Cultural History of Dominican Republic

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The Inquisitive Tourist

Nate Ralph

28 episodes

9 months ago

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Cultural History of Dominican Republic

The Inquisitive Tourist

43 minutes 45 seconds

3 years ago

Cultural History of Dominican Republic

Ever thought about relocating to a caribbean island?
D.R. is high on the list of many.
Todays episode is the second in a series I am doing with resident Dominican Julio Diaz.
Todays focus will be all about the cultural background of the island.

Welcome, Julio Diaz

Episode highlights:

[02:00] - Gives percentage breakdown of ancestry on the island
[05:40] - Hispaniola discussed, Haiti x D.R.
[08:35] - Split after France x Spain fought
[09:00] - Key differences between Haitians and Dominicans, food, people, music. Taíno/Indigenous background
[14:00] - Dictators in both places, but more mistakes in Haiti led to more issues.
[15:30] - Rafael Trujillo legacy discussed, assassination in 1961. Many presidents since.
[18:40] - Parsley massacre mentioned, Trujillo was the worst,
[20:05] - Wealth of Trujillo ended up in Spain, via big ship. Won’t find this history in many books. His body is actually in Spain too.
[23:40] - el monumento, in Santiago, what it signifies and when built(1953), angel of peace statue
[29:13] - Zona colonial in Santo Domingo and Santiago briefly compared
[30:11] - Things exported, coffee, honey, cocoa, sugar cane, beautiful stones(like larimar), USA big client
[33:50] - Relationships between Dominicans and Haitians discussed
[37:37] - Languages of Haitians
[39:25] - Island divided or less tensions in the generation ahead? Standard of living also discussed. Tensions highest at the border, but in general things are good.

Contact Julio Diaz:

e: juliopaternina@gmail.com
w: https://linktr.ee/Grupopaternina

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