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Belize Universidade Federal do Pará
Letras _ inglês 2010Cultura Anglófona
Professora Msc. Karina Gaya
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Where is it?• Location: on the north eastern coast of central
America.• Capital City: Belmopan • Area: 22,965 sq km (8,867 square miles)• Cost :386 km • Bordered: to the north by Mexico, to the south
and west by Guatemala and to the east by the Caribbean Sea.
• Population: over 200.000 habitants
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Belize’s Flag
•The Blue is the dominant party color for the People's United Party (PUP). •The Red is the dominant party color for the United Democratic Party (UDP).
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Belize origins • At frist Belize was the Maia’s
civilization home.
• 1502 _Arrival of europeans.• 1798_British colonization
consolidates.• 1981_Independence
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Apocalyptico (movie)
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Social organization• Partyes : PUP\UDP• Currency: Belizean Dollar (BZ$). BZ$2
equates to US$1.
• You will need a previous process to
travel to Belize contacting the City Mailing.
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People and religion
• Mestizos(Maya/Spanish) and Latinos 49-50%
• Creole(Afro-Caribbean) 21% • Maya 10%, • European, Indian and
Chinese 9%• Other 5%
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Benedict Border
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• Religion(s): Predominantly Christian; the Roman Catholic Church is the largest denomination comprising around half the population, but there are also many Protestant and Evangelical churches. Small groups practice Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and Bahai.
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• Language(s): Officially English; however, around half the population claim Spanish as a first language and Creole is also widely spoken. There are a number of indigenous languages, such as Garifuna, Mopan and Ketchi Mayan.
First Prime Minister, George price
National symbols
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Music and Dance
Importantcelebrations
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Music • The music at Belize is rich of rithyms
with the percursion instruments.• A mix of Caribbean styles. • The music played everywhere is
local reggae,hip hop and jazz.
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Local dance • John Canoe
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FoodHmm... They have great variety and a
combination that we probably know:
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Curiosities:• Belize has the second biggest coral
area of the world .• The queen Elizabeth II went there
just once.• 40 % of the belize’s forest are natural
reservs. And has a large variety of animals.
• there were many pirates in belize.
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Do\Don’t at belize (short guideline)
• DO_You should practice scooba diving • DO_you need to know the past
civilization’s ruins.• DON’T go to Belize to hunt, some birds
are really important according to their culture.
• DON’T make jokes with people from other countrys ,the population is composed by people from all over.
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