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Cultures in Texas

  • 1519

    The Spaniards / Latin American

    The Spaniards / Latin American
    This group was main focus was wealth , glory and adventure. Some of the most well known tradition of Spain is flamenco dancing , As for as religion goes the dominate one for Spain is Roman Catholic .However there are small religion groups of Muslims , Jews and Christians .
  • 1541

    The Italians

    The Italians
    The Italians were mostly known for their musical skills and their culinary talent . A tradition that had been practice since the Renaissance has been the folk dance. The most practice religion in Italy is Christianity .
  • The Belgians

    The Belgians
    The Belgians dominate religion was Roman Catholicism , however they had smaller portions that were Muslims and Jews . Therefore one of the most well known traditions of the Belgians is the Cat Festival of Ypres . This festival is basically about toy cats being thrown off the buildings . Along with that another big tradition is the puppet theater.
  • The Anglo Americans

    The Anglo Americans
    The main religion is Christianity . As for as the traditions goes the Anglo Americans were a mixture of traditions from Europe . They didn't have something specific they just adapted to what other country brought in .
  • The Switzerland

    The Switzerland
    The two major religions in Switzerland is Catholicism and Protestantism. One of the traditions that's well known is folk music . This is basically a way that regions communicated with one another with music.
  • The Germans

    The Germans
    The majority of the Germans are of the Christianity religion , other religions that are also present in German are Catholics and Muslims . One of the most traditional events is the Oktoberfest. The Oktoberfest is basically a big beer bash that last for a couple of days . This tradition started in 1810 and is current up to this day .
  • The Jewish

    The Jewish
    The Jewish have many different traditions depending on the specific community and area . However some traditions that are most known are Rosh Hashanah , were the people eat honey and apples to demonstrate that they wish to have a sweet upcoming year . Another tradition that is done is Purim , which is similar to Halloween because the people get to dress up . Although there might be smaller religions practice in the Jewish community ,the over all religion is Judaism.
  • The English

    The English
    The main religions are Christianity , Islam , Buddhism , Judaism ,Sikhism and Hinduism. As for the traditions is basically depends on the area because different communities practices different traditions .
  • The French

    The French
    The main religion of the French is Catholicism. The traditions that are celebrated in France are either holidays well known as Victory in Europe day and New Year's Day. However they also celebrate religious ones like Christmas , All Saint's day. Another things that the French see as a tradition is that they gather around friends and have longer dinners than what the usual dinner time is .
  • The Greek

    The Greek
    One of the traditions of the Greek is that they dye the red Easter egg during Holy Thursday . Also during Holy Thursday the woman start backing cookies and all types of sweets . Along with these traditions there also is "Apokries" which is a carnival that takes place for two weeks . The Greeks mainly believed in Greek Mythology