Latin American culture
South-of-border traditions
Latin American culture encompasses the traditions, arts, languages, and social practices of countries from Mexico through South America and the Caribbean.
Spanish and Portuguese dominate, shaped by Indigenous heritage and African influences from the slave trade.
The culture is marked by strong family ties, Catholic traditions, distinctive music and dance forms like salsa and tango, and literary traditions including magical realism.
Regional variations are vast—Cuban culture differs markedly from Argentine culture—but shared colonial history and language create recognizable commonalities.
- muralsLarge wall paintings
- street artIllicit public murals
- SpanishLanguage of Iberia
- tamalesFilled masa, steamed wrapped
- AztecsPre-Columbian Mexican empire
salsa · Catholicism · Carnival · Quechua · syncretism · Portuguese · colonial architecture · Diego Rivera · Día de los Muertos · tango · empanadas · Pablo Neruda · La Llorona · ceviche · reggaeton · Maya civilization · Frida Kahlo · independence movements
Latin American cultureWASP culture
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Latin American cultureEnglish-speaking world
Regions using Britain's tongue
Latin American cultureNordic culture
Northern European traditions
British reserve · WASP culture · German culture · Japanese culture · Victorian culture
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