Apresentação sobre um dos países que tem inglês como língua oficial e pouco conhecido.

1. Belize
Universidade Federal do
Pará
Letras _ inglês 2010
Cultura Anglófona
Professora Msc. Karina Gaya

2. Where is it?
• Location: on the north eastern coast of central
America.
• Capital City: Belmopan
• Area: 22,965 sq km (8,867 square miles)
• Cost :386 km
• Bordered: to the north by Mexico, to the south
and west by Guatemala and to the east by the
Caribbean Sea.
• Population: over 200.000 habitants

3. Belize’s Flag
•The Blue is the dominant party color for the
People's United Party (PUP).
•The Red is the dominant party color for the
United Democratic Party (UDP).

4. Belize origins
• At frist Belize was the Maia’s
civilization home.
• 1502 _Arrival of europeans.
• 1798_British colonization
consolidates.
• 1981_Independence

5. Apocalyptico (movie)

6. Social organization
• Partyes : PUPUDP
• Currency: Belizean Dollar (BZ$). BZ$2
equates to US$1.
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• You will need a previous process to travel
to Belize contacting the City Mailing.

7. People and religion
• Mestizos(Maya/Spanish)
and Latinos 49-50%
• Creole(Afro-Caribbean) 21%
• Maya 10%,
• European, Indian and
Chinese 9%
• Other 5%

8. Benedict Border

9. • Religion(s): Predominantly Christian;
the Roman Catholic Church is the largest
denomination comprising around half
the population, but there are also many
Protestant and Evangelical churches.
Small groups practice Islam, Buddhism,
Hinduism and Bahai.

10. • Language(s): Officially English; however, around half
the population claim Spanish as a first language and
Creole is also widely spoken. There are a number of
indigenous languages, such as Garifuna, Mopan and
Ketchi Mayan.
First Prime Minister,
George price 
National symbols

11. Music and Dance
Important
celebrations
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12. Music
• The music at Belize is rich of rithyms with
the percursion instruments.
• A mix of Caribbean styles.
• The music played everywhere is local
reggae,hip hop and jazz.

13. Local dance
• John Canoe

14. Food
Hmm... They have great variety and a
combination that we probably know:

15. Curiosities:
• Belize has the second biggest coral area of
the world .
• The queen Elizabeth II went there just
once.
• 40 % of the belize’s forest are natural
reservs. And has a large variety of
animals.
• there were many pirates in belize.

16. DoDon’t at belize (short guideline)
• DO_You should practice scooba diving
• DO_you need to know the past
civilization’s ruins.
• DON’T go to Belize to hunt, some birds
are really important according to their
culture.
• DON’T make jokes with people from
other countrys ,the population is
composed by people from all over.

17. Do you already know belize?
A B

18. References
• www.Pt.wikipedia.org
• www.belizeahoeorg.com