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Las Pupusas. Traditional dish par excellence in El Salvador. Material folklore includes physical, created items, such as foods, furniture, and traditional medicine. In popular cuisine, dishes made from corn are common, including pupusas, atol shuco, tortillas, tamales, corn chicha, chilate, corn atol, torrejas, and cashew seed atol.
The culture of El Salvador is a Central American culture nation influenced by the clash of ancient Mesoamerica and medieval Iberian Peninsula. Salvadoran culture is influenced by Native American culture (Lenca people, Cacaopera people, Maya peoples, Pipil people) as well as Latin American culture (Latin America, Hispanic America, Ibero-America).
Chasca, also known as "la virgen del agua" (The virgin of the water), is the name of a fictional character in Salvadoran folklore.. According to oral tradition, in the barra de Santiago lived a man named Pachacutec, who arranged a marriage between his daughter, Chasca, and a prince of the zutuhil tribe.
Cipitio is a legendary character from Salvadoran folklore revolving around the Siguanaba and cadejo legends. He is generally portrayed as an 8- to 10-year-old boy with a large conical hat and a pot-belly. His name is taken from the Nahuatl word for child: cipit or cipote. Some also relate his name to the deity Xipe Totec.
The vast majority were written and interpreted informally on a blog during the writer's stay in Poland. The stories are based on his experiences in El Salvador and books, newspapers, encyclopedias, and blogs he read over the years. This series of books is the first collection of Salvadoran folklore in English. [2] [3]
Salvadoran folklore (1 C, 3 P) L. Languages of El Salvador (2 C, 11 P) M. Mass media in El Salvador (8 C) Salvadoran mythology (4 P) N. National symbols of El ...
Salvadoran folklorists (1 P) Pages in category "Salvadoran folklore" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
The Salvadoran writer Manlio Argueta wrote a children's book describing the folklore of El cadejo called Magic Dogs of the Volcanoes: Los Perros Mágicos De Los Volcanes (1990). The bilingual Spanish-English edition was translated by Stacey Ross and illustrated by Elly Simmons.