and the
short stories of Jos Marie Mendez. The country suffers from a
lack of publishing facilities.
Graphic Arts. The village of LaPalma has become famous for
a school of art started by Fernando Llort. Images of mountain
villages, campesinos, and Christ are painted in bright colors
on a variety of wooden objects. The town of Ilobasco is known
for its ceramics, while San Sebastin is known for its textile
art.
Performance Arts. Most of the music on Salvadoran radio is
standard pop fare from the United States, Mexico, and
various Latin American countries, but there is a small
underground movement of folk music which draws its
inspiration from current events in El Salvador.