Cultural+Characteristics

﻿﻿ Cultural Characteristics DANCE

**//Dance and music are major parts to the culture of Madrid.//** **//Madrid's traditional dance is the//** **//flamenco which is one of the worlds most fascinating dances. It demonstrates a combination of extravagant and colorful costumes, strong beats and lively #|music. In the flamenco dance, there are two groups the perform during the dance. One group plays the guitar and sings, while the other group dances to the rhythm and the beat to the #|music. The dancers wear colorful costumes and make swift movements.//****//This dance blends both aspects of folk culture with modern day popular culture.//**

LANGUAGE



(Here we speak Spanish!)

**//T he main #|language of Madrid is Spanish which is a branch of the Indo-European #|language family. The Indo-European language family is the largest branch //** **//in the Nostratic language and the largest branch in the world.//****//Other major languages in Spain are Basque, Aranese, Galician, and Catalan.//**

RELIGION

//**The main religion of Madrid is Roman Catholic which makes up ninety-four percent of the population, which is the major universalizing religion in the world.**////**Other religions in Madrid include, Islam and Protestant, which do not have to much effect on the cultural landscape.**// ACTIVITIES

**//There are many activities that the Spanish do in there free time. One of these activities is bullfighting.//** **//Bullfighting is the most traditional activity in Spain. The people of Spain believe that bullfighting is linked with their culture art, and history.//** **//Bullfighting can be traced back to ancient days. Bullfighting was popular in Rome, but it was in the Iberian Peninsula where it fully developed.//**