NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SOYAPANGO.

ENGLISH: TWO.

SECCION: 1-A

STUDENT’S NAME:

KATHERINE ANDREA MERINO IRAHETA.

TEACHER’S NAME:

JORGE ALBERTO MIRA CORTEZ.

DATE: 11/05/15

TALKING ABOUT TRADITIONS AND LIFE STYLES.

The procession of palms:

The feast is celebrated on May 13 in Los Planes de Renderos in honor of the Virgin Mary the most popular and colorful festival of the town called Cultural Fair flowers and palms or simply palms procession in honor of the Virgin Mary, festival by a Brotherhood of flowers and palms.

Every year panchimalco people gather to celebrate the procession of palms which indicates the beginning of the rainy season.

A panchita lies along the route of the procession passing through the main streets of panchimalco.

The procession of Jesus Captive:

The ritual of the procession of Jesus Captive patron of Zacatecoluca fulfiled 115 years why Catholics went on pilgrimage church of Calvary and from there toured the different neighborhoods of the city.

The platform, which bears the image that is loaded on the shoulders of a hundred devotees of the image, then a Mass celebrated in thanksgiving and later a dawn, closing this way the festivities in the neighborhood El Calvario, Zacatecoluca , in honor of Jesus Cautivo.

The procession of the image, which is celebrated on the last Sunday of January each year, turned 116 years of tradition.

Captive Jesus is carried on shoulders, during the tour by streets, avenues and neighborhoods of the town, by a hundred faithful devotees as a penance for miracles conceived by the Holy. Others, penitence as always, accompany the image during barefoot path; some more, especially women, put a white cloth on his forehead and other concoct "candles" of up to two meters high and about four inches thick to last them for 24 hours of travel. Others he was given robes to the image.

The encounters of cumpas:

The villagers from Jayaque, in La Libertad, enthusiastically performed the final preparations for the annual festival dedicated to the compadres San Lucas, patron of Cuisnahuat, and San Cristobal, patron of the place.

The announcement of the visit of "cumpa" (godfather) San Lucas

The tradition reflects the enthusiasm, belief and faith of the locals. A month before the holidays begin, the brotherhood of Jayaque sends an invitation from the employer San Cristobal to San Lucas, patron of Cuisnahuat, Sonsonate, accompany you to spend the winter at home. All for a good harvest in both municipalities.

This is how every year, parishioners and devotees traveling with the image of St. Christopher's shoulder to Cuisnahuat to accompany the coming of San Lucas.

In his tour of the mountains and roads, both employers make a stop at Tepecoyo to meet in a festive atmosphere with other cumpa, the employer of the town, Saint Stephen.

Every July 23 the cumpas reach the Jayaque where villagers are waiting for the music, rockets, and how much activity denote festive atmosphere.

As the two images come together for their journey, San Cristobal ahead to enter first and get to San Lucas.

The procession of San Isidro Labrador:

in honor of San Isidro Labrador, patron of the good harvests of coffee, vegetables and grains, is held annually, with a dawn, sharing shuco atole, a parade and dance, residents and municipal authorities of San Isidro, Cabañas, inaugurated the festivities in honor of San Isidro Labrador. Activities will take place from 7 to 15 mayo.Se novena Masses made there an hour after dawn and atole Shuco is distributed in Central Park, the homecoming queen runs through the main streets of the city as part of the parade Mail .

La Casa de la Cultura, a fashion show, performances and traditional games competitions, piñatas bankruptcy and the inauguration of the First Festival of Creativity Craft. At night, a party.

It takes place a procession with the image of San Isidro Labrador through the main streets of the town. They also perform a serenade to the queen of the festivities, a parade, rodeo, sports events, parade of floats, burning gunpowder and dance.

To close the celebrations a Mass was celebrated in honor of the patron saint San Isidro Labrador. In every tradition of El Salvador one of the main ones are the typical food.

TYPICAL FOODS.

Pupusas: a thick corn tortilla handmade which is filled with one or more of the following ingredients: cheese, pork, squash, beans or cheese loroco. There is also the revolt with mixed pupusas, like cheese, beans, pork ingredients The pupusas are the typical food more widespread in El Salvador probably because of its low cost and established tradition from generation to generation.

Chilate: The chilate is a native of Central America beverage prepared from chili, roasted corn and cacao and that he usually added anise, pepper, ginger and cinnamon. Chilate served hot and is taken with sweets like donuts or nuégados.

TAMALES: is a generic name given to several indigenous origin American dishes usually made with cooked corn dough. In our country there are two types of corn tamales and corn dough. The Corn wrapped in husks from the same plant and beans can's take them in and the dough are wrapped in leaves orchard (mattes banana or banana) can be sweet or salados.los also two types are shown in pictures.

CHICHARRON cassava: Cassava with pork rind is a typical dish of El Salvador and Honduras for their preparation is cooked cassava with a little salt until soft. It is served with seasoned cabbage, tomato sauce and Greaves.

Totopostes: This snack is made from corn and has become a tradition. Its development is handmade and has been passed from generation to generation.

Corn, butter, margarine, salt and sweet tied are the ingredients used in the manufacture of these typical snacks from the east.

TRADITIONS GAMES.

The spin: It is a wooden toy consisting of a top shaped like a diamond accompanied by a rope. You should wrap the rope around then and give a boost pointing to the ground.

Here are some tricks to play and entrenerse with spin:

Dance on the floor and raise his hand, holding it as long rotating in hand.

Place a spin within the circle marked on the ground and make group play, so no matter who makes more brands to spin the circle.

The marbles: The marble is a small sphere of glass, clay or parts of ceramics. In this game you can participate in group and so demonstrate your skill and accuracy

This is a form of play:

Place the marbles or marbles inside a circle marked on the ground, the circle must have two quarters in diameter (two open palms) with a line shot about 6 steps. All players put a chibola in the circle, he inociará when all players throw the marbles or marbles from the circle to the line shooting begins and

so the order of the following, will be launched from the firing line to the circle, in order to take as many marbles circle and win.

Pispisigaña: A children's game that you get in a circle and pinch hands while singing a song and a hand coming out of choice goes to the ear of your partner so or until there are no hands after the song is sung all a while start stretch the ears of your classmates.

The Jackses: This game can be performed in a comfortable space where participants can sit comfortably in the suelo.Los Jackes are thrown to the ground and bounces a rubber ball down while the ball is in the air are collected the Jackese one by one in the first round. Then they collected by twos, threes, and so on to collect all jackses. You should receive the ball with one hand, you must not move any of the jackses when being collected others.

TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENTS MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION.

Boat

You’ll need to use a boat to get around the Bahía de Jiquilisco in eastern El Salvador and for any trips in the Golfo de Fonseca, near La Unión. Otherwise, water transportation is rare.

Major cities have many metered taxis lacking, so you have to agree the cost of the trip in advance. The big hotels have their own taxi service.

Bus.

They provide good service, but are usually crowded. Long-distance Bus.There are national companies that connect the capital, San Salvador, in Guatemala City, and other cities.

Shipping

The most important ports in El Salvador are the La Union, La Libertad and Acajutla in the Pacific Ocean.

plane

Iberia, American Airlines and United Airlines Airlines fly on a regular basis to El Salvador. The international airport in San Salvador: El Salvador International (SAL), located 45 km. of the capital. regional character. From San Salvador you can fly to La Union, San Miguel and Usulutan.

TALKING ABOUT SEASONS AND WEATHER.

Latitude and longitude of El Salvador gives the country an atmosphere comprising 2 pronounced seasons, namely the dry season lasts from November to April and the wet season covers the months of May to October. During the rainy season rainfall they are heavy and very heavy. It is in this rain that depends on the main industry is agriculture, of El Salvador. The weather is usually warm places but varies with altitude. However, most of the temperature is around 32 ° C.