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Why do we keep Hispanic Heritage alive?

First lets start with what heritage is, heritage is something that comes or belongs to one by reason of birth ( Heritage Definition ). Today I am here to answer a question, Why do we keep Hispanic Heritage alive? I think that we should keep Hispanic Heritage alive because it has effected us in so many ways like by our music, our languages, and foods. So many things I could say and just think of it this way, about 4,200 religions in the world and about forty six percent of them are a form of a Hispanic religion like catholic Hispanic, christian Hispanic. I could go on but that would take up most of the essay. Did you know that there are fifteen official Hispanic countries in the world and about twenty five countries in the world speak a Hispanic language. ( Hispanic Wikipedia ). Another reason we should keep it alive is, just think about all the history of the world and how much they were involved in it. 

We should keep the religion alive because it has inspired our religion in many ways like the stockings. On the three kings day they put there shoes out side and the kings would leave them gifts of candy,little toys, etc. Just think about all the religions in the world that have expanded into other religions, I don't know the exact number but I know its a lot. Pope Francis is a Hispanic pope and the first one from the Americas.( Famous Argentinians )I wonder how he will effect religion life?Well anyway lets carry on. What is their religion? It is included in Roman Catholic religion ( Hispanic Wikipedia ).

We should keep the style alive because, it has influenced us and our styles. Think about the music, think about Jennifer Lopez and Shakira think about there style (Famous Hispanics). Think about the clothing, came from an indigenous land ( Flood, Stephanie ) and formed into many different styles but the traditional clothing are still worn in some Hispanic neighborhoods. Did you know that there are about twenty-one famous Hispanic musicians and only about fifteen of them are left alive. What would you do if you were one of them,how would you feel being one in fifteen of Hispanic musicians left alive ( Famous Hispanics ). Another reason is we just like the music, most people like it. Just like how some people like their fashion.

Now lets talk about some fun facts about Hispanic heritage. Did you know that there are about 7,000 languages in the world and only about one to five of them are Hispanic. Did you know that the longest living Hispanic Man is Emiliano Mercado del Toro.(Puerto Rican Surpercentenarians) At the age of 115, he died on January 24 2007. Jennifer Lopez, is not only and actress and singer but also has twins. Did you know that September fifteenth was chosen for the starting of Hispanic Heritage month because its the anniversary of independence of five Latin American countries. ( Facts About Hispanic Heritage ). My grandpa told me a little bit about his heritage like how he was born in Argentina and raised here, he also told me that he got to meet Celia Cruz.Did you know that there are about 1.1 million Hispanic U.S troops in our army. ( Facts About Hispanic Heritage ). Did you also know that about seventy percent of the Hispanic population lives in five states, California, Texas, New York, Florida and Illinois. Did you know that there are fifty four million Hispanic people in America as of the July 1,2013 census.( Hispanic Census ).

That pretty much summarizes it all up now you know why we should keep it alive. Think of all the great things that is included in it like its religion, its style, and its fun facts and history. That concludes my essay. One last thing I would like to thank all the websites below for their information.

= __**Works Cited**__ = "Argentina." // Wikipedia // . Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 23 Apr. 2015. < [|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina#Religion] >
 * Wikipedia is a great source.

"Argentina Facts and Culture." // Argentina Facts, Culture, Recipes, Language, Government, Eating, Geography, Maps, History, Weather, News, Economy, Family, Fashion, Events // . N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Apr. 2015. < [] <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">>.


 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Country Reports is a very fun and great site for information.

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">"Heritage Definition." // <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Dictionary.com // <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">. Dictionary.com, n.d. Web. 23 Apr. 2015. < [] <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">>.


 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Dictionary.com is always right.

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">"Hispanic Census." // <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Infoplease // <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">. Infoplease, n.d. Web. 04 May 2015. < [] <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">>.


 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Info please is an awesome site for censuses.

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">"Hispanic Wikipedia." // <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Wikipedia // <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 27 Apr. 2015. < [] <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">>.


 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Wikipedia is a great and better source of information.

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">"Famous Argentinians." // <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Bio.com // <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 23 Apr. 2015. < [] <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">>.


 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Bio.com is a good place to find stuff out about famous people.

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">"Famous Hispanics." // <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Bio.com // <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 29 Apr. 2015. < [] <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">>.


 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Bio.com is awesome to find out stuff about famous people.

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">"Facts about Hispanic Heritage, Culture and History." // <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Facts about Hispanic Heritage, Culture and History // <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 May 2015. < [] <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">>.
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Gru.edu is a good site for information.

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Flood, Stephanie. "Hispanic Clothing History." // <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">EHow // <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">. Demand Media, 15 Oct. 2009. Web. 29 Apr. 2015. < [] <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">>.


 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Ehow.com is a cool source for Hispanic Clothing History.

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">"Languages/World." // <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">BBC News // <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">. BBC, n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2015. [] <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">.


 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">BBC.co.uk is an awesome site to find out languages of the world.

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Puerto Rican Supercentenarians." // <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Wikipedia  // <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2015. <  [] <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">>.


 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;">Wikipedia is awesome and great for information.