Culture : Dominican Republic

This pathfinder contains information on performing and visual arts, film, music, museums, theater, and folklore in Domincan Republic. The most important source for bibliography of books and articles concerning the Dominican Republic is the annual Handbook of Latin American Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/) produced by over 130 contributing editors under the editorship of the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. Additional coverage of journal articles can be found through a subscription to the Hispanic American Periodical Index (http://hapi.gseis.ucla.edu/).   Both the Handbook and HAPI are available in selected libraries in book form.   One of the major aggregators for links to a wide variety of subjects relating to regional resources for Latin America is the University of Texas' LANIC (http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/ca/dr/). Another site one should especially note is the site prepared by the Law Library of the Library of Congress for international and multinational information on their Guide to Law Online (http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/dominican.html).

ANTES DEL DESCUBRIMIENTO: LA CULTURA TAINA  (http://www.dominicana.com.do/cultura/epocaprecolombina.html)
Interesting page on the Taina culture also provides many useful and helpful links to provide a full explanation of the people, history, culture, etc. In Spanish.

Castilian Poems Spanish  (http://www.poesia-castellana.com/dominicana/index.html)
Mis poemas favoritos de los poetas dominicanos . Boletin semanal de poesia. Correo gratis poesia.zzn.com.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC NEWS AND TRAVEL INFORMATION SERVICE  (http://dr1.com/index.html)
The Dominican Republic's most up to date source for news and travel information.

HOW TO MAKE A DOMINICAN SANCOCHO  (http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~jtorres/domrep/sancocho.html)
This page give you the recipe of one of the tipical dish called "sancocho" in the Dominican Republic. In Spanish.

JUAN LUIS GUERRA Y 440: LETRAS  (http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/%7Eurena/jlg/index.html)
This Web site includes the words of the songs of various albums by Juan Luis Guerra y 440. Includes links to a glossary of provincialisms used Dominican Republic as well as an index to the titles of the songs. In Spanish.

LOS POETAS  (http://freeweb.pdq.net/heron5/)
This is a webpage for more than 200 hispanic poets, listed by country, from: Spain, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Peru, Chile, Nicaragua, Cuba, Uruguay, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and Paraguay. The site provides you with complete biographies and some of their poems. In Spanish.

PAGINA TAMBORA Y GUIRA  (http://www.mindspring.com/%7Eadiascar/musica/)
The subject of this page is: Music and Artists from the Dominican Republic. It contains pictures and sound samples, as well as the DR's top songs list updated weekly.

PICADILLO: THE STARTING POINT FOR SALSA SURFERS = PICADILLO: EL PUNTO DE PARTIDA A LA RED SALSERA   (http://www.picadillo.com/picadillo/index0.shtml)
Latin Music for all, Cuban music, salsa, songo, timba, guaguanco, Picadillo is the web's largest Latin music site with lots of complete songs in RealAudio and an extensive Press archive in English and Spanish.