Ireland and Venezuela

Society and Culture

Venezuela  and some World’s English Speaking Countries; Ireland.

Ireland is a British Country located in The United Kingdom while Venezuela is placed in Southern of the American Continent, languages spoken in each country is different, even their culture and the way of life. Ireland is a windy island with a cool climate while Venezuela is a tropical nation. Society and Culture are products of their history and geography, besides each one of them have something that has marked the socio-cultural development of the nation.

Firstly, let’s talk about Venezuela’s features taking into account its Society and culture, Venezuela’s literature is very rich, moreover it has been developed trough centuries;  its genre focuses on drama, tragedy, love, Romantic, fiction and so on, the most popular and known Venezuelan writer is called Romulo Gallegos; one of his great job is: “Dona Barbara”, this novel talks about a woman’s life who is brave, fighter, strong, wild and suffered; besides she doesn’t trust in men any more, also she is very powerful being the owner of a very important lands in that era, adding some main other  poets and writers like: Andres Eloy Blanco, Aquiles Nazoa, Arturo Uslar Prietri among others,  while in the 18^th, 19^th  and 20^th   centuries,  Ireland’s Literature has always been a rich tradition, it is a place where has grown big writers and one of the most known has been: Oscar Wilde  (The Happy Prince), Jonathan Swift (Gulliver’s Travels), James Joyce, Samuel Beckett among others; who are recognize by their great anglo-saxon literature works, adding that there are many Irish language some of them are: Pádraic Ó Conaire, Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Séamus Ó Grianna and Nuala Ni Dhomhnail. Countries’ Architecture is always a heritage that they have forever and also it identifies them as a civilization having its own custom, culture and society itself. The Architecture in Venezuela is characterized by being modern since 1930, and the best examples of this are several Government Buildings, The Ministry of Public Works, The Teresa Carreno Theater, The Olimpic Stadium, The Towers (located in Caracas, “El Silencio), Carlos Villanueva is the main architect of the country and one of his great works is: “Aula Magna”; that is placed in UCV the main university of the nation. Expressing Architecture, Sculpture and Sculptors of these nations Venezuela and Ireland both have different kinds of works for instance Irish Architecture Works are based on stone age; and they have a gothic and neo-gothic style, it is famous for its ruins, Anglo-Irish castles and intact today some examples are: The round tower at Glendalough, it has approximately 330 meters, Saint Patrick ´s Cathedral, Ha´penny Bridge since 1816,  Fourts Courts in Dublin, Huntington Castle, also kown as Clonegal Castle was built in 1625  but by the way Venezuela has some cities such as: Coro which has a very rich heritage of the nation known as a “Zona Colonial”; which the downtown and it has many houses of the centuries ago and intact too, a bridge in Maracaibo which is the main one of the land while Irish Sculpture works are relevant made of bronze, stone, marble, metal, wood, Dublin spike; the main works are these: Queen Victoria Statue by John Hughes in 1904,  Oscar Wilde Statue 1854 – 1900,  Patrick Kavenagh  Sculpture,  Daniel O´Connel Monument, Jim Larkin Statue; all of them are symbol of history in the green island.

Music: Composers, Cultural Institutions, Orchestras, Films.

Each country in the world performs a kind of Music that recognizes it as a style of culture, besides it determines its rhymes and instruments played all across the earth. Starting, Irish Composers are well known because most of them are also big players of piano, conductor of Orchestra Players, professor of music, classical composer and so on for instance: Hamilton Halty; pianist and organist he was much respected, Brian Boydell was a professor of music and founder of the dowland consort, conductor of the Dublin orchestral players, lastly  Richard Kearn who is  known for his variations of works, besides  He composed several pieces for Jazz, on the other hand  very famous composers in Venezuela known around the world for their great work are called: on one hand,  Simon diaz; he is a Venezuelan Music Composer some of his songs are: “La Vaca Mariposa”,  “Caballo Viejo” also he is known as “El Tio Simon”; on the other hand, Jose Antonio Abreu; a big musician, director and founder and he is known as “El Maestro Abreu” who is the Orchestra's first director and its founder in 1975, besides he has achieved many international awards such as: Asturias Prince First Category, A very good reception in The United States and in The United Kingdom; nowadays This National Symphony has a director called "Gustavo  Dudamel" he has been the artistic director since 1991 who is named the best one of the world and also he has got many awards  in the world because of his great works gotten.

The Dublin Philarmonic Orchestra (DPO) founded in 1997, its members are the best musicians players and ist artistic director is named Derek Gleeson others professional  Irish orchestras are the following: RTE National Symphony Orchestra; reaches a great number of listeners, Irish Chamber Orchestra,  Irish Baroque Orchestra,  Orchestra of St Cecilia and some other non Professional like: Dublin Orchestra Players   while Venezuela has a very famous and known Orchestra named Venezuela Simon Bolivar Orchestra; founded by “El Maestro Abreu” and directed by Gustavo Dudamel who is known now as a the best and youngest artistic director’s Orchestra of the world. The major Cuture Institution in Venezuela is “The Teresa Carreno Theater” and the Irish Culture Institution is named “Art Council of Ireland”, “Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs”, “Culture Ireland” that is a agency to promote and advance Irish arts internationally.

   Cinema in Ireland stars at the 20 century and opened in December and The Volta Cinema is Dublin’s first movie theater,   Irish Films Industry has grown thanks to these two filmmakers: Neil Jordan and Jim Sheridam, besides the island has a film industry and a house of Cinema such as: Ward Anderson: Cineplex, Omniplex, United Cinemas International, Cineworld (UGC Cinemas) Irsih people really likes watching movies and Ireland has cinema by county whereas in Venezuela that is characterized by a very famous filmmaker named Cesar Bolivar, he has made great cinema works well konown in the country such as: “Secuestro Express”, “Hermano” his works are based on social, politics, economy manners of the country, also he has been recognized national and internationally in order to reward his works.

Traditions: Social Habits, Attitudes, General Behavior.

Venezuelan people is well known for being a high sociable population, friendly, polite,  too cheers, they enjoy being very kind with tourists from other nations, besides they wake up very early every morning to work because they are seldom hard worker, Venezuelans like partying all time it doesn’t matter the time maybe on weekends or not, the thing is that have a good time for them is a base of the   daily life in the country, besides they are good and big drinkers for instance: they love drinking coffee in the morning,  juice or coke at midday also for dinner but for celebrations they always drinking the most popular drink of the town “Beers” in few words Alcoholic Beverages  and other like: “Cocuy” is a very traditional beverage (extracted from the “Cocuy penca” it is a plant likely “Agave” that is used for  making “Tekila” in mexico). Women and men are characterized for being fighters who likes and work hard to achieve their dreams and goals.  Family Structure in Venezuela is characterized by a couple conformed by a man and a woman, it is totally legal marriages between them and they don’t have more then 3 or 4 children per marriage, so it means no more than 5 or 6 members per families, both of them have to work in order to get money to support their children. In Venezuela there is a wedding to celebrate and it is really common to invite some friends and family for the special moment and the wedding celebration depends on people’s religion.

In addition, the Irish people are generally, warm, kind, respectful, helpful, besides they are not very physically demonstrative and they are uncomfortable with loud, aggressive, and arrogant behavior very similar with Venezuelans, on the other hand Marriages are seldom arranged in modern Ireland and it is the most famous celebration taking place in autumn, moreover children’s names are often selected to honor an ancestor (usually grandparents). Irish people are passionate, happy and pleased. As well as in Venezuela and Ireland, it is totally legal want a divorce when it is necessary; divorce has been legal since 1995 in The Green Island while in Venezuela is established legal since 1904.

Typical Food

All across the globe, people like eating and they are big eaters, Countries’ traditional food is based on their geography and customs. In Venezuela there are several traditional dishes but the most popular is named: “Pabellon Criollo” (prepared with black peas, fries banana, rice and meat) this dish is often eaten with a drink named “Papelon” (it is a mixer of lemon, water, ice and papelon) the other drink is very known and drunk in all places “Beers”, but also in the country is eaten many kinds of food such as: fish products, chicken, pork, beef, goat, chiguire (this is very common for holy week) fruits, cereals, sandwich, arepa ( made from corn flour), cheese, milk, chocolate, “cachapas”,  sausage, spaghettis, sauces and so on.

Ireland is an island as we already know and of course “shellfish” are a very common food in the maritime coast of the country there is an emphasis on the comsuption of meat, cereals, bread, and potatoes, but the most popular dishes in the country are named: Irish Stew (made of vegetables like carrot, potatoes, beef and cilantro), on the other hand Colcannon, Boxty, Crubeens (made with pork legs) are very popular there, in addition Guinness is a synonym of Irish beer and this is the most trendy drink also a symbol of the green island. The Irish diet is similar to that of other Northern European nations.

Sports

Baseball games are the most popular in Venezuela, people likes the season of this games drinking beers with family and friends together, in spite of some other games like: horse racing, football, basketball, swimming, Karate, Racing cars are also practiced in the nation, besides Venezuela has a very good teams and players well known around the world due to their talent for example: Andres Galarraga (Baseball player), Pastor Maldonado  ( F1 car racer and the winner of the Spanish Championship), Milka Duno (F1 car racer;  the one woman from the country) Carl Herrera (basketball player in  the NBA), Michael Malamed (marathon Racer and he is a good example for people who want to  achieve their dreams “if you dream, let it happen”) and some others, while Ireland belongs to the United Kingdom and the most popular sport there is named:  Gaelic Football; besides there are many sports practiced in the islands which are the followings: Boxing, Tennis, Cricket, Hurling, Horse Racing and Baseball like in Venezuela nation, I think they are very funny and popular sports worldwide.

Every country has its particular instruments and dances for instance in Venezuela is played three regular instruments named into spanish: “Cuatro”, “ Arpa” and “Maracas”; they are very known in the town and they identify the Venezuelan Music,  while the instruments of the Irish music are:  the fiddle ,the bodhran, the uileann pipes( scottish bagpipes), the guitar, the banjo, the harp (the same in Venezuela), the flute , the  accordion , the piano and some others. The most popular dance is named “El Folklore” or Venezuelan Folk, the dancers commonly dress  a very long skirt (women), a white blouse while men dress a  beige pant with a white t-shirt and  they always wear “Apalgatas” (the traditional shoe of the dance and country) whereas in Ireland the most famous dance is performed by a  traditional group, they can be divided into social dance and performance dances as an example of it: Stepdance and Riverdance.

In addition to this feature of these countries, festivities and celebrations are focused on their customs and history for instance in Ireland the most popular celebration is held on March 17, every year and it is named St. Patrick’s Day, besides it also celebrated in Ireland and in countries with large colonies of Irish some other celebrations and events are held depending on dates for instance: in January; Temple Bar Trad, in February; Dublin International Films Festival; in March; Dublin Book Festival, in April;  Pan Celtic Festival, in May; Dublin Dance Festival, in June; Dublin Writers Festival; in July; Galway Arts Festival, Walton's Guitar Festival of Ireland, in August; Puck Fair, September; Galway Oyster Festival,  October; Cork Jazz Festival, November; Cork Film Festival. Venezuela’s Celebration are always held with happiness some important dates are the followings: on 1^st  January; the first day of the year, February; Carnival,  April; Holy week, On July 24^th;  Birth of Simon Bolivar, November; Chinita’s Day held in the Zulia State- Maracaibo City, on December; Christmas which a tradition season in the country, people visit their family and they share a lot, besides it is the biggest shopping month of the year and “Hallacas”   (made of beef meat, pork, chicken,  corn flour, many vegetables and covered with plantain leaf) that is a typical dish in this month  and finally they are eaten a lot by population in the land and everybody is exited waiting the new year and the new luck. Religions in these nations are free to practice and the  Roman Catholic Religion is the popular one.

 I think all the traditions, customs, societies and cultures are related to each others, overall The typical food; it is almost likely one dish with other dish of the countries named before,  but the thing is that everyone is identify as a very good and happy person living their way of  lives and representing a particular nation and nationality such as: Canadian, English, Welsh, Scottish, Irish, American and Venezuelan; the most important feature which is actually relevant is that each one of them is going to leave his foot prints as human beings on earth representing very interesting and amazing countries worldwide.

Society and Culture

Society and Culture: Venezuela and some World’s English Speaking Countries; Scotland, Wales, United States of America.

Venezuela’s Literature is focused on almost the same genre of all the rest literature works in the world like drama, love, tragedy, fiction, romance and so on. The most important literature writer of the nation is called Romulo Gallego and one of his main work is “Dona Barbara” that is a story about a very fighter woman with a strong personality that identifies most of the people placed inside the country,  adding some main poets

In addition to Venezuelan country’s features, it is important to mention that there is a variety of architecture   and sculptures there which are recognize around the world some of them are: Government Building in Caracas; The New City Hall (1933) by Gustavo Wallis, The Ministry of Public Works (1934-35) by Carlos Guinand Sandoz; and the Museum of Fine Arts (1935-36) by Carlos Raul Villanueva. Carlos Raul Villanueva is an architect besides he is still the father of Venezuelan modern architecture however he is already dead and his best architecture works known in the country are buildings for the Ciudad Universitaria; The Big Caracas such as:  The Olimpic Stadium (1951); The Auditorium (“Aula Magna”) and the covered plaza (“Plaza Cubierta”) both 1952 and 1953; and of course The School of Architecture built in 1957. This works are icons of the Caracas city even in the country they are one of the best architecture works during years and years.

For me, the best singer of Traditional Music in Venezuela is Simon Diaz and also he has been a great composer of this kind of music, one of his best single is known as “Caballo Viejo” there is another one that specially you can feel the Venezuelan Plain Lands “La Vaca Mariposa” which is a very interesting and beautiful Diaz’s song.  Traditional music in the country is played just with three typical instruments of the nation and they are: “Arpa, Cuatro, Maracas” they are in all the typical parties of the country, this is a very common behavior in Venezuela going to the typical parties for listening to their favorite singers and dancing Venezuelan music until dawn of course eating beef meat and drinking Beers too much beers. Others composers from Venezuela are: Antonio Estevez and Vicente Emilio Sojo.

Moreover, it is important to mention that in Venezuela, there is a Venezuela Simon Bolivar founded by Jose Antonio Abreu “El Maestro Abreu” who is the Orchestra’s first director and its founder in 1975, besides he has achieved many international awards such as: Asturias Prince First Category, A very good reception in The United States and in The United Kingdom; nowadays This National Symphony has a director called “Gustavo  Dudamel“ he has been the artistic director since 1991 who is named the best one of the world and also he has got many awards  in the world because of his works, today he is living in U.S.A. working with the Symphony Orchestras in Los Angeles L.A. and in New York City both are ahead of the main orchestras players worldwide. Next Teresa Carreno Theater is the players’ cultural complex home and this is the main cultural institution in Venezuela located in the Capital city.

The movie in Venezuela,…. and one of the main person who is recognized by its great films  in the  Venezuela Cinema   is named Cesar Bolivar, he is a  national director of films produced in the country and it is important to mention one of its great movies like: “Secuestro Express”, “Hermano” and some others, the most of his pictures are based on the own social, ecomnomy, politics situation of the country making an emphasis in the way about how  people  lives in the cities; their beliefs, jobs and so on.

In Venezuela, there is a wide of culture diversity that identifies its population, customs, habits, social behavior, traditions, music, festivities, food, sports and religions that is found in all across the country. Venezuela is located in the southern of American Continent and that is one of  the reason of its way of life in the town so it means the food the most typical one there is named: “Pabellon Criollo” which is made with rise, black peas, bananas and meat; in some places such as: the northern of the country, it is actually common to have for meals seafood like: shrimp, fish, lamp, mussel and so on; Shellfish is eaten too much by people in the country besides they are sold frozen in the grocery stores of the cities, on one hand the most typical drink in the country is called “Papelon”, it is prepared with a very cool water, lemon and Papelon (it is a kind of “sugar”; which is extracted from sugar reed and it is very common to consume it in the country) on the other hand,  “Beers” is the most popular drink in the country, Venezuelan are used to drink them on weekends or when they are partying because they like it very much and also they love drinking beers besides Venezuela People is known around the world like: Highly sociable, funny, friendly and too cheers.  On the other hand, Families in the country are formed by a legal marriage and a couple of a woman and a man, families just have no more than 3 or 4 children (depending of social status) the marriage couples have to support their children; it is really common to see single mothers and they have to work in order to get money for supporting their families by themselves. In Venezuela it is not necessary to get marry for having children, besides the divorce rate is up lately in the nation at 80% per year.

Sports in Venezuela is emphasized  by Baseball Games being the most popular sport in  the country, Venezuelan  love the season of this kind of games duo to they enjoy watching their favorites teams and players as well on T.V.  or in the baseball stadiums in live, of course drinking beers some of the most famous baseball teams are: Navegantes del Magallanes, Leones del Caracas, Tiburones de la Guaira, Cardenales de Lara among others. Furthermore, other sports in the nation are:  football there is a national Team known as “La Vinotinto”, Basketball, Horses Racing, Swimming, Car Racing; Pastor Maldonado is a very good car racer of the F1 by Williams, too he is recognized around the world being the winner of the Spanish Championship this year.

Venezuela’s festivities are characterized by its history, customs and religions by the way Religion in the country, the majority of the beliefs are based on Roman Catholic however the Cristianism has increased a lot in the lastest years.   In the country are several celebrations held all across the country and it depends on the area of each town and city; for example in Miranda State is held the festivity called: “Los Diablos de Yare”, on the other hand in Falcon state people is used to held “Los Locos de la Vela” on 28^th November; it is about people dress up with crazy cloths, besides in the plans lands is held the famous  “Toros Coleados” and also it is a kind of sport practiced by persons riding horse; the thing is that they have to gross a bull taking its tail and the person who lasts more is the winner. Next on July 24^th is the Simon Bolivar’s Born Day the main heroes of the nation there many others festivities in the country, and I think this is a very funny nation to visit by tourists. The biggest parties in Venezuela are held in  December  the first is on 24^th the Christmas day   that is the biggest shopping day due to people likes to share gifts and open presents with friends and their families, of course there is a special meal: Dinner most of the Venezuelan are used to eat “Hallacas” (prepared with  beef meat, pork, chicken,  corn flour, many vegetables and covered with plantain leaf)  Ham Sandwich; “Pan de Jamon” named by population in the town  and Chicken Salad, adding  drinking  wine, cokes, beers, champagne whatever they want to drink is a rule for this main or Christmas meal  and the second is on 31^st deals with the end of the year followed by January 1^st which is the first day of the year In fact!; They are the funniest days held by people in the land.

Now, it is already noticed some Venezuela’s features at the beginning of this summary about its Society and Culture, then it is going to start explaining some English Speaking countries’ characteristics that identify their society and culture and they will be Scotland, Wales located in The United Kingdom and United States of America placed in the Northern of the American Continent; known as the most powerful country worldwide.

Firstly, with literature in Scotland and Wales these countries belong to The United Kingdom so, they have some common features or similar which recognize them like a British Culture. For starting in Scotland there are two important writers named Walter Scotts and Robert Burns; they are Scottish literature writer of the romantic era, on one hand in 16^th and in the 18^th century the first book printed by the welsh Sir. John Price of Brecon besides another welsh William Morgan who translates the Bible into the Welsh language, other writers from Wales like Henry Vaughan and George Herbert starting their works in English language and they begins the English writing in the time, on the other hand some American writers in the 19^th century are well known for instance: Edgar Allan Poe and Washington Irving who writes “Tom Walker and the Devil” as well James Funimore Cooper and Nathaniel Hawthorne. In the same century some American poetries and arts are known such as: Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman next some arts like: Gilbert Stuart, John Kensett and so on.

Kate Roberts is a very important welsh publisher as well as Carla Sassi and Alan Warner in Scotland each country has their particular literature and his great writers are immortalized now because of their extraordinary works.

 English Speaking Countries’ Architecture and Sculpture.

Initially, the English countries are very famous duo to their amazing architecture for instance in Scotland the buildings that emphasized the architecture works are: Edinburg Castles, The Royal Museum and the St. George’s church; while in Wales has a very wealthy architecture among buildings and medieval Castles for example: The Beaumaris, Cardiff and The Bodelwyddan Castles among others. The Cardiff university is the main building of works related to architecture, of course the Tewkesbury Street and the LLandaff Cathedral are very important in Wales nation but thinking about American is relevant to mention skyscrapers of the country located such as: Empire State, New York Customs House and the St. Patrick Cathedral  in New York City too, besides in the same city it is placed the most famous statue of the world  “The Liberty Statue” the City has the most important and rich architecture works in the country moreover American’s Architecture is eclectic some examples of them are: The U.S. Embassy in London, Dulles International Airport, General Motor Technical Center; Warren Michigan, Simon Hall; Massachusetts,  among others. Steven Holl is one of the best American Architect.  These countries’ Architectures are related to their economy even, they deal with the development itself.

Sculpture in these countries has a great influence in their History that transmits knowledge, imagination and remembrance of the great sculptors from Wales, Scotland and America. The Sculpture Works are outstanding by each country themselves and they are really interesting, amazing and fabulous but the most important aspect is that most of them are related to the countries’ history and the ancestors.  Sculptures can show art, so that some of the most important sculptors born in these ESC: Scotland, Wales, U.S.A. are: by Ireland; Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi; Edinburg College of Art in 1943 and other such as: In 1994 the Newton Statue, The Scottish National Gallery of Art; The wealth of Nations.  In Wales, the most popular monument is The Pentreifan; dating back to about 3.500 b.c., recognized artists like: Robert Jakes, he makes Story Telling Seats, Benches among others. American Sculptures are based on the Folk Arts,  The Italian years, the Paris years,  public monuments, as a result having many kinds of styles like: Neoclassic, Naturalistic, Dramatic and Realistic and some of the most important American Sculptures are:  Gravestone Boston 1934, Randolph Rogers 1856,  Lincoln Memorial  in Washington D.C. The White House, ( its position tries to say like he is watching the presidents of the American country in order to make sure that they are respectful with the democracy system and they also enforce the law as good and honorable U.S.A.’s presidents), Mount Rushmore; stone mountain: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, Stone Mountain in Georgia, The most famous sculpture around the world and an American symbol: The Liberty Statue, on the other hand, some of the most significant sculptures in the American Land are the following: Frederick MacMonnis (1863-1937),  Anne Whitney (1821-1915),  Thomas Crawford (1814-1857), Gutzon Borglu (1867-1941) and Martin Milmore (1844-1883).

People loves music and these nations have their particular kinds of music that identify them as a town or community itself for instance in the United States of America there is a wide of variety of music because of the big population living there and it depends on its culture some of the most popular types of   music in the nation are: Hip Hop, Country, Rhythm and blues, Jazz, Rock and Roll, Pop and some of the most famous singers are well known in the world: Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, Madonna, Elvis Presley, The Black Eyed Peas, Beyonce, Louis Amstrong, Billie Holliday, Ella Fitzgerald, James Charles R among others.  Wales has a history of folk music related to the Celtic music of countries such as Ireland and Scotland, the main Orchestra there is Welsh Symphony, furthermore in Scotland is more relevant the Classical music, Opera and theaters.

Since 1998 there have been several orchestras in U.S.A.; but the biggest and most important are: Philadelphia, Cleveland; New York Philharmonic (Dudamel; he is a Venezuelan man who is the orchestra’s director nowadays) Chicago and Boston Symphony. 

Cinema

The Cinema of Wales comprises the art of film and creative movies made in Wales or by Welsh filmmakers abroad, besides Wales has produced film directors of quality throughout its history are: Richard Marquand: Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, Peter Greenaway, Terry Jones among others, in addition U.S.A. is well known by its cinema productions even, Hollywood is one of the most important movies studios located in L.A. some of the American Productions which are very important are: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Titanic, King Kong, Avatar, The Godfather,  among others,   even in this country is also held the Oscar Awards every year that is the biggest prize for actors, actress and filmmakers in the world.

Traditions,   Social Habits, Attitudes and Behavior.  

Scottish customs and traditions cover a very Wide range of topics. Everything from kilts to Golf bagpipes to whisky, celtic crosses to Protestant missionary work, and the “second Sight” to Nessie. In wedding celebrations there is a reception after the ceremony and they usually send invitation before the ceremony guest, they are good drinkers of whiskey and wines, besides it is a popular place for young couples to get married, even they live together before being marriage, there are two ways for getting married in Scotland; a religious ceremony and a civil ceremony. The bride and groom jointly hold a cake cutter and cut the first pieces of the wedding cake, besides they have their own beliefs; a spring of white heather is usually worn as a button hole for good luck, it is the norm for the groom and much of the male bridal party and guests to wear kilt. On the other hand, Wales has preserved and developed and somewhat independent cultural identity, Welsh have a personality that can be described like this: passionate, hospitable, war, punctuality, they shake a hand with everyone. Structural Families in Wales there has been an annual decrease in the number of marriages in 2004 there were over almost 15.000 marriages, also there are all types of marriages as an example: Royal Wedding, Marriage Couple Model, even Gay marriages are totally legal, yet wearing a dress pin in the wedding deals with good luck and the bouquet is a symbol of love.

Americans tend to speak in a more direct manner that projects authority; moreover they are at the very top of the social ladder engage; for them education and being cultured are prime values. Race and Discrimination are features of this country, in spite of the immigrants who have arrived there. Family Structure in the American land is characterized by some types of family for instance: Traditional, Step Family, Single Parents and the Extended Families, in this nation as well as Scotland, Wales and Venezuela it is not necessary to get married for having children, also people can decide if they want to get married or not, it is legal the most important thing is that they should have money in order to support their family. Divorce has increased too much lately and it is totally legal in America and in almost everywhere, maybe it depends on religions and beliefs.

Typical Food

Each nation has its particular dishes that identify it as a civilization and it gets specific roles in the societies that generate culture around the earth. The food products are specifically based on the geography, history, economy and climate associated to the countries so in Scotland for example, the most national dish is called  Haggis; made from lamb’s offal involved in a skin bag from the sheep’s stomach, also some other famous dishes eaten  like:  Scottish Beef, Scotch Broth or Hotch-Potch; as a dessert The Bannocks (Oatcakes), as a national drink and by the way,  very known The Scotch Whiskey, plus another one is The Hot Toddy; that is An excellent cure for the common cold, or just when feeling down, on the other hand in Wales the most traditional food is The Cawl, perfect for autumn and winter season but can be adapted in many different ways, The Laverbread is made with seaweed found along the Welsh Coast Maritime; it is a delicacy and fashionable dish among people even for celebrities, next the traditional Welsh breakfast is grill, pork,  sausages, black pudding, eggs, grill tomatoes, mushrooms (fried in butter), bake beans among others.

The United States of America is well known because of its particular dishes that are characterized by being most of them fast food and even they are popular and very sold worldwide, besides it is important to mention that this country has a wide of variety of immigrants arrived from many countries who have brought to the nation their own customs, culture, tradition and of course their exclusive type of food, some of the most “traditional” dishes in the country are the following: Pizza,  Burgers, French fries, hot dogs, seafood, beef gravy (BBQ) but the habitual dish is named:  Beef Stew (prepared with beef shoulder, carrot, potatoes, yellow onions, garlic, olive oil, salt and pepper) among others; for instance: McDonald’s is an American fast food restaurant which has many exemptions in all the countries around the world so this is actually the most popular and famous restaurant from U.S.A. for eating fast food, on the other hand The Apple Pie is the most important cake in the country and there are other types of sweet such as: Donnuts, Orange&Citrus and Ice creams love by most of the population, for drink Americans has this: Beer & Microbrews,  Smoothies and Coffee-Blended Drinks

In Venezuela one of the most popular dish is “La Arepa”, even this kind of food is eaten in the countries named before, The “Arepa” is filled in pork, fish, meat, cheese, chicken eggs and so on; Countries’ The Traditional food are related to each other around the world and the most popular drinks in these countries are: coffee and beers.

Sports

In different countries many sports are practiced by population; some of them are usually more famous and popular in specific countries than other nations, for instance and they become the Official one for them, as we already know that in Venezuela the most popular sport is Baseball; in The United Kingdom depending on the states are practiced several sports as an example: Scotland’s Official sport is called The Scottish Rugby ( is almost played like football but players use their hands to handle the ball) as well as in Wales, the most important team in place is named: Wales Rugby, besides The Football is very popular in these places while In The Unites States of America; American Football is one of the most popular sport, moreover there are others that are practiced too much such as:  Basketball,( NBA: National Basket American; the most famous one in the world where the big basketball players belong as an example: Kobe Bryan), Ice Hockey and Baseball Games Major League Baseball (MLB; Consisting of teams; 30 teams that play in American Baseball some of them are:  Chicago Red Socks,  N.Y. Yankees, Atlanta Braves among others,  now in that Professional League are playing some Venezuelans as: Melvin Mora, Magglio Ordonez, Johan Santana, Andres Galarraga and so on; they are very good players.

English Speaking Countries have many kinds of festivities all across the land, for instance some Scotland, Wales and U.S.A.’s Festivities are Independence Day and they are held in all the countries worldwide because it represents a very history important day, Thankgiving Day is held in America as well as in Scotland, but there is something that is a worth for all of these nations, even in Venezuela; Christmas Day; this is the most popular and common festivity in the earth, also on January 1^st is held the first day of the year.  

The birth of Jesus is held in almost everywhere so it means Roman Chatolicism is the most popular religion followed by people in some places  for instance in Venezuela and Scotland,  however in Wales and U.S.A. The Religion that follows people there is Christianity, besides there are other religions and church standing in these countries such as: Prebisterian, Free Church, Episcopal Scottish Church, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Himduism, No Religions and so on. Population is just who keep living its own customs, traditions, beliefs, culture and society so it means for getting a main goal; being showed  from generation to generation.

Society and Culture of the World's ESC ( England and Canada) and Venezuela's Culture

Society and Culture: Venezuela and Some English Speaking Countries of the World: England and Canada

Worldwide and in everywhere Traditions and Customs of the countries in the world are based on three specific features such as: History, Political and Geography, but it is actually important to mention that each country of the world is characterized by its own traditions, customs and culture, besides the way how people lives in a specific area of its  homeland. In this summary, you are going to know some relevant aspects that determine the systems of the society about some natives of the nation: England, Canada and Venezuela for instance their social habits, music, festivities, typical food and drinks among others that identify each one of them as a special, particular or exceptional country as well their way to be and live taking into account its specific culture, it means its way of life daily and ever.

                  

England is a very beautiful nation its capital city is London, on the other hand Ottawa is the Capital city of the Canada country which is a very interesting nation state according to its culture and society; Venezuela’  s capital city is Caracas that is the busiest one of the nation and this city is called metropolitan because there are other states surrounding it, and one of them is Miranda State, this state has industries, business building, malls  the highest level of population  by the way, London is a metropolitan city too. England belongs to the United Kingdom which is an island located in Europe, the language spoken is English as well as Canada, the language and culture spread happened by colonization. Also England is known to be the land of the knights and well educated ladies; some of the most known traditions of England are the famous tea break at five o'clock every day where most of the country stops to have the tea break. The England’s traditional music is call The English Folk which deals with the Morris Dance and Mummers Play and it is usually held in rural places of the English country. Talking about literature in the country, it is written in Old English (anglo-saxon)  William Shakespeare considered as the English National Poet, he  is the most famous Angloxason literature writer of course he is already dead but his works are still read too much for example: “Hamlet”, “Othello”, “Romeo and Juliet” are some of his great histories written in the Victorian era, besides Jane Austen is a very good English writer who also achieves some awards and one of her literary work the great novel:
“Sense and Sensibility”.

On the other hand Caracas is a very crowded city where people are friendly, sociable and funny. The most popular music in Venezuela all across the country is named “Folklore” it deals with a couple dancing or a single person dress up with a specific and typical clothing and also almost of them wear some typical footwear called: “Alpargatas”. The most popular singer of Venezuelan traditional music is Simon Diaz or Known as “el Tio Simon” by the Venezuelan country. The representative music instruments of Venezuela town are: “Cuatro, Maracas, y Arpa”. It is really important to mention that Romulo Gallegos, who is born in 1984, he is the most famous literature writer in Venezuela although he is already dead so some of his works are: “Dona Barbara” and “Canta Claro” who wins a lot of awards because of them in that age.

Canadian poets such as: Canada is a bilingual nation so its literature is divided into French and English language literature so some of the famous poets of Canada are named: Roberson Davies, who wrote Fifth Business; Michael Ondaatje who wins many awards and he is the first winner of the Man Booker Prize for The English Patient; Margaret Atwood wins the Man in 2000 for The Blind Assassin, on the other hand in 2002 Yann Martel wins it for Life of Pi besides Carol Shield’s  The  Stone Dairies win several awards one of them “Governor General Awards”. Theaters in Canada are very big even in Ottawa there are two (2) major theaters of the country. Canada’s music is related with the great multi-cultural influences that has shaped with the colonization aboriginal French and British. A very celebrated typical dancing in Canada is the Step Dance.

Arquitecture of the Countries: Canada, England and Venezuela.

Each country in the world has particular types of building that identify its culture and history in a very specific place of the nations; they always deal with the old settlers who lived there earlier. Canada has a very huge architecture with modern house and building, moreover in Toronto city there are many skyscrapers also the CNT the tallest one in the country as well, England posses a very interesting bridges in the city of London adding the English buildings are fantastic for instance the Royal Castle and The Royal Court of Justice with the famous tower which has a very big clock on it that identifies the city itself, on the other hand Caracas is a very big city of Venezuela which has been characterized by interesting, tall and contemporary buildings, In Caracas there is an important and the biggest theater of the nation that is called “Teresa Carreno Theater”,  the most famous places located in Caracas city  at the university named: UCV ( in Spanish) “Universidad Central de Venezuela” that is, on one hand  “Aula Magna”, on the other hand, the Towers which are called “ Las Torres del Silencio”.

Talking about Music of the country in this case: England, Canada and Venezuela, most of the people around the world like to listen to music so in the countries there are many famous singers who have born in the countries before named for instance: in England there is a very deep remembrance of some famous bands and of course Who can forget them?, Impossible; they are the unforgettable  stars of the 60’s The Beatles and Bee Gees, also Elton John is an English singer and one of the most important one of the world, one of his very beautiful single is: “Good Bye” dedicated to the Great Diane Princess.   Moreover Celine Dion is a Canadian singer and she is really famous because of her single “My Heart will go on” this is a beautiful song interpreted by her and heard a lot for everyone at the movies watching the film called: Titanic. Therefore a really famous singer on the net is Justin Bieber who is a Canadian singer, he becomes a famous star   because of his Record “My World 2.0”, besides there are other important Canadian artist such as: Nelly Furtado, Sting, etc. In Venezuela there are many important and famous singers such as: Chino and Nacho, they are reggaton singers who have won a Grammy’s Awards, the biggest one of the music; “Poeta”: one of their best single alternatively, Simon Diaz is the most important singer of the traditional music of the country called in Spanish: “Musica Llanera” who has won the Great Awards Grammy’s too.

Social Habits: in Canada people still follow etiquette for instance when you visit someone’s house you always remove your footwear in order to keep cleaned the floor besides it is not polite visit someone’s house without calling or making an appointment, Canadian don’t like to wait, they are patient, responsible and when they have a conversation produce feedback is really important; on the contrary it is not good because it seems to be like if the listener is not interested. England is known to be the land of the knights and well educated ladies and the country always stops for taking the named Tea Break at five o’clock every day when people is used to take it as a whole, what is more Venezuela is known because Venezuelan are cheerful, highly sociable, funny and friendly people, also they like to drink and going to the party, listening to music.  Family is the traditional one in the Society of these countries Canada, Venezuela and England first able in Canada is legal the marriages between a man and a woman so children are the most important elements in a civilization, it is totally illegal having children if couples don’t have money to support their family (it is the principal reason of divorces in these countries), these facts happen in Venezuela nation on the contrary, in the English country people is aware to have no more than three children per family while in Venezuelan town is not control at all so it can be a reason for getting divorces in the country; adding that divorce rates in the countries more and more.   In England the Royal Family is very famous the Elizabeth II’s family and it belongs to Monarch; it means the Governor of the some English Speaking Countries.

Typical Food of the countries around the world has very particular features such as: tasty, color, ingredients that identify each place, culture and population’s likes in the world, even they are related overall ingredients: vegetables; with the seasons of the year, also with the economy of the countries, their production and the harvest most popular given in a very specific place depending on climates and geography. Canada is characterized by being a nation with a high diversity of culture due to the millions of immigrants who have arrived there in the last years and ever, on the other hand Venezuela has a wide of variety of culture and traditions yet each city of the country has its own and particular kind of traditions, customs and food for instance in western of the nation people is used to eat coat, following the population of the eastern loves eating fish products: shrimp, crab, mussel, octopus, lamb and so on,  besides to the northern of the country is actually common to have fish, “arepa”(corn flour), of course beers cannot lack because Venezuelan as well as Canadian love drinking beers, it belongs to their culture. England’s typical food are really difficult to identify them because of is belongs to The United Kingdom so it means they are based on almost the same typical food in England, Scotland and Welsh. An English person generally likes eating beef, chicken, pork with potatoes and having sandwich, fish and chips and pies like the Cornish pasty. In the United Kingdom some of the main dishes have strange names such as: Bubble & Square and Toa-in-the-Hole and the most important drink in the afternoon is the Tea, on one hand some Canadian dishes and the most popular are: The Poutine, Fiddleheads, Shellfish “a la Cazuela” and the most popular syrup: “Maple syrup” on the other hand, in Venezuela the most popular dish eaten is named “Pabellon Criollo” which is made with rise, black peas, meat and bananas.

Sports, each country likes practicing many kinds of sports, they are actually borrowed from the native people and thus the early settlers learn how to play them. Canada, England and Venezuela have their own official sports; it means the sports that identify each country and their population as a fan, moreover   the only one that truly unites the country is “Beers” which are drinks or typical drinks that persons are used to eat when they have a good time in a party or even in a  sport game, starting Canada’s official sports are two: Hockey on Ice (the official Canadian sport in the winter) and The Lacrosse ( the official Canadian sport in the summer). England’s official sport is Football (soccer) is the most popular sport in the country on the contrary Venezuela’s official sport is Baseball is the most popular one in the country and Venezuelan enjoys watching this kind of sport they really like it.

Festivities in Venezuela, Canada and England Chritsmat is the most popular festivity of these countries, it is celebrated in canada and england on December 25th on the contrary, in Venezuela  is always held on december 24th, in this holyday people likes opening presents so that this is the biggest shopping day of the year and having dinner with their family and friends sharing foods, gifts is the key of the celebration. In addition each country has its own festivities so check it out some of them: Canada's festivities: Thanksgiving day, Halloween, Carnival in Quebec, Victoria Queen's day, Potluck Dinner, Night lights and some others;  some England's fetivities are: Thanksgining's Day, St. Valentine's Day, April Fools Day, Boxing Day, Easter  ; Venezuela's Festivities: Carnival, Holyweek, Simon Bolivar's day on July 24th  among  some others.

Related to Religions,  the most popular religion is  Roman Catholic in these countries such as : Canada, England and Venezuela but it is actually important taking into account that some immigrants who have arrived there have different kinds of beliefs which have increased them in  some others  places of these nations.