American Culture Traditions

American Culture Traditions

When it comes to religious traditions, the USA can boast of being one of the most religious (primarily Christian) according to the demographics of the country. Most of the citizens believe that religion does play a very important role in their lives.

Religion

Statistics

The following information is an estimation as actual statistics constantly vary. According to the CIA,[21] the following is the percentage of followers of different religions in the United States:

Christian: (80.2%) Protestant (51.3%)

Roman Catholic (23.9%)

Mormon (1.7%)

Other Christian (1.6%)

Remainder of Christians (1.7%)

Unaffiliated (12.1%)

Atheist (4%)

Other/Unspecified (2.5%)

Jewish (1.7%)

Buddhist (0.7%)

Muslim (0.6%)

Holidays

•January 1: New Year's Day [Jan. 1 every year]

•January 17: Martin Luther King Day [3rd Monday in Jan]

•February 21: Presidents Day [3rd Monday in Feb]

Note: Presidents Day is also Washington's Birthday (observed)

•May 30: Memorial Day [last Monday in May]

•July 4: Independence Day [July 4th every year]

•September 5: Labor Day [1st Monday in Sept]

•October 10: Columbus Day [2nd Monday in Oct]

•November 11: Veterans' Day [Nov. 11 every year]

•November 24: Thanksgiving Day [4th Thursday in Nov]

•December 25: Christmas Day [Dec. 25 every year]

•December 26: Federal employees extra day off for Christmas

Food

The cuisine of the United States is extremely diverse, owing to the vastness of the continent, the relatively large population (1/3 of a billion people) and the number of native and immigrant influences. Mainstream American culinary arts are similar to those in other Western countries. Wheat and corn are the primary cereal grains. Traditional American cuisine uses ingredients such as turkey, white-tailed deer venison, potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, squash, and maple syrup, indigenous foods employed by American Indians and early European settlers. Slow-cooked pork and beef barbecue, crab cakes, potato chips, cotton candy and chocolate chip cookies are distinctively American styles

Soul food, developed by African slaves, is popular around the South and among many African Americans elsewhere. Syncretic cuisines such as Louisiana creole, Cajun, Pennsylvania Dutch, and Tex-Mex are regionally important. Iconic American dishes such as apple pie, fried chicken, pizza, hamburgers, and hot dogs derive from the recipes of various immigrants and domestic innovations. French fries, Mexican dishes such as burritos and tacos, and pasta dishes freely adapted from Italian sources are consumed

Native language statistics for the United States

The following information is estimation as actual statistics constantly vary.

According to the CIA,[11] the following is the percentage of total population's native languages in the United States:

English (82.1%)

Spanish (10.7%)

Other Indo-European languages (3.8%)

Other Asian or Pacific Islander languages (2.7%)

Other languages (0.7%)

Music

American music styles and influences (such as country, jazz, rock and roll, rock, hip-hop, rap) and music based on it can/could be heard all over the world. Music in the U.S. is diverse. It includes African-American influence in the 20th century. The earlier 1900's is famous for jazz, introduced by African-Americans in the south. In the 1960s, 70's, 80's and 90's, rock was very prevalent, introduced through Blues, Rock and Roll, and British Rock during the 1950's and early to mid-60's.

Tradiciones Cultura estadounidense

Cuando se trata de las tradiciones religiosas, los EE.UU. puede presumir de ser uno de los más religiosos

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