Venezuela's customs and traditions?

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Venezuela's customs and traditions?

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The People

Most of the people in Venezuela are Roman Catholic.  Spanish is there official

language.  Some of there most popular food dishes are Arepas and Pabellon Creole.  

Traditional dresses for women are full skirted and colorful.  They are worn only for      

traditional dances.  Never as a costume.  Traditional dress for men is called a liqui-liqui.  

It is pants with a strait collard jacket.  

The Arts

Venezuela’s national dance is Joropo.  Joropo is festive, energetic, and passion

ate dance.  It is usually done with a man and a woman.  Some traditional things they do

is when someone comes over to their house, they may only offer a snack and a drink

but it is offered graciously.  Gaita is traditional Christmas music.  It must rhyme.  It has

maracas and a cuatro for music.  A cuatro is a small guitar typically with four or five

strings.  Manuel Cabre, Hector Poleo, and Martin Tovar are all famous painters.  Tovar’s

best-known work is found on the ceiling of the Capitolio Nacional.  His mural is of Simon

Bolivar’s victory at the battle of Carabobo.