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  2. Culture of El Salvador - Wikipedia

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    Culture of El Salvador. Appearance. 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 ...

  3. Salvadoran folklore - Wikipedia

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    Material folklore. 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 ...

  4. El Salvador - Wikipedia

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    El Salvador's topography. El Salvador lies in the isthmus of Central America between latitudes 13° and 15°N, and longitudes 87° and 91°W. It stretches 270 km (168 mi) from west-northwest to east-southeast and 142 km (88 mi) north to south, with a total area of 21,041 km 2 (8,124 sq mi).

  5. Pipil people - Wikipedia

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    Nahuas, Nicarao people, Lenca. The Pipil are an Indigenous group of Mesoamerican people inhabiting the western and central areas of present-day El Salvador. They are a subgroup of the larger Nahua ethnic group of Central America. They speak the Nawat language, which belongs to the Nahuan language branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family.

  6. Coat of arms of El Salvador - Wikipedia

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    The coat of arms of El Salvador displayed at the site from which, on the morning of November 5, 1811, the first cry for the independence of Central America was launched. The coat of arms of El Salvador in the Barcelona consulate. The coat of arms of El Salvador displayed at The Torch of Friendship monument in downtown Miami, Florida.

  7. Cacaopera people - Wikipedia

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    Nicaragua (Matagalpa) [1] Languages. Cacaopera, Matagalpa. Religion. Traditional Religion. Related ethnic groups. Miskito and Mayangna. Map of Cacaopera indigenous groups in both countries. The Cacaopera people also known as the Matagalpa or Ulúa., [2] are an indigenous people in what is now El Salvador and Nicaragua.

  8. Folk costume - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Folk costume, traditional clothing, traditional dress, traditional attire or folk attire, is clothing associated with a particular ethnic group, nation or region, and is an expression of cultural, religious or national identity. If the clothing is that of an ethnic group, it may also be called ethnic clothing or ethnic dress.

  9. History of El Salvador - Wikipedia

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    The history of El Salvador begins with several distinct groups of Mesoamerican people, especially the Pipil, the Lenca and the Maya. In the early 16th century, the Spanish Empire conquered the territory, incorporating it into the Viceroyalty of New Spain ruled from Mexico City. In 1821, El Salvador achieved independence from Spain as part of ...