EL SALVADOR IS THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED COUNTRY IN CENTRAL AMERICA. THEIR EUROPEAN INFLUENCES IN ARCHITECTURE OF THE COLONIAL CHURCHES, MUSEUMS, AND THEATRES ARE THROUGHOUT MOST OF EL SALVADOR.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT COSTUMES USED MOSTLY IN RELIGIOUS AND OTHER FESTIVALS. IN SOME OTHER TOWNS. THEY USE A SCAPULAR , A HEADSCARF AND THEY WEAR SANDALS WITH A COTTON SUIT OR JEANS.
THEY MAKE PUSAS WITH CERTITUDE, ATOLE, TOMALES, AND MAIZES, PASTRIES, MEAT AND FISH, CHEESE AND BUTTER, MANGOES AND COCONUT. THEY SPEAK CENTRAL MERIXAN SPANISH WITH PIPAL LANGUAGE. THERE IS NO OBLIGATION TO LEARN IT AND THE LANGUAGE IS MORE COMMONLY SPOKEN BY OLD PEOPLE. AMONGST THE LANGUAGE THAT EXIST COMMONLY SUCH ASJALCO AND PIPAL. ENGLISH IS SECOND. THEY STAR IN SOCCER AND FOOTBALL WITH VOLLEYBALL.
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HAS BEEN THE MOST PROMINENT INSTITUTION IN EL SALVADOR. SINCE COLONIAL TIMES. 75% HAD BECOME ROMAN CATHOLIC. THEY HAD MANY DIFFERENT CHURCHES HERE. 20% HAD UNKNOWN RELIGIONS, AND 40 % WERE EVANGELICANS.
EL SALVADOR HAS PUPRIL AND SPANISH INFLUENCES. THEY USE RELIGIOUS SONGS TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS AND OTHER HOLIDAYS. WITH FEAST DAYS OF SAINTS. SATIRICAL AND RURAL THEMES ARE COMMON. CUBAN, COLUMBIAN AND MEXICAN MUSIC HAS INFILTRATED THE COUNTRY WITH SALSA AND CUMBIA. SOME MUSIC USES MARIMBA, FLUTES, DRUMS, SCRAPERS, AND GOURDS, GUITARS AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS. THEY ARE WELL KNOWN FOR FOLK DANCES.
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