1. West Indies, Dominican Heritage Project By Tanija Brickhouse

2. Home Of My Ancestors  My ancestors are from west indies  It size: 750 square kilometers  It notoriety: It is found by Christopher Columbus he found it on a Sunday on November 3,1993  It language: French, English

3. My Relatives Live  Somas of the city where my relatives live:  New York city, South Carolina  Washington D.C, North Carolina  Virginia, California

4. Special Holidays  New year day  May day, Christmas  Carnival, Boxing day  Good Friday  Easter  Independence Day

5. Traditions  Traditions festivals : with its amalgamation of taino Indians, Spanish, African,French, and hitions is profusely visible in it festival music, dance, and the art  Dominican republic have a lot of tricks when it come to food  One of they tradition food is sancocho it is a soup that is mix with a lot of meat and some vegetables

6. Religious  Catholicism is a broad term for describing specific traditions in the Christian churches in theology and doctrine, liturgy, ethics and spirituality.

7. Clothes  The traditions clothes for Dominican republic is predominantly a result of Spanish and African influences  Men's: wear button down short sleeved shirts and long pant  Women's: wear dresses, jeans or form-fitting pants.  They beliefs of clothes was colorful dress,and customs

8. Music  Dominica listen to all types of music like: calypso,reggae,zouk,smooth jazz, mix,r&b,hiphop  These are some of the people they listen to: backstreet boys, Ricky martin, Jennifer Lopez, Eminem, destiny child, tlc

9. Food  Dominica food is a blend of many culture dishes all combined to make cooking unique.  Dominica food is a blend of Spanish, African, and taino cuisine food  Some of the food they eat is rice, beans, plantains,pork,chicken,and seafood

10. Folk Tales or Legends  Stories about mythical beings, as in all cultures, are used to try and explain the unexplainable.  This story is about legendary magical creatures that is a men that can become animals. He can also transfer into objects, like tree trunks and stones.

11. Famous Residents  Milly Quezada : she is considered as the queen of merengue of music in the Dominican republic  Rafael Trujillo : a famous military dictator who had ruled the Dominican republic from 1942 to 1952

12. Works cited page  Dominica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dominica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  Music of Dominica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Music of Dominica - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia