Spanish Culture Interview

Who Am I? While learning the Spanish culture, to get a more in depth understanding, I took the liberty of interviewing my Spanish speaking peers via Facebook group chat. While interviewing I found a common trend that within the Latin/Hispanic culture in regards to family gatherings, food, and tradition. “When we party my mom makes me greet EVERYONE! And I hate it.”- Danny Saldaña an 18-year-old Mexican who family comes from Mexico City. In the Mexican tradition its considered rude or disrespectful if you don’t greet every member of your family/friend before and after a party.
“We usually go to Mexico to celebrate Easter, as they call it in Spanish "Semana Santa" we would go to a church and then head off to the beach and camp for a few days. We also celebrate Dia De Los Muertos, where we would all go to Mexico and visit the cemetery and make shrines for our loved ones. With their favorite drink food music and other things.”- Brenda Gurrola, a 21-year-old Mexican whose family comes from San Luis Rio Colorado Sonora. She explained how most Hispanics are very religious and their traditions and way of life circles around religion particularly Catholic.
We would have menudo tamales y posole con pan. It’s so good!” –Valeria Muños, age 19, Mexican From this group interview I got a better understanding of the Mexican culture. I wish I had more input on how other Spanish speaking cultures differ from my own. It was a great experience of interviewing a group of people who are so proud to be who they