Chile Religion

There have been significant rises in violence and discrimination against religious groups by governments. Social hostility such as attacks, pressure, wars and terrorism was strong in one-third of the countries and territories surveyed in 2012, especially in the Middle East and North Africa. “ Religious-related terrorism and sectarian violence occurred in     one-fifth of the 198 countries in that year, while states imposed legal limits on worship, preaching or religious wear in almost 30 percent of them. ” Said Pew. But according to a new report by the Pew Research Centre the americas is the only continent where religious hostilities did not increase. " Religious hostilities increased in every major region of the world except the Americas " .

Americans and Hispanics have different family traditions that dictate how each holiday is celebrated. On Christmas, which begins December 25th, Americans have a tradition to decorate a pine tree and stocking resting over a fireplace. A large meal is prepared and cookies are left by the fireplace with a glass of milk for santa claus. Families get together and open presents. In hispanic culture christmas is celebrated on December 24th (nochebuena) and is highly religiously with the three kings replacing santa clause. A meal and the decorations are still common among the two groups, however the celebration of cooking a meal with the family ensues one day prior to American Culture. Another difference is that children are raised to leave a box of hay for the camels to feed on while the three kings stop at each home. New Year's in American Culture is celebrates with a sip of an alcoholic beverage such as champagne or sparkling non-alcoholic drinks. Hispanics celebrate the night with an alcoholic drink named coquito. Coquito is made on Christmas and New years. Everyone in the family takes a sip of coquito when the ball dropped on New year's

Mexico and Latin America celebrate “El Día de la Raza.” They celebrate this day in remembrance of Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the Americas. This day and month celebrates many nationalities of people having a common beginning, tradition, or language in the history of Mexico, Central America, and South America. Besides this throughout the month hispanics and latinos celebrate Hispanic Heritage through festivities, music, dancing, and food their Independence of their countries. Unlike us, we Americans celebrate our Independence day a little differently, like having cook outs, fire works, socializing, meeting up with friends and family, listening to music,and having fun. But overall it's the same idea like music, socializing, and eating

It is primarily made up of children dressed in silver and gold robes carrying lit candles and pictures of Mary and Joseph riding a donkey. Sometimes they may become quite elaborate with live donkeys, parishioners dressed like Mary and Joseph, and a small group carrying a manger scene. Adults and musicians follow the procession, which visits selected homes. The homes have been chosen before the Posada, and the group goes up to the house and asks for lodging for Joseph and Mary. Traditionally, the families do not let the procession come in, but the hosts often provide refreshments. At each stop, passages of scripture are read and Christmas carols are sung. When they are finally allowed into a house, the La Posada dinner, provided by the host family of the night, includes Hispanic dishes as tamales, menudo and posoli. As the night draws to an end, small bags filled with treats and candies called aguinaldos are distributed as parting gifts to the

The central focus and purpose of teaching this learning segment is to educate students about other holidays and cultures, but specifically focusing on Christmas in Italy. While this unit is essentially literacy based, it is also linked to Social Studies when students use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of themes, traditions, and stories in different countries. This unit supports diversity within the classroom and it will expose students to the different ways of celebrating holidays among various cultures. The essential literacy strategy used throughout this unit is to analyze, explain, and describe the similarities and differences between Christmas in Italy and Christmas in their own home in the United States. The students are required to examine the way Christmas is celebrated in Italy in a variety of different ways, through both teacher directed guidance and student centered learning.]

Like Thanksgiving, Christmas also has their main dish and it’s a huge oven cooked ham that is complimented by very many side dishes but never the less followed up by the famous Christmas time eggnog. Both wonderful holidays put up magnificent feasts for family and loved ones to gather around and enjoy.

To begin with holidays and celebrations play a big role in the Hispanic culture and for me as well. For example the Hispanic community has special types of food and drink to go along with a holiday. For instance during Christmas there is a traditional drink called ponche navideño which is a Christmas punch made

Throughout this semester we have focus on a variety of topics that relate to the Latino community. I found all the topics very interesting but, the one that got my attention the most is religion and sexual orientation within the Latino community. I found really interesting how religion shapes gay men or women in the Latino community. For my final paper for this class, I want to take a different approach, I want to talk about how religion and cultural beliefs affect the life of gay Latino men. In the book “The Rain God” by Arturo Islas, on his book he talks about how it was hard for Miguel Chico to come out the closet to his family because of these catholic church beliefs they have. In the other side there’s the film “La Mission” directed by Peter Bratt who did a great job on showing

Hispanics are transforming the nation’s religious landscape, not only because of their increasing numbers but also because they are practicing a distinctive form of Christianity. Religious expressions associated with the Pentecostal and Charismatic movements are a key attribute of worship for Hispanics in many of the major religious traditions — far more so than among non-Latinos. Moreover, the growth of the Hispanic population is leading to the emergence of Latino-oriented churches across the country . Although the vast majority of religious Hispanics identify as Catholic (Pew, 2007), a significant minority practice various Pentecostal faiths. Many of those are recent converts. The desire for a more direct, personal experience with God emerges as by far the most potent motive for these conversions.

Religion played a big role in shaping the values, attitudes, and conduct of the Spanish during the Age of Discovery and Conquest (1492-1579). The colonial church provided control and a standard of conduct and living for the new world. In fact, the colonial church had even more power in Spanish America then it did in Spain. Why this is important though, is because it limited the possibility of rebellion and opposition. As long as the church was in place, there was Spanish order, and as long as there was Spanish order, the colonization process could continue to run smoothly and prosper.

Many non-Hispanic people tend to think that all Hispanics are Mexican. Mexicans make up almost two thirds of the Hispanic population in the United States, but that does not mean that there is any shortage in diversity among Hispanics. Being Hispanic makes it easy for me to identify the differences in Latin America culture. Hispanics are one of the most racially diverse ethnic groups in the world. Hispanics are light skinned, black with afro textured hair, Indigenous, Asian, Spanish, German, and Italian.

Some the holidays of the mexican culture include, new years eve, new years day, constitution day, good friday,easter, labor day, cinco de mayo, mothers day, fathers day, independence day, day of the races, day of the day, and christmas day.

Puerto Rican homes are decorated with greenery, often with Christmas decorations similar to those in the USA like Christmas Trees. Nativity Scenes are also popular. Christmas Eve is known as "Nochebuena". This is when the main celebrations and Christmas meal take place. "Misa de Aguinaldos" are Catholic Masses which are held from December 15th to the 24th. The services are nearly all singing and playing Puerto Rican musical instruments such as the cuatro (a

An important part for celebrating is the Nativity Crib Scene. Using Nativity Crib Scene was a big help to tell the Christmas story. This is very popular and was used by St. Francis of Assisi in 1223. A lot of Italian families have a Nativity crib in their homes. In the city of Naples which is in Italy, is very famous for making cribs. These people are known as “Presepe Napoletano”. The first crib scene in Naples was thought to go back to 1025 and was in the Church of St. Maria Del Presepe, this was even before St. Francis of Assisi had made cribs very popular! Having cribs in your own home has been popular since the 16th century and it's still popular today. Cribs are traditionally put out on the December 8th. But the baby Jesus isn't put into

One depiction of Mexican holidays shaping the city of Los Angeles into a Latino city can be seen in the Mexican holiday El Dia del Los Muertos. For instance, Mexicans believe in the concept of death not being the end of a person’s life as Paz