El Batey_Sosua

I try to learn a new Spanish word or term every day, and here's one all can relate to:

Definition for batey:
A batey (plural is bateyes) is a company town where sugar workers live. They can be found in Cuba and the Dominican Republic..

Alas, the bateyes have gone the way of the steel towns in the US....a distant memory.......

Everyone knows the two districts of Sosua: El Batey & Charamicos........

Here's the definition for Charamico(s):

Most Dominican families will try to have some traditional Christmas decorations. A very popular Dominican Republic Christmas decoration, especially among the not so wealthy families, would be a 'Charamico' (Charamico in the Dominican argot literally means a dry branch of tree), which is painted in a white color and decorated with lights, ribbons, glass balls, etc.

It is basically a Dominican recreation of a snowy tree in winter! (naturally, no such things has ever been seen in reality by many Dominicans*!!) This version of a Christmas tree is especially popular because for one it is very 'economical' (everyone can afford a dry branch of a tree :-D!) Of course, you will also find 'green' Christmas trees, but they are mainly the artificial ones.