Celebre la Cra del Latino

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Celebre la Cría del Latino! Temple University
Russell Conwell Center Fall 2009 Online
Workshop created by Lauren Hutelmyer and Natalie
Walker
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Welcome!

• Thank you for attending the Learning About
  Latino Heritage Online Workshop. There is a lot
  of great information about various aspects of the
  Latino/Hispanic culture. Please familiarize
  yourself with the information provided on this
  PowerPoint, the information given through the
  YouTube videos and be prepared to take the quiz
  afterward.
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Latino/Hispanic Heritage MonthSeptember 15
October 15

• Celebrating Latino and/or Hispanic culture on
  the national level began in 1968 when President
  Lyndon B. Johnson proclaimed National Hispanic
  Heritage Week. In 1988, the observance was
  expanded in 1988 to a month-long celebration to
  acknowledge and appreciate the culture and
  traditions of U.S. residents who can trace their
  roots to Spain, Mexico and the Spanish-speaking
  nations of Central America, South America and the
  Caribbean.
• Sept. 15 was chosen as the starting point for
  the celebration because it is the anniversary of
  independence of five Latin American countries
  Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and
  Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico and Chile
  celebrate their independence days on Sept. 16 and
  Sept. 18, respectively.

The term Hispanic, as defined by the U.S. Census
Bureau, refers to Spanish-speaking people in the
United States of any race. On the 2000 Census
form, people of Spanish/Hispanic/Latino origin
could identify themselves as Mexican, Puerto
Rican, Cuban, or "other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino."
More than 35 million people identified themselves
as Hispanic or Latino on the 2000 Census.
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La Comida de Puerto Rico

• Cocina Criolla!
• Puerto Rican food is often characterized by the
  combination of Spanish, Amerindian Tainos and
  African cooking styles. Many of the common spices
  used in Puerto Rican cooking are cilantro,
  marjoram, carrot, ginger, coconut, passion fruit,
  sofrito and vanilla to name a few.
• Common Puerto Rican Dishes include
• Albondigón- Puerto Rican Meatloaf
• Arroz con pollo chicken with yellow rice
• Buñuelos- yam fritters
• A Common Puerto Rican Treat
• A Piraguas A shaved ice cone covered with syrup
  of fruity flavors such as raspberry, pineapple,
  coconut, guava or tamarind, among others.

Recipe for Arroz con Pollo http//www.youtube.c
om/watch?vIFXskxFxH-ofeaturerelated
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Muy Delicioso!

• Cuban Food
• Rice and beans are the basis for many Cuban
  dishes. Many Cuban dishes are also flavored with
  sofrito, which is a mixture of garlic, tomato,
  onion and olive oil.
• Popular Cuban dishes
• A cuban sandwich is a Latin American variation of
  the North American ham and cheese sandwich.
• It is believed that the Cuban Sanwich orginated
  in Cuba in the late 1870s. It is still a popular
  dish today in Miami and many other Cuban
  communities in North America.
• A cuban sandwich consists of
• ham,
• pork,
• Swiss cheese,
• pickles,
• mustard,
• salami
• Cuban bread.

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La Bandera Dominicana

• The standard lunch of the Dominican Republic is
  La Bandera Dominicana or the flag
• La Bandera Dominicana consists of
• stewed meat served with rice, red beans, fried
  plantains and salad.
• A Sancocho is also a popular dish in the
  Dominican Republic. It is a type of hearty and
  filling soup.
• It usually consists of several kinds of roots,
  such as cassava, yucca or possibly potatoes.
  Green plantain is also an essential ingredient,
  together with beef or chicken.

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Recipe for Red Beans

• Recipe for Red beans of La Bandera Domincana
• 2-3 cups of red kidney beans
• 1 red onion finely chopped
• 3 cloves of garlic
• half tspn. of coriander
• 2 tablespoons of tomato paste
• 2 cups of chicken stock
• salt pepper to taste
• Start by caramelizing the onions over medium heat
  in a little oil. Add garlic and coriander and
  saute for a couple minutes before adding other
  ingredients. I like to stew my beans for 20-25
  minutes use a potato masher to turn parts of
  them into a paste while they're simmering. Keep
  them simmering until they reach a nice creamy
  consistency.
• Serve them mixed with the criolla (rice), the
  Dominican term for rice beans is moro.
  However, in la bandera the items are usually
  separated into quarters on the plate
  symbolizing the Dominican flag.

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Latin American Festivals!

• Carnival!
• Carnival is a festival and celebration that is
  held prior to the season of Lent observed by the
  Christian tradition.
• Lent is a period of penitential observance that
  lasts for 40 days prior to Easter.
• Carnival stems fro the Latin route carne vale
  meaning a farewell to meat or farewell to
  flesh
• Carnivals include various parades and
  masquerades. Each country celebrates carnival in
  their own way. For instance, in Venezuela, the
  carnival consists of a water fight throughout the
  rural towns of the country.

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Dia de los Muertos

• The Day of the Dead is a celebration that has
  stemmed from an ancient Aztec festival dedicated
  to a goddess called Mictecacihuatl. In present
  time, The Day of the Dead corresponds to the
  Roman Catholic observance of All Souls Day
  celebrated on November 2nd. The skulls used
  during the day of the dead represent death and
  rebirth.
• Today people continue to use the representation
  of the skull with calacas, or wooden masks as
  well as chocolate or sugar skulls with the name
  of the recipient on written across the forehead.
• Many people believe that during the Day of the
  Dead, it is easier for the souls of the departed
  to visit the living. Small toys are brought for
  deceased infants and children while bottles of
  tequila and various other beverages are left for
  the deceased adults.
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v1jVYwA5c18c

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Sambai

• The Sambai is a Belizian fertility dance that is
  performed during the full moon as well as at
  weddings or birthdays. It is a dance done alone
  by either gender
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vsoy6RIjQ9H4

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Latino Culture in Philadelphia!

• The three largest Latino groups living in
  Philadelphia are Puerto Ricans, Mexicans and
  Dominicans.
• There are currently 91,527 Puerto Ricans living
  in Philadelphia according to the 2000 census. The
  largest population of Puerto Ricans live in North
  Philadelphia, between Girard Avenue and Roosevelt
  Boulevard.
• The Mexican population in Philadelphia is current
  estimated at 6,220 people. The largest Mexican
  population lives in South Philadelphia between
  Washington and Oregon Avenues.
• There are currently 4,337 people of Dominican
  descent living in Philadelphia. The largest
  Dominican population lives in both North
  Philadelphia and West Philadelphia.

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Influential Latinos and Latinas
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Sonia Sotomayor

• Federal judge. Born as the eldest of two children
  in the South Bronx area of New York City, New
  York, on June 25, 1954. Her parents, Sonia and
  Celina (Baez) Sotomayor, were Puerto Rican
  immigrants who raised the family on a very modest
  income. Her mother was a nurse at a methadone
  clinic and her father was a tool-and-die worker
  who died when Sotomayor was only nine years old.
• On Tuesday, May 26, 2009, President Obama
  nominated Sotomayor to the Supreme Court of the
  United States to fill the seat of the retiring
  David Souter. Judge Sotomayor was confirmed by
  the United States Senate on August 6, 2009 on a
  super majority 68-31 vote.

A Biographical Sketch of Sotomayor http//www.yout
ube.com/watch?vyYjuS-d8PL8
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Piri Thomas

• Piri Thomas was born in Harlem, New York on
  September 30, 1928. He was the eldest of seven
  children. His mother is of Puerto Rican descent
  and his father is Cuban. Thomas' full name is
  John Peter Thomas. Some sources state that his
  parents named him Juan Pedro Tomas, but that his
  name was changed in the hospital to the English
  version of the latter. The nickname, Piri, was
  given to him by his mother, whom he had a very
  close bond with. It comes from the name of a bird
  called the "pirri", which is a small bird that
  has enough strength to wound its enemy bird by
  attacking its underwing.
• Thomas grew up in Spanish Harlem (El Barrio) at a
  time when lynching was still very prevalent in
  the United States, so the threat of racism was
  very real for him and others like him. As a young
  boy he attended public school in East Harlem,
  where he was forbidden to speak Spanish. Because
  the assimilation towards English was greater in
  school, Thomas began to lose some of his ability
  to speak Spanish. Thomas was faced with racism at
  school and in his own neighborhood, where he was
  taunted by whites and frequently called a "nigger
  spic". Thomas later writes of his experiences
  with racism in his books and in his poetry.

Brief Bio of Piri Thomas http//www.youtube.com/wa
tch?vVjo26cDtEw4
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Celia Cruz

• Celia Cruz Interview
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vy7_mKCy1G0g

• Born Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alonso, 21 October
  1924, Santa Suarez district, Havana, Cuba, died
  16 July 2003, New Jersey, USA.
• Described as the "Queen of Salsa" - just one of
  her several superlative epithets - Cruz will be
  remembered as the most influential female in the
  history of Afro-Cuban music.
• During a decade which saw the assimilation of
  Latin music into the US mainstream, Cruz was
  garlanded with several important titles, not
  least of which was 1995's Billboard Lifetime
  Achievement Award. At the end of the decade she
  signed to Sony, debuting for the label in 2000
  with Siempre Vivir?. The "Queen of Salsa" died
  three years later at her home in Fort Lee, New
  Jersey.

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Rick Gonzalez

• Rick Gonzalez Interview http//www.youtube.com/wat
  ch?vAIKn66CtQpE

• With a countenance that seemed to express
  street-smart grit, Hispanic-American actor Rick
  Gonzalez might have easily fallen into the trap
  of playing toughs time and again, as did many of
  his contemporaries. With an exception here and
  there, Gonzalez defied these expectations in the
  first several years of his career, racking up
  small roles in laudably unpredictable projects
  such as the wonderful Disney sports drama The
  Rookie (2002), the dance-themed comedy drama Roll
  Bounce (2005), and the Christopher Guest
  mockumentary For Your Consideration (as
  "Chillaxin' Host").
• Gonzalez teamed with Steven Spielberg for a
  supporting role in the helmer's colossal sci-fi
  opus War of the Worlds (2005), and shifted gears
  slightly -- to the thriller genre -- for the
  movies Pulse and Illegal Tender. The latter gave
  Gonzalez his first major lead in that film, he
  played a Latino man fleeing from thugs who
  murdered his dad.

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Rita Moreno

• Actress, singer. Born Rosa Dolores Alverio on
  December 11, 1931, in Humacao, Puerto Rico.
  Throughout her career, Moreno has broken new
  ground for Latinos in the field of entertainment.
  
• Moreno is perhaps best known for her work in West
  Side Story (1961), a modern musical inspired by
  Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. A versatile
  performer, she had to sing, dance, and handle
  very dramatic scenes during the course of the
  film. She won the Academy Award for Best
  Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Anita,
  the tough, but vulnerable girlfriend to the
  Sharks' gang leader. Moreno became the first
  Hispanic actress to receive the honor.

Rita Moreno Interview (first 10 min)
http//www.youtube.com/watch?vERupcaOOd-4
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