Culture Shock of Nicaragua

Speaking | Education and Work | Dressing | Customs | Behavior and manners | Gastronomy | We are Foulmouthed | Nicaragua´s educational system is poor, is of low quality. For example in elementary and high school´s classroom have a lot of student, which doesn’t allow you to have a quality learning | It doesn’t matter our economic situation, Nicaraguans always wear new clothes in special dates, for examples Christmas or December( in general), our birthdays, family members´ birthdays or special dates (our father, or mom birthday, our son or daughter birthdays or graduating) or in the holly week, in any special occasion we wear new clothes. | We have our own ¨Halloween¨: Los agüizotes | We are easygoing, kinds, friendly, warm people, who really care about other people. We are very welcoming people (hospitalarios). | We have our own junk food, baho, nacatamal, gallopinto, vigoron, etc. | We are very talkative | We have a lots of holidays | | La gritería | We are big jokers, sometimes foreigners don’t understand our jokes and take it by the bad side. | | Fast Speaking | Nicaraguan people used to work in everything | | tales and legends | We are very sarcastic, exaggerated and sometimes even liars. For example when you are arriving delayed and someone call you, Nicaraguans used to say they are near, almost arriving the place and most of the time they are not even ready to go out. | | We don’t pronounce the /s/ at the end of the words. /s/ at the end of a syllable or before a consonant is pronounced like [h]. | | | El güegüense: El Güegüense is a satirical drama and was the first literary work of pre-Columbian Nicaragua. El Güegüense represents folklore of Nicaragua. | One thing that gives people a bit of culture shock while in Nicaragua, is the way Nicas call people by their physical characteristics including skin color and body shape. If someone is trying to get your attention, he or she is likely to do so by calling you something that refers to your