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    traduccion: Tendré que bajar a la mar otra vez‚ por la convocatoria de la marea corriendo es una llamada salvaje y un claro llamamiento a que no se puede negar -John Masefield‚ The Seekers En los últimos años‚ la llamada del mar‚ o al menos la perspectiva de un poco de relajación deckboard-ha hecho el negocio de los cruceros de más rápido crecimiento del mundo industrial.54 viajes por mar‚ por supuesto‚ han tenido un aura de misterio durante siglos‚ pero sólo en las últimas décadas la experiencia

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    Haiti will give you an experience of a different kind‚ trust me‚ you won’t experience anything like it on these Florida beaches. One of the best Haiti beaches is the Labadie beach. Labadie is a strip of land on the secluded Pointe Honore near Cape Haitian. This beach provides umpteen opportunities for swimming‚ snorkeling and nature walks. The Labadie beach is one of the world’s best sandy beaches. When I was taking a stroll around the side of this beach‚ I discovered that it is protected by coral

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    Caribbean; its political unrest 20% poverty rate. Due to the Haitian government’s lack of responsibility‚ their country is deficient in both human and natural resources. Both Haiti and the Dominican Republic have cultures that are rich in diverselanguages. While both count share judaism in you. During the Lenten season‚ Haitians celebrate the festival of Rara; this carnival includes music and dance that are derived from African roots. Haitians use song to celebrate religion (both Christian and Vodou)

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    Republic is two-thirds of the island Hispaniola. The religion of Dominican Republic is mostly Roman Catholic. Because of their Catholicism‚ they have Lent. Lent is the forty days before Easter in which Dominicans celebrate Carnival. During the last few days of Carnival‚ they wear masks and costumes in the streets. Holidays of great importance to the Dominicans besides Catholic ones are Independence Day‚ Restoration Day and some Dominicans celebrate on October 12 or “el día de las razas”.

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    and the Haitians. The people of the Dominican Republic decent wanted to migrate to Haiti‚ however‚ Haitians were not allowing it. The Tainos were the natives of the Dominican Republic who first greeted Columbus. They were known to be un-harmful and to their selves but to others they were a threat. Tainos originated in the tropical forests of South America. In 1937‚ Trujillo’s soldiers used knives‚ picks‚ and shovels to slaughter somewhere between ten thousand to thirty-five thousand Haitian civilians

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    Music in the Caribbean The genre of Caribbean Music encompasses a diverse variety of musical styles and traditions from islands that are located in the Caribbean Sea and it represents something that is simple‚ exotic yet rich and wonderful. The styles range anywhere from traditional folk genres such as the Puerto Rican aguinaldo and Jamaican mento to more contemporary music such as salsa and reggae. They are each syntheses of African‚ European‚ Indian and Indigenious influences‚ largely created

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    The Dominican Republic is a place where many go on vacation to see the country’s culture‚ history‚ and scenery. Many native Spanish speakers know it has La República Dominicana. The national language is Spanish; however‚ English is also spoken. As of 2012‚ the census population was 10.24 million (Nations of the World 532). It took a while for the country to reach this number since it was not inhabited until 1492. This was when Christopher Columbus was sent on a journey to Hispaniola. When he heard

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    developing countries that has sought to increase its growth and end its cycle of poverty. One of the ways in which it has done this has been by cutting down the forests. Most of Haiti’s population live below the poverty line. Nearly 70 percent of all Haitians depend on the agriculture sector‚ which consists mainly of small-scale subsistence farming and employs about two thirds of the economically active work force (1). However‚ extreme soil erosion and deforestation mean that Haiti’s environment is one

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    Family‚ and Capital in Caribbean Texts.” Callaloo 31.4 (2008): 1104-1121. Edmondson‚ Belinda. Trinidad Romance: The Invention of Jamaican Carnival. In Caribbean Romances: The Politics of Regional Representation. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia‚ 1999. Frank‚ Kevin. “Female Agency and Oppression in Caribbean Bacchanalian Culture: Soca‚ Carnival‚ and dancehall.” Women’s Studies Quarterly 35.1 (2007): 172-190. Henry‚ Alice. “Sexism everywhere: Sex role politics in the Caribbean.” Off

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    Caribbean Crucible: History‚ Culture‚ and Globalization Kevin A. Yelvington In the present age of globalization‚ it is often forgotten that these world-encompassing processes were initiated with European expansion into the Caribbean beginning more than five hundred years ago. We now see the proliferation of overseas factories enabling owners‚ producers‚ and consumers of products to be in widely distant locales. It seems to us that in the search for profits‚ commercial activity has recently spread

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