About the Dominican Republic

ccarabella

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Just something I read on another website:
"Somos afortunados, a pesar de todo!
La nacion dominicana esta triste. Pareciera que por los 41 dominicanos
muertos en el atentado del 11 de septiembre, la caida del vuelo 587 de
American Airlines, la constante crisis economica, el desastre energetico,
repugnante clase politica y una aparentemente interminable lista de males,
el apocalipsis quisqueyano esta cerca.
No hay que abundar en la perenne queja, la decepcion y la fustracion
que
muchas veces nos abate. La falta de esperanza, un futuro incierto, oscuro
y
a veces aterrador hacen que echemos a menos la tierra que nos vio nacer.
Uno de nuestros grandes defectos es denotar lo nuestro y echar loas a
lo
foraneo. Caemos en el craso error de compararnos con otros paises. Cada
pais es diferente. Por muchisimas razones el punto de referencia es
Estados
Unidos. Me pregunto yo si acaso hay algun pais que pueda compararse con
Estados Unidos. Los que territorialmente pueden hacerlo, no lo pueden
desde
el punto de vista del desarrollo. Obvio. Nosotros tampoco.
Siempre me he referido a la Republica Dominicana como "mi pequeno gran
pais". Ya dijo el gobernante aquel, que este era "un pais rico, pobremente
administrado". Ironicamente, tenia razon quien lo dijo
No tenemos las langostas de Maine, pero tenemos los camarones de
Sanchez;
no tenemos el trigo de Kansas, pero tenemos los arrozales de la San
Francisco de Macoris; no tenemos las papas de Idaho, pero tenemos la yuca
de Moca y los platanos de Barahona; no tenemos la cocina exotica europea,
pero tenemos nuestro sazon del medio del Caribe; no tenemos los Kiwis de
Nueva Zelandia, pero tenemos guayabas por todas partes.
Somos los de los mangos y del dulce de leche de Bani, las tortas de
Pimentel, los chicharrones de Villa Mella, los pasteles en hoja de San
Cristobal, el mabi del Seibo, los hojaldres y rosquetes del Santo Cerro.
Aqui no cae nieve, pero tampoco la necesitamos.
Dios nos ha bendecido con un sol precioso, un cielo como ningun otro y
unos paisajes que no los apreciamos hasta que dejamos de verlos.
No tenemos los vinos de Francia, porque naturalmente no somos
franceses, y
este clima no es para ese tipo de cultivo. Y si asi fuera, Jose Marti, el
apostol de la independencia cubana llego a decir que "nuestro vino es
agrio,
pero es nuestro vino". Tenemos ron. Todos quieren tomar cerveza
Presidente.
Cigarros dominicanos. Bailar merengue. Contratar peloteros dominicanos.
Hay quienes han dado mas jonrones que Sammy Sosa, pero ninguno tiene el
carisma del criollo. Los besitos de Sammy son para su mama, Do?a Mireya,
quien de seguro estara viendo el partido.
?Hay alguien que publicamente, artista, deportista o de cualquier otro
quehacer que haya expresado tal amor, mas aun, que fue limpiabotas cuando
ni?o?
?Acaso no pudieran las pupilas asombrarse al ver un amanecer en la
bahia
de Samana y la hermosisima vista de esta misma bahia cuando se va para Las
Terrenas? Los campos del Cibao con la agricultura variada, las palmeras,
la
prodiga tierra, las casitas multicolores, la generosidad de los
campesinos.
Las dunas de Salinas en Bani, la costa de Barahona y Pedernales, las
interminables playas del este llenas de cocoteros. Hay acaso vista mas
bonita que la carretera desde Santo Domingo precisamente al aeropuerto,
junto al Mar Caribe, con las diferentes tonalidades del agua y el efecto
contrastante de los corales? Del mismo modo, la carretera de la costa
norte,
colindante con el oceano Atlantico, partiendo desde Puerto Plata, pasando
por Sosua, Cabarete, Gaspar Hernandez, Cabrera hasta llegar a Nagua.

Los rios de Jarabacoa y Constanza. El lago Enriquillo con flamencos y
cocodrilos. Los canaverales de San Pedro y La Romana.
Somos un pueblo alegre, de piropos, de bromas, de compartir en el
colmado,
de hacer sancocho cuando llueve, de jugar domino, de jugar pelota en la
calle, de salir a banarse bajo la lluvia, de volar chichiguas en cuaresma,
del cafe de la vecina, de serenatas, de "asaltos" de cumpleanos, de
habichuelas con dulce, de discusiones por fritos verdes y concon, de
cocinados y "serruchos", de angelitos en navidad, de bailar en la calle,
hablar alto.
Somos el pais de Eduardo Brito, Oscar de la Renta, Juan Luis Guerra,
Casandra Damiron, Luis Alberti, Julio Alberto Hernandez, Angela Carrasco,
Rafael Solano, Fernando Villalona, Wilfrido Vargas, Johnny Ventura,
Maridalia Hernandez. La tierra de Juan Marichal, Sammy Sosa, Pedro
Martinez, Albert Pujols, Alfonso Soriano, Julian Javier, Osvaldo Virgil,
Tony Pena, Manuel Mota, Felipe Rojas Alou, Felix Sanchez.
> Tambien el de Juan Bosch, Joaquin Balaguer, Pedro Mir, Pedro Henriquez
Urena, Salome Ure?a, Cesar Nicolas Penson,Juan Pablo Duarte,Pe?a Gomez.
Quisqueya, la tierra de mis amores. Somos el pais de mucha gente que no
ha
sido famosa pero que ha demostrado capacidad, nobleza de alma, espiritu de
trabajo. Muchos que no han ganado medallas, titulos o salir en periodicos
o
revistas pero que han dado lo mejor que tienen. Gente que simplemente ha
hecho la voluntad de Dios en muchisimas ocasiones y momentos cruciales.
Gente que se ha repartido por el mundo y que como yo, se sienten
orgullosos de ser dominicanos. Gente que ha extraido petroleo en
Alaska,
que ha hecho puentes y edificios, dirigido orquestas en Europa, excelentes
academicos, medicos en el Massachussetts General Hospital, Cleveland
Clinic,
Puerta de Hierro.
Gente que como Gaston Fernando Deligne han llegado a decir:
Que linda en el tope estas/dominicana bandera./Quien te viera, quien te
viera,/mas arriba, mucho mas.
El barco ha sido tocado, pero no hundido. Adelante.
Tampoco busquemos ni pretendamos ser lo que no somos.
Nosotros somos dominicanos!!! ".
 

Hillbilly

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Jan 1, 2002
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What a fantastic read! Thank you so much.

Oh, and by the way? We do have papas from Constanza, kiwis are grown here, and we have lots of macadamia nuts...

No hay pa?s en el mundo como Quisqueya"

HB
 

linamia

"an unexamined life is not worth living"
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I have to agree with HB great read.

Sometimes we have to stop and take inventory of who we are, this brought me back home. Let appreciate the good while trying to change the bad.
 

mondongo

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ccara bella

thanks for reminding me why i love my country. there is nothing better than spooning tasty beans on top of crunchy concon..or standing outside during a storm...and being bathed by the rain and wind
 

doug

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Too Bad

How I hate to miss a good "read" and if HB says it's a good "read" it more than likely is! If someone could take the time....................????? It would be appreciated!!!!
 

tiger

Endangered Species!
Jan 26, 2002
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Ccarabella...where have you been?

The root, of what i was saying all along, comes from exactly what you have written, weather some of my foes, may of course, not agree (neither do I care!) with me...excelente! que viva Quisqueya! se que El Tigre estas adentro en ti! Ccarabella

The Quisqueyanismo! Tiger.
 

tiger

Endangered Species!
Jan 26, 2002
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Oh! hillbilly

..You see, exactly that! QUISQUEYA! Like I always said it.


The Tiger
 

tiger

Endangered Species!
Jan 26, 2002
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Jefe.........

...........I never ask a single question.....Yes! thank you again Ccarabella....I said "QUISQUEYA" from the get-go.


Tiger still rules, you see my foes never understood my post. I have already designed the new FLAG!!..the Tiger is no joke.
 

jjsk

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Jan 1, 2002
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according to babelfish (which probably just makes it more confusing!)

We are lucky, in spite of everything! The Dominican nation this sad one. It seemed that by the 41 Dominican ones died in the attack of the 11 of September, caida of flight 587 of American Airlines, the constant economica crisis, the energetico disaster, repugnant politica class and apparently an interminable list of the evils, the quisqueyano apocalypse this close. It is not necessary to abound in the perennial complaint, the deception and fustracion that often us Father. The lack of hope, an uncertain, dark and sometimes frightful future causes that we throw to less Earth than saw us be born. One of our great defects is to denote ours and to throw loas to the foraneo. We fall in craso error to compare with others paises to us. Each pais is different. By muchisimas reasons the datum point is the United States. I ask in case pais is algun that can be compared with the United States. Those that territorially can do it, not can it from the point of view of the development. Obvious. We either. I have always talked about to the Dominican Republica like " my great pequeno pais ". It already said to the governor that, that this era " pais rich, poorly administered ". Ironicamente, tapeworm reason that said it we do not have the lobsters of Maine, but we have the shrimps of Sanchez; we do not have the wheat of Kansas, but we have the rice fields of San Francisco de Macoris; we do not have the Popes of Idaho, but we have yuca of Moca and the platanos of Barahona; we do not have the European exotica kitchen, but we have our season of means of the Caribbean; we do not have the Kiwis de Nueva.zelanda, but we have guayabas throughout. We are those of handles and milk the candy of Bani, the cakes of Pimentel, chicharrones of Villa Notch, the pies in leaf of San Cristobal, mabi of the Seibo, hojaldres and rosquetes of Santo Cerro. Aqui does not fall snow, but we did not need it either. God has blessed to us with a precious sun, a sky like ningun another one and landscapes that we did not appreciate them until we let see them. We do not have wines of France, because naturally we are not French, and this climate is not for that type of culture. And if asi outside, Jose Marti, apostol of Cuban independence I get to say that " our wine is bitter, but is our wine ". We have ron. All want to take beer President. Dominican cigarettes. To dance merengue. To contract Dominican peloteros. There are some who have given but home runs that Sammy Sosa, but no has the charisma of the Creole. The little kisses of Sammy are for their breast, Do6na Mireya, who of insurance estara seeing the party. There is somebody publicamente, artist, sportsman or of any other task that has expressed such love, but even, that was limpiabotas when young? Perhaps could not the pupils be astonished when seeing a dawn in bahia of Samana and hermosisima Vista of this same bahia when it goes away for the Earth ones? The fields of the Cibao with varied agriculture, the palms, lavish earth, the small houses multicolors, the generosity of the farmers. The dunes of Salt mines in Bani, the coast of Barahona and Pedernales, the interminable beaches of the full east of coconut palms. There is perhaps pretty Vista but that the highway from Santo Domingo indeed to the airport, next to the Caribbean Sea, with the different tonalities from the water and the contrastante effect of the chorales? In the same way, the highway of the North, adjacent coast with the oceano Atlantico, starting off from Port Silver, happening through Sosua, Cabarete, Gaspar Hernandez, Goatherd to arriving at Nagua. The rios of Jarabacoa and Constanza.
The Enriquillo lake with flamenco and crocodiles. The canaverales of San Pedro and the Roman. We are a glad town, of piropos, of jokes, to share in the overwhelmed one, to make sancocho when it rains, play I dominate, to play ball in the street, to leave to banar itself under rain, to fly chichiguas in cuaresma, of cafe of the neighbor, serenades, " assaults " of cumpleanos, kidney beans with candy, discussions by fried green and concon, of cooked and " hand saws ", angelitos in Christmas, to dance in the street, to speak high. We are pais of Eduardo Brito, Oscar of the Rent, Juan Luis War, Casandra Damiron, Luis Alberti, Julio Alberto Hernandez, Angela Carrasco, Rafael Solano, Fernando Villalona, Wilfrido Vargas, Johnny Ventura, Maridalia Hernandez. The Earth de Juan Marichal, Sammy Sosa, Pedro Martinez, Albert Pujols, Alfonso Soriano, Julian Javier, Osvaldo Virgil, Tony Pena, Manuel Mota, Felipe Rojas Alou, Felix Sanchez. > Also the one of Juan Bosch, Joaquin Balaguer, Pedro Mir, Pedro Henriquez Urena, Salome Ure6na, Cesar Nicolas Penson, Juan Pablo Duarte, Rock Gomez. Quisqueya, the Earth of my loves. We are pais of much people who have not been famous but that she has demonstrated capacity, core nobility, espiritu of work. Many that has not gained medals, titulos or to leave in periodic or magazines but which they have given the best thing than have. People who simply have made the will of God in muchisimas crucial occasions and moments. People who have distributed itself by the world and who like I, feel proud of being Dominican. People who have extraido I refuel in Alaska, that has made bridges and buildings, directed orchestras in Europe, excellent academicos, medicos in the General Massachussetts Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, Iron Door. People who as Gaston Fernando Deligne has gotten to say: That she is contiguous in the estas/dominicana top bandera./Quien saw you, that saw you, /mas above, much but. The boat has been touched, but not sunk. It advanced. We do not look for either nor we try to be what we are not. We are Dominican!
 

lilsam

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hb-i agree also

That wa my thoughts exactly QUISQUEYA La Republica i9s where my heart always is no matter where i am. wonderful seintemnts.