{"id":13442,"date":"2019-05-23T22:45:28","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T22:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/?p=13442"},"modified":"2019-05-23T22:45:28","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T22:45:28","slug":"grandes-aportes-de-dominicanaonline-org-a-la-cultura-durante-el-primer-cuatrimestre-de-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/grandes-aportes-de-dominicanaonline-org-a-la-cultura-durante-el-primer-cuatrimestre-de-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominicanaonline.org Makes Great Contributions to Local Culture During the First Quarter of 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Santo Domingo, D.R. –<\/strong> As it has done each year, the website Dominicanaonline.org<\/u> continues to provide visitors with updated information on the Dominican Republic.\u00a0 And this year has not been the exception.<\/p>\n

During this year\u2019s first quarter Dominicanaonline.org<\/u> has worked to strengthen the institutional ties with contributing organizations to provide viewers with high-quality information.<\/p>\n

During the first four months of the year Dominicanaonline.org<\/u> also carried out different activities and introduced new initiatives, such as:<\/p>\n

(January-March 2019):<\/strong> The website began to prepare short radio capsules on the Dominican Republic.\u00a0 The information is available at:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/dia-de-la-independencia-nacional-y-dia-de-la-bandera\/<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

(February 2019): <\/strong>Exhibited short documentaries to students and teachers at Saint Joseph School on the Dominican carnival, mining of the Larimar stone and jewelry production in the D.R., and the art of making Dominican coconut sticks, one of the country\u2019s most popular treats.<\/p>\n

The Dominicanaonline.org<\/u> team also participated actively in the recently held XXII International Book Fair of Santo Domingo 2019, held in the capital city\u2019s Colonial Zone from April 26 to May 5.<\/p>\n

During the Fair, the website \u2013 working together with the \u201cCinemateca Dominicana\u201d (Dominican Film Institute) and the BanReservas Cultural Center \u2013 also exhibited various documentaries on Dominican culture.\u00a0 After watching the videos, Dominicanaonline.org<\/u> team member Reydi Moreta headed discussion sessions with the viewers.\u00a0 The following were the shorts exhibited:<\/p>\n

“Dominicans You Should Know”<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/strong>Las cach\u00faas de Cabral\u201d (on the Dominican carnival celebration in the country\u2019s southwest region)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/strong>El Larimar: de la mina a la joyer\u00eda\u201d (on the mining of Larimar and the process used to make fine jewelry with the stone) \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/strong>Palito de Coco\u201d (on the making of Dominican coconut sticks, a favorite Dominican dessert)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cSalga el mal y entre el bien – Liborio Mateo, la historia\u201d (documentary on Liborio Mateo, a Dominican who in the early 20th century fought against the U.S. occupation)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cHabichuelas con dulce\u201d (on the making of Sweet Beans, another traditional Dominican dessert)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cComida t\u00edpica en la playa de Boca Chica\u201d (Favorite dishes that have made Boca Chica beach, situated outside of Santo Domingo, famous)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The newly designed website was launched at the Funglode stand during the Book Fair.\u00a0 In one single day some 350 visitors \u2013 including, teachers, students, parents and visitors in general \u2013 attended various discussion sessions to explain the redesign of the website.<\/p>\n

Another event during the Fair was the opening of the photo exhibit \u201cLo Dominicano\u201d (All Things Dominican, unofficial translation), at the Juan Bosch Library, situated in Funglode\u2019s main offices in Santo Domingo.\u00a0 The exhibit features some of the photographs that appear in the book.<\/p>\n

The goal of Dominicanaonline.org<\/u> is to provide viewers with pertinent and updated information on Dominican history, culture, geography, folklore and other local traditions.\u00a0 Also, the website provides basic information on the country to the general public and international visitors.<\/p>\n

Each week the website publishes a newsletter with information on the cultural activities taking place throughout the country.<\/p>\n

To receive the newsletter, simply fill out the form available at the following address: https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/registro\/<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n

You may also follow Dominicanaonline.org through social media outlets: Facebook (Dominicanaonline<\/a><\/u>); Twitter (@PortalRDonline<\/a><\/u>) and Instagram (@Dominicanaonline<\/a><\/u>).\u00a0 Also, #DominicanaOnline #LoDominicano.<\/p>\n

We love to be in contact with our followers!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Santo Domingo, D.R. – As it has done each year, the website Dominicanaonline.org continues to provide visitors with updated information on the Dominican Republic.\u00a0 And this year has not been the exception. During this year\u2019s first quarter Dominicanaonline.org has worked to strengthen the institutional ties with contributing organizations to provide viewers with high-quality information. During … Continue reading “Dominicanaonline.org Makes Great Contributions to Local Culture During the First Quarter of 2019”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13442"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13442"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13450,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13442\/revisions\/13450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}