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Uruguay Amin Mohamed
Introduction Uruguay Is One Of The Best country In America The You Can Go And Have A Beautiful Vacation I Love Uruguay Because Is One Of The Country The Have One biggest Beach And Them Culture Is Very Good Because you Learn A Lot They Have One Of The Hotels The There The You Can Only Go For 5 Weeks And Include Night And Days There The Food Is Traditional And They Have A Lot Of Things If If You Go With The Kids They Have An Special Playground For Kinds
Restaurant • With stone and brick walls, high ceilings and checkerboard marble floors, this restaurant has a fascinating history including stints as an 18th-century Jesuit seminary and as the tailor’s shop where Carlos Gardel and other Uruguayan luminaries had their shirts made. The food is divine – from homemade pasta to scrumptious meat and fish dishes to desserts such as moist orange cake with green-tea ice cream. Three-course lunch menus including starter, main dish, dessert and a glass of wine is excellent value at UR$320.
Hotels • Sisal Hotel boutique is one of the best hotels in Uruguay.
Various sites & Attraction • The Palacio Salvo stands imposingly as one of the landmarks of Montevideo. Featuring Italian Gothic style, and a striking conflux of classic with the neo-romanticism, the building of Palacio Salvo appears outré. The palace amassed mixed responses; as being the largest building of that time, it delighted many, but the macabre architecture made some people.
Various sites & Attraction continued • Casapueblo is a tribute to Carlos “Carlitos” Miguel Páez Rodríguez, the son of the Uruguayan artist Carlos Páez Vilaró, who luckily survived the crash of the (Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya) FAU Flight 571. It is home to an art gallery, museum, and the Hotel Casapueblo. This nine-storey building resembles the white buildings in Santorini.
Medicine and Health Care • Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death, and hypertension is among the primary causes for medical visits. Dietary factors are implicated in this pattern: fat consumption is very high, and fiber intake is low. A high prevalence of obesity is associated with a high incidence of diabetes. Cancer accounts for 23 percent of all deaths. The high rate of lung cancer is related to the prevalence of smoking, particularly among men. Alcoholism is a problem among men age twenty to forty-nine years, which is associated with a high prevalence of cirrhosis of the liver.
Religion • Religious Beliefs. The church and state have been officially separated since 1917. The constitution protects religious freedom, but people are not devout and daily life is highly secular. More than one-third of the people profess no religion. Approximately 60 percent of the population is nominally Catholic, but only a minority attend church regularly (mostly those in the upper classes). Recently, the padre pio revitalization movement has been a source of converts for the Catholic Church.
Higher Education • A university education is highly valued. There are three universities. The Universidad de La República is public and free and specializes in the natural, physical, and medical sciences. The Universidad Católica, which is run privately by the Catholic Church, specializes in the social sciences. The Universidad ORT, associated with the Jewish ORT constructivist educational movement, specializes in technical studies. There are active links with Argentinean and Brazilian universities.
Political Life • Government. Uruguay is a republic characterized by the presence of representative democracy at all levels of government; elections are held every five years. People are generally well informed about politics, and voting is compulsory after the age of eighteen. The election for president is unique in that the primaries and the voting occur simultaneously. People vote for candidates on open lists from each party; those who receive the most votes are the official candidates, and the presidency goes to the party with an absolute majority of votes.
Ethnic foods • Due to its strong Italian tradition, in Uruguay all of the famous Italian pasta dishes are present: ravioli, spaghetti, lasagne, tortellini, fettuccine, cannelloni, fusilli, agnolotti, tagliatelle, capellini, vermicelli, penne rigatti, fagioloni, cellentani, rotini, bucatini, farfalle, and the traditional gnocchi.
Music • The most distinctive music of Uruguay is to be found in the tango and candombe; both genres have been recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Uruguayan music includes a number of local musical forms such as murga, a form of musical theatre, and milonga, a folk guitar and song form deriving from Spanish traditions and related to similar forms found in many Hispanic-American countries.
The most popular dance in Uruguay is the Tango. This is a dance that is meant for two people and it is danced in five parts. It starts with slow-slow steps then followed by quick-quick steps and ends with a slow step. The people of this country also dance to ballet and contemporary music.
Traditions • In Uruguay, the gaucho is an important figure in national folklore as he symbolizes freedom and individuality. Poetic representations of the gaucho describe him as the model of courage and independence. But beyond how he is presented in music, literature and painting, this personality is an important symbol in Uruguayan culture. He is a man of the country who mainly works driving livestock. In his stereotypical image, he is always accompanied by a horse which, as well as being his transport, is one of the few material possessions associated with the gaucho way of life.
Clothes • There are some more traditional fashions that are associated with Uruguay clothing however. You will see gauchos, colorful ponchos, broad brimmed straw hats, brightly patterned scarves and traditional berets being worn by people of Uruguay who are strolling about on any street. • The clothing styles that are favored by South American ranch hands are known as gaucho clothes. These styles were first used by traditional Uruguay cowboys and they continue to be very popular with modern day gauchos in this country.
