YouTube - LA VEGA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
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LA VEGA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WAS FOUNDED IN 1945 BY BARTOLOMEO COLOMBO AT THE FOOT OF CONCEPCION FORTRESS WHICH WAS BUILT BY CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS IN 1494. LA VEGA WAS MOVED TO THE BANK OF CAMU RIVER AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE IN 1564. LA VEGA IS A PROSPEROUS COMMERCIAL, MANUFACTURING, AND TRANSPORTATION CENTRE IN THE FERTILE LA VEGA REAL REGION, WHICH YIELDS CACAO, COFFEE, TOBACCO, RICE, FRUITS, AND CATTLE. THE RAILROAD RUNNING WESTWARD FROM SANCHEZ, ON SEMANA BAY, ENDS IN LA VEGA, WHICH IS ALSO SITUATED ON THE PAVED HIGHWAY LINKING SANTO DOMINGO, THE NATIONAL CAPITAL WITH MONTE CRISTI.
ANNUALLY IN FEBRUARY LA VEGA HOST "LA CARNAVAL" CELEBRATING DOMINICAN HERITAGE. THE DOMINICAN CARNIVAL IS AN EXPLOSION OF JOY. A SHOW OF CULTRUAL IDENTITY AND SPONTANEITY THAT ENCOURAGES MANY ASPECTS OF DOMINICAN SOCIETY. THIS IS EVIDENT WITH THE INCREASING POPULARITY OF CARNIVAL EACH YEAR IN FEBRUARY.
THE ORIGIN OF CARNIVAL IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IS CLOSELY ENTWINED WITH ITS HOSTORY. ITS MIXED CULTURAL HERITAGE IMPARTS ITS OWN UNIQUE STYLE EVEN AS IT IS CELEBRATED IN THE DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY
THE CREATIVITY OF THE PEOPLE IS MANIFESTED IN THE CHANTS THATS THE CHARACTERS EXCHANGE WITH THE SPECTATORS, IN THE COSTUMES OF ALL PEOPLE AND IN THE THEMES CHOSEN BY THE PROUD CLUSTERS OF PARTICIPANTS IN EVERY PARADE. CARNIVAL HAS BECOME A POPULAR ACTIVITY THAT ENCOURAGES COMPLETE FAMILY FUN FROM VERY YOUNG CHILDREN TO GROWN ADULTS.
IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EACH REGION IS EXPRESSED DIFFERENTLY ADDING ITS OWN FLAVOR TO THE CELEBRATION. HOWEVER MOST TOWNS HAVE A PARADE WITH GROUPS OF PEOPLE DRESSED IN THE SAME COLORS OR WEARING THE SAME COSTUMES, SOME ARE IN FLOATS, OR THEY WEAR MASKS AND REPRESENT VARIOUS ALLEGORICAL CHARACTERS
DON OMAR IS A REGGAETON ARTIST FROM PUERTO RICO WHO WAS NOMINATED FOR A LATIN GRAMMY BEFORE. HE IS FEATURED IN THE LASTEST EDITION OF THE MOVIE SERIES FAST AND THE FURIOUS
OMEGA Y SU MAMBO VIOLENTO IS A MODERN MERENGUE GROUP FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. OMEGA IS THE SINGER WHILE THE REST OF THE GROUP SINGS THE CHORUS. THEY HAVE A LOT OF SUCCESS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THIR POPULARITY HAS BEEN GROWING IN THE UNITED STATES
EMINEM IS AN AMERCIAN RAPPER WHO IS SIGNED TO DR. DRE'S IMPRINT AFTERMATH RECORDS. ALSO KNOWN AS SLIM SHADY IS A VERY TALENTED SONG WRITE/PRODUCER WHO HAS SOLD OVER MILLIONS OF RECORDS. THIS DETROIT, MICHIGAN NATIVE IS REGARDED AS THE TOP SELLING RAPPER IN HIS GENRE
CHARLIE HUSTLE IS A PUERTO RICAN DESCENT RAPPER FROM BROOKLYN, NEW YORK WHO HAS HAD SUCCESS IN MIAMI, FLORIDA. HE IS SIGNED BY AN INDEPENDENT LABEL NAMED SUPAFLI ENTERTAINMENT AND HE WAS FEATURED IN THE BIG PUN DOCUMENTARY "STILL NOT A PLAYER" HIS HIT SONGS CONSIST OF "YEA YEA YEA" FEAT. BUSTA RHYMES, "GET IT" FEAT. ROCK ROSS, "BREAK ME OFF" AND "CASH MONEY"
SONGS USED IN THE FILM WERE
DON OMAR - PROSIGO
OMEGA Y SU MAMBO VIOLENTO - CHAMBONEA MI MAMBO
EMINEM - CRACK A BOTTLE FEAT. 50 CENT AND DR. DRE
CHARLIE HUSTLE - GO HARD FEAT. REBEL
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LA VEGA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WAS FOUNDED IN 1945 BY BARTOLOMEO COLOMBO AT THE FOOT OF CONCEPCION FORTRESS WHICH WAS BUILT BY CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS IN 1494. LA VEGA WAS MOVED TO THE BANK OF CAMU RIVER AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE IN 1564. LA VEGA IS A PROSPEROUS COMMERCIAL, MANUFACTURING, AND TRANSPORTATION CENTRE IN THE FERTILE LA VEGA REAL REGION, WHICH YIELDS CACAO, COFFEE, TOBACCO, RICE, FRUITS, AND CATTLE. THE RAILROAD RUNNING WESTWARD FROM SANCHEZ, ON SEMANA BAY, ENDS IN LA VEGA, WHICH IS ALSO SITUATED ON THE PAVED HIGHWAY LINKING SANTO DOMINGO, THE NATIONAL CAPITAL WITH MONTE CRISTI.
ANNUALLY IN FEBRUARY LA VEGA HOST "LA CARNAVAL" CELEBRATING DOMINICAN HERITAGE. THE DOMINICAN CARNIVAL IS AN EXPLOSION OF JOY. A SHOW OF CULTRUAL IDENTITY AND SPONTANEITY THAT ENCOURAGES MANY ASPECTS OF DOMINICAN SOCIETY. THIS IS EVIDENT WITH THE INCREASING POPULARITY OF CARNIVAL EACH YEAR IN FEBRUARY.
THE ORIGIN OF CARNIVAL IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IS CLOSELY ENTWINED WITH ITS HOSTORY. ITS MIXED CULTURAL HERITAGE IMPARTS ITS OWN UNIQUE STYLE EVEN AS IT IS CELEBRATED IN THE DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY
THE CREATIVITY OF THE PEOPLE IS MANIFESTED IN THE CHANTS THATS THE CHARACTERS EXCHANGE WITH THE SPECTATORS, IN THE COSTUMES OF ALL PEOPLE AND IN THE THEMES CHOSEN BY THE PROUD CLUSTERS OF PARTICIPANTS IN EVERY PARADE. CARNIVAL HAS BECOME A POPULAR ACTIVITY THAT ENCOURAGES COMPLETE FAMILY FUN FROM VERY YOUNG CHILDREN TO GROWN ADULTS.
IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EACH REGION IS EXPRESSED DIFFERENTLY ADDING ITS OWN FLAVOR TO THE CELEBRATION. HOWEVER MOST TOWNS HAVE A PARADE WITH GROUPS OF PEOPLE DRESSED IN THE SAME COLORS OR WEARING THE SAME COSTUMES, SOME ARE IN FLOATS, OR THEY WEAR MASKS AND REPRESENT VARIOUS ALLEGORICAL CHARACTERS
DON OMAR IS A REGGAETON ARTIST FROM PUERTO RICO WHO WAS NOMINATED FOR A LATIN GRAMMY BEFORE. HE IS FEATURED IN THE LASTEST EDITION OF THE MOVIE SERIES FAST AND THE FURIOUS
OMEGA Y SU MAMBO VIOLENTO IS A MODERN MERENGUE GROUP FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. OMEGA IS THE SINGER WHILE THE REST OF THE GROUP SINGS THE CHORUS. THEY HAVE A LOT OF SUCCESS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THIR POPULARITY HAS BEEN GROWING IN THE UNITED STATES
EMINEM IS AN AMERCIAN RAPPER WHO IS SIGNED TO DR. DRE'S IMPRINT AFTERMATH RECORDS. ALSO KNOWN AS SLIM SHADY IS A VERY TALENTED SONG WRITE/PRODUCER WHO HAS SOLD OVER MILLIONS OF RECORDS. THIS DETROIT, MICHIGAN NATIVE IS REGARDED AS THE TOP SELLING RAPPER IN HIS GENRE
CHARLIE HUSTLE IS A PUERTO RICAN DESCENT RAPPER FROM BROOKLYN, NEW YORK WHO HAS HAD SUCCESS IN MIAMI, FLORIDA. HE IS SIGNED BY AN INDEPENDENT LABEL NAMED SUPAFLI ENTERTAINMENT AND HE WAS FEATURED IN THE BIG PUN DOCUMENTARY "STILL NOT A PLAYER" HIS HIT SONGS CONSIST OF "YEA YEA YEA" FEAT. BUSTA RHYMES, "GET IT" FEAT. ROCK ROSS, "BREAK ME OFF" AND "CASH MONEY"
SONGS USED IN THE FILM WERE
DON OMAR - PROSIGO
OMEGA Y SU MAMBO VIOLENTO - CHAMBONEA MI MAMBO
EMINEM - CRACK A BOTTLE FEAT. 50 CENT AND DR. DRE
CHARLIE HUSTLE - GO HARD FEAT. REBEL