IF ALL OF THE WORLD´S CULTURAL HERITAGE (SPORTS, MUSIC, FASHION, ARCHITECTURE, LITERATURE, PAINTING, ETC..) WAS CONTAINED IN A TIME CAPSULE, WHAT WOULD YOU INCLUDE TO DEMONSTRATE THE LEGACY OF YOUR COUNTRY?

1. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HERITAGE
IF ALL OF THE WORLD´S CULTURAL HERITAGE (SPORTS, MUSIC, FASHION, ARCHITECTURE, LITERATURE, PAINTING, ETC..) WAS
CONTAINED IN A TIME CAPSULE, WHAT WOULD YOU INCLUDE TO DEMONSTRATE THE LEGACY OF YOUR COUNTRY?

2. FOOD
DOMINICAN SANCOCHO
EVERY DOMINICAN MEAL HAS TO INCLUDE AT LEAST RICE OR PLANTAIN. IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, IT IS BELIEVED THAT WHITE RICE OR
PLANTAIN ARE NEEDED IN EVERY MEAL TO DEVELOP PROPERLY. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THOSE FOOD BRING STRENGTH TO THE CONSUMER.

3. SPORTS
THE MAIN SPORT IN DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC IS BASEBALL
EVERY LOW INCOME FAMILY DREAMS THAT
THEIR KID BECOMES A BASEBALL PLAYER

4. SPORTS
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WON THE
WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC IN 2013
DOMINICANS PLAYERS ARE CONSIDERED THE BEST PLAYERS
IN THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
THE THREE HIGHEST PAID BASEBALL PLAYERS OF ALL TIMES ARE OF DOMINICAN DESCENT
ALEX RODRIGUEZ
ROBINSON CANO
ALBERT PUJOLS

5. “PLATANO POWER” TRENDING TOPIC
THE “PLATANO POWER” BECAME TRENDING TOPIC IN THE WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC OF 2013, WHEN ONE OF THE DOMINICAN
PLAYERS, GOT INTO THE COURT WITH A PLANTAIN IN HIS POCKET AND SHOWED TO THE CAMERA IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INAGURATION.
SUCH IS THE DEVOTION TO THE PLANTAIN, THAT EVEN THE PLAYERS SAID THAT THEIR STRENGTH CAME FROM EATING PLANTAINS

6. MUSIC
IT IS BELIEVED THAT DOMINICANS ARE BORN DANCING,
BECAUSE OF THEIR ABILITIES FOR DANCING LATIN MUSIC.
MERENGUE AND BACHATA ARE BOTH ORIGINATED IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, WITH THE BEST EXPONENTS OF THOSE GENRES BEING DOMINICANS.

7. ARCHITECTURE
SANTO DOMINGO’S COLONIAL ZONE IS AN AREA DECLARED AS A WORLD HERITAGE SITE BY UNESCO.
THE COLONIAL ZONE IS THE FIRST ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EUROPEANS IN THE NEW WORLD, IT IS HOME TO THE FIRST CATHEDRAL, CASTLE,
MONASTERY, UNIVERSITY, FORTRESS AND HOSPITAL IN AMERICA.

8. ARCHITECTURE
CATEDRAL PRIMADA DE AMERICA:
FIRST CATHEDRAL IN AMERICA
FORTALEZA OZAMA:
FIRST FORTRESS IN AMERICA

9. ARCHITECTURE
UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE SANTO DOMINGO:
FIRST UNIVERSITY IN AMERICA
ALCAZAR DE COLON:
FIRST CASTLE IN AMERICA

10. FASHION
ALTOS DE CHAVON SCHOOL OF ART:
ONE OF THE TEN MOST IMPORTANT DESIGN
SCHOOL IN LATIN AMERICA
OSCAR DE LA RENTA:
THE MOST FAMOUS DOMINICAN DESIGNER,
AWARDED WITH THE COUNCIL OF FASHION DESIGNERS OF
AMERICA LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

11. IF I HAD TO KEEP JUST ONE THING IN THE TIME CAPSULE THAT DEMOSTRATE THE LEGACY OF MY COUNTRY
I WILL KEEP…

12. OUR HAPPINESS
IT DOESN’T MATTER
HOW HARD IS THE ECONOMY,
HOW CORRUPT IS THE GOVERNMENT,
HOW UNCERTAIN THE FUTURE MAY LOOK..
THE DOMINICANS ALWAYS WAKE
UP WITH THEIR UNCONDITIONAL SMILE