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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).
Salvadorans (Spanish: Salvadoreños), also known as Salvadorians, are citizens of El Salvador, a country in Central America.Most Salvadorans live in El Salvador, although there is also a significant Salvadoran diaspora, particularly in the United States, with smaller communities in other countries around the world.
Salvadoran oral tradition includes all of the legends and stories of pre-Hispanic, colonial or republican origin that have been transmitted from generation to generation in the Salvadoran populations. These can be classified based on the character or location of the story (with some examples): [1] [2]
The Spanish conquest of El Salvador was the campaign undertaken by the Spanish conquistadores against the Late Postclassic Mesoamerican polities in the territory that is now incorporated into the modern Central American country of El Salvador. El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America, and is dominated by two mountain ranges ...
According to the original Lenca polytheistic religion, the creation of man is thanks to a deity known as "Maraguana", she brought the dust of the stars to earth, and when she arrived there she collected the dry grains of corn and cocoa beans, and in a grinding stone and a clay pot, he molded a creature different from the others on earth created by the gods, this endowed it with consciousness ...
From a bestselling migration memoir to an acclaimed novel of suburbia, political poetry and essays and on and on, Salvadoran writers are having a big moment. How the Salvadoran diaspora became a ...
Suspected extension of the historical Lenca people. Since pre-European times the Lencas occupied various areas of what is now known as Honduras and El Salvador.The Salvadoran archaeological site of Quelepa (which was inhabited from the pre-classic period to the beginning of the early post-classic period) is considered a site that was inhabited and ruled by the Lencas.
On Aug. 6 and 7, Salvadoran Americans will gather to confirm their collective identity through cultural and religious events in several U.S. cities.