Latin American Folklore

Latin American culture is the formal or informal expression of the people of Latin America and includes both high culture (literature and high art) and popular culture (music, folk art, and dance) as well as religion and other customary practices.

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Retellings of American folktales, tall tales, myths and legends, Native American myths, weather folklore, ghost stories, and more from each of the 50 United States of America.

Native Languages of the Americas: Carib Indian Legends, Myths, and Stories This is our collection of links to Carib folktales and traditional stories that can be read online.

N. The Name of the Helper.Folktales of type 500, in which a mysterious and threatening helper is defeated when the hero or heroine discovers his name.

Read scary ghost stories and supernatural folklore from the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Latin American Canadians are Canadian citizens of Latin American descent or persons of Latin American descent residing in Canada. Latin American is the term used by Statistics Canada.

Latin American music: Latin American music, musical traditions of Mexico, Central America, and the portions of South America and the Caribbean colonized by the Spanish and the Portuguese.

Note that Deaf American culture fulfills only some, not all, of the criteria for a full-fledged culture—and the criteria that it does fulfill, primarily a distinct language and colleges—are based on communication, not a distinctive religion, world view, or ethnic identity.

Latin America Establishment of Latin American States Author: Allen Pikermen Date: 2002 The new nations of Latin America faced a complex of dilemmas that