LA VEGA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

LA VEGA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WAS FOUNDED BY BARTOLOMEO COLOMBO AT THE FOOT OF CONCEPCION FORTRESS WHICH WAS BUILT BY CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS IN 1494. LA VEGA WAS MOVED TO THE BANK OF CAMU RIVER AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE IN 1564. LA VEGA IS A PROSPEROUS COMMERCIAL, MANUFACTURING, AND TRANSPORTATION CENTRE IN THE FERTILE LA VEGA REAL REGION, WHICH YIELDS CACAO, COFFEE, TOBACCO, RICE, FRUITS, AND CATTLE. THE RAILROAD RUNNING WESTWARD FROM SANCHEZ, ON SEMANA BAY, ENDS IN LA VEGA, WHICH IS ALSO SITUATED ON THE PAVED HIGHWAY LINKING SANTO DOMINGO, THE NATIONAL CAPITAL WITH MONTE CRISTI.

ANNUALLY IN FEBRUARY LA VEGA HOST "LA CARNAVAL" CELEBRATING DOMINICAN HERITAGE. THE DOMINICAN CARNIVAL IS AN EXPLOSION OF JOY. A SHOW OF CULTRUAL IDENTITY AND SPONTANEITY THAT ENCOURAGES MANY ASPECTS OF DOMINICAN SOCIETY. THIS IS EVIDENT WITH THE INCREASING POPULARITY OF CARNIVAL EACH YEAR IN FEBRUARY.

THE ORIGIN OF CARNIVAL IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IS CLOSELY ENTWINED WITH ITS HOSTORY. ITS MIXED CULTURAL HERITAGE IMPARTS ITS OWN UNIQUE STYLE EVEN AS IT IS CELEBRATED IN THE DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY

THE CREATIVITY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN IN THE PARTY IS MANIFESTED IN THE CHANTS THATS THE CHARACTERS EXCHANGE WITH THE SPECTATORS, IN THE COSTUMES OF ALL PEOPLE AND IN THE THEMES CHOSEN BY THE PROUD CLUSTERS OF PARTICIPANTS IN EVERY PARADE. CARNIVAL HAS BECOME A POPULAR ACTIVITY THAT ENCOURAGES COMPLETE FAMILY FUN FROM VERY YOUNG CHILDREN TO GROWN ADULTS.

IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EACH REGION IS EXPRESSED DIFFERENTLY ADDING ITS OWN FLAVOR TO THE CELEBRATION. HOWEVER MOST TOWNS HAVE A PARADE WITH GROUPS OF PEOPLE DRESSED IN THE SAME COLORS OR WEARING THE SAME COSTUMES, SOME ARE IN FLOATS, OR THEY WEAR MASKS AND REPRESENT VARIOUS ALLEGORICAL CHARACTERS

DON OMAR IS A REGGAETON ARTIST FROM PUERTO RICO WHO WAS NOMINATED FOR A LATIN GRAMMY BEFORE. HE IS FEATURED IN THE LASTEST EDITION OF THE MOVIE SERIES FAST AND THE FURIOUS

OMEGA Y SU MAMBO VIOLENTO IS A MODERN MERENGUE GROUP FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. OMEGA IS THE SINGER WHILE THE REST OF THE GROUP SINGS THE CHORUS. THEY HAVE A LOT OF SUCCESS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THIR POPULARITY HAS BEEN GROWING IN THE UNITED STATES

EMINEM IS AN AMERCIAN RAPPER WHO IS SIGNED TO DR. DRE'S IMPRINT AFTERMATH RECORDS. ALSO KNOWN AS SLIM SHADY IS A VERY TALENTED SONG WRITE/PRODUCER WHO HAS SOLD OVER MILLIONS OF RECORDS. THIS DETROIT, MICHIGAN NATIVE IS REGARDED AS THE TOP SELLING RAPPER IN HIS GENRE

CHARLIE HUSTLE IS A PUERTO RICAN DESCENT RAPPER FROM BROOKLYN, NEW YORK WHO HAS HAD SUCCESS IN MIAMI, FLORIDA. HE IS SIGNED BY AN INDEPENDENT LABEL NAMED SUPAFLI ENTERTAINMENT AND HE WAS FEATURED IN THE BIG PUN DOCUMENTARY "STILL NOT A PLAYER" HIS HIT SONGS CONSIST OF "YEA YEA YEA" FEAT. BUSTA RHYMES, "GET IT" FEAT. ROCK ROSS, "BREAK ME OFF" AND "CASH MONEY"

SONGS USED IN THE FILM WERE

DON OMAR - PROSIGO

OMEGA "EL FUERTE" Y SU MAMBO VIOLENTO - CHAMBONEA MI MAMBO

EMINEM - CRACK A BOTTLE FEAT. 50 CENT AND DR. DRE

CHARLIE HUSTLE - GO HARD FEAT. REBEL

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[eldiplo]

El Carnaval Vegano is such a great event! I love it!! Listen to the new song "Bailando en La Vega" Carnaval Vegano 2012!! Hot!!!

[BigWelt]

@holloween2011 You made some very valid points my friend people are taught to hate anything African, even though we all come from there. Yes, man people black, white and other suffer from self hate and it is terrible man.

[holloween2011]

@BigWelt and haitians. by far the worst amount of prejudice that exists amongst the african descent community is in america, because my wife said that wen she used to do to school, the african american girls would make fun of her, put gum in her hair just because it was really long, and made her feel bad. so she never felt welcome in the african american community, so how is she supposed to know about black beauty if it was never it was never shown to her? then resent her for not knowing it...

[holloween2011]

@BigWelt viewed as poor and ugly along with being a social stigma. so when you tell someone that there black, they think of poor and ugly. your basically telling them, you just as poor and ugly as me... in america we think dark skinned people ugly bad, and light skin attractive and good. but when i go to the dominican, if you are light or dark, it doesnt matter, your just dominican. how your treated depends on what you are in society, unfortunatley the majority of the poor are dark blacks(cont.)

[holloween2011]

@BigWelt i see your point, but at some point all humans originate from africa. geneologists discovered it, we are all african my brother! the real problem is that we have been trained to see only to understand the eurocentric standard of beauty. but thats changing. when i went to america i was in new york and noticed a family from ghana, and across the street were a group of african americans making fun of how black they were. white is viewed as wealthy and attractive, while black is (cont.)

[BigWelt]

@holloween2011 So I see your point my friend.  Only speaking to the ones who say they have no connection to Africa.

[BigWelt]

@holloween2011 I have not said that anyone should deny their other heritage. Like you stated African-Americans are not pure African. However, if you study genetics you will realize that the African/Negroid gene is the most dominant in the human gene pool. That is why as racists as the one drop rule in the US is... it is based on genetic facts. I never deny any of my heritage and don't want anyone to do that. I am speaking of those who deny the truth my brother... that is all.

[holloween2011]

@BigWelt lol my wife is dominican shes mixed... dark brown skin, naturally wavy fine hair and dark green eyes and practically every body in her family nd looks similar to her. latinos should take credit for there african genes but it seems you want them to say they are 100% african, that would be self hating as well, cause then your denyin your other heritages (like african americans who say there completely black even though there not, in order to fit in with other black people).

[rnolas1771]

"Ita kind of like halloween ut nothing like it " lol wat ?

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