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The '''culture of El Salvador''' is a [[Central America]]n culture nation influenced by the clash of ancient [[Mesoamerica]] and medieval [[Iberian Peninsula]]. [[Salvadoran]] culture is influenced by [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native America]]n culture ([[Lenca people]], [[Cacaopera people]], [[Maya peoples]], [[Pipil people]]) as well as [[Latin American culture]] ([[Latin America]], [[Hispanic America]], [[Ibero-America]]). [[Mestizo]] culture and the [[Catholic Church]] dominates the country. Although the [[Romance languages|Romance language]], [[Castilian Spanish]], is the official and dominant language spoken in El Salvador, [[Salvadoran Spanish]] which is part of [[Central American Spanish]] has influences of [[Indigenous languages of the Americas|Native American languages]] of El Salvador such as [[Lencan languages]], [[Cacaopera language]], [[Mayan languages]] and [[Pipil language]], which are still spoken in some regions of El Salvador.
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El Salvador celebrates many holidays and traditions, including International Women's Day.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Women's Day in El Salvador |url=https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/el-salvador/woman-day |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=www.timeanddate.com |language=en}}</ref>
Another big tradition that El salvador celebrates is “Las Bolas De Fuego”<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-01 |title=Casa de la Cultura de Nejapa conmemora las bolas de fuego - Ministerio de Cultura |url=https://www.cultura.gob.sv/casa-de-la-cultura-de-nejapa-conmemora-las-bolas-de-fuego/ |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=Ministerio de Cultura - |language=es}}</ref> translated to “The Balls
== Architecture ==
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===Civil War murals===
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[[File:Centroamerica prehispanica siglo XVI.svg|thumb|right|This was [[Central America]] at the time the Native Americans roamed the lush and fertile [[isthmus]]. The arrival of the Europeans changed these cultures with colonization, hitting the local population with warfare, oppression and diseases. The indigenous population was powerless to recuperate for centuries.]]
[[File:Pueblos Indigenas antes de la conquista El Salvador.svg|thumb|300px|right|Map of El Salvador's Indigenous Peoples at the time of the [[Spanish conquest of El Salvador|Spanish conquest]]:
1. [[Pipil people]], 2. [[Lenca people]], 3. [[Cacaopera people|Kakawira o Cacaopera]], 4. [[Xinca people|Xinca]], 5. [[Maya peoples|Maya]] [[Ch'orti' people]], 6. [[Maya peoples|Maya]] [[Poqomam people]], 7. [[Mangue language|Mangue o Chorotega]].]]
Historically El Salvador has had diverse Native American cultures, coming from the north and south of the continent along with local populations mixed together. El Salvador belongs to both to the [[Mesoamerican region]] in the western part of the country, and to the [[Isthmo-Colombian Area]] in the eastern part of the country, where a myriad of indigenous societies have lived side by side for centuries with their unique cultures and speaking different [[indigenous languages of the Americas]] in the beginning of the [[Classic stage]].
Evidence of [[Olmec]] civilization presence in western El Salvador can be found in the ruin sites of [[Chalchuapa]] in the [[Ahuachapan]] Department
| last = Fowler|first=William
|title= Antiguas civilizaciónes
|year= 1995
|publisher=Banco Agrícola
}}</ref><ref name="Mined Historia de El Salvador">{{cite book
| author = Ministerio de Educación
|title= Historia de El Salvador
|year= 2009
}}</ref>
The [[Lenca people]] are an indigenous people of eastern El Salvador where population today is estimated at 37,000. The Lenca was a matriarchal society and was one of the [[first civilization]]s to develop in El Salvador and were the first major civilization in the country. The pre-Conquest [[Salvadoran Lenca]] had frequent contact with various Maya groups as well as other indigenous peoples of Central America. The origin of Lenca populations has been a source of ongoing debate amongst anthropologists and historians. Throughout the regions of Lenca occupation, Lenca pottery is a very distinguishable form of [[Pre-Columbian art]]. Handcrafted by Lenca women, Lenca pottery is considered an ethnic marking of their culture. Some scholars have suggested that the Lenca migrated to the Central American region from South America around 3,000 years ago, making it the oldest civilization in El Salvador. Guancasco is the annual ceremony by which Lenca communities, usually two, gather to establish reciprocal obligations in order to confirm peace and friendship. [[Quelepa]] is a major site in eastern El Salvador. Its pottery shows strong similarities to ceramics found in central western El Salvador and the Maya highlands. The Lenca sites of Yarumela, Los Naranjos in Honduras, and Quelepa in El Salvador, all contain evidence of the [[Usulután]]-style ceramics.
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