South American culture

The culture of South America used to be dominated by Indian culture. After the death of a large number of Indians, European colonists introduced slaves to supplement the labor force, which made the lineage of this area complicated. Because Latin culture brought by Spain and Portugal has been dominant for a long time, South America is often called Latin America.

However, Indian culture has not disappeared. It has been integrated into African black culture, and various cultures have collided and merged with each other to form a synthetic culture, which has enriched the culture of South America. Indians were the earliest pioneers in South America. The plateau in the middle of the Andes is the birthplace of ancient civilization in South America.

As early as around 10 century, the Incas, an Indian tribe living in this area, established the Inca Empire centered on Cuzco in southern Peru. At the peak of15th century, its territory started from northern Ecuador in the north and reached Talka in Chile in the south, with a population of about 900 ~120,000.

At that time, agriculture was quite developed, and crops such as corn, beans, potatoes, cassava and quinoa were planted, and llamas and alpacas were domesticated, which also reached a high level in water conservancy irrigation projects, traffic trails, architecture and handicrafts. Brilliant Inca culture is an important part of human material civilization and spiritual civilization. Colombia, southern Chile and Paraguay are relatively densely populated areas outside the Inca Empire.

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/kloc-At the end of 0/6, British, French and Dutch colonialists fought fiercely to carve up Guyana and some offshore islands. Since then, the whole continent has entered a period of 300 years of colonial rule. With the influx of immigrants, the social systems, customs, religious beliefs and cultural traditions of Spain, Portugal and other countries spread to all parts of South America, and Spanish and Portuguese gradually replaced Indian and became the common official languages.

After World War II, the struggle became deeper and wider. South American countries took the lead in launching the struggle against the maritime hegemony of superpowers, set off a wave of nationalization with the restoration of national resources as the main content, and actively promoted regional economic integration.

Today, the vast majority of South American residents believe in Catholicism and a few believe in Protestantism. Indians use Indian, Portuguese is the official language of Brazil, French is the official language of French Guiana, English is the official language of Guyana, Dutch is the official language of Suriname, and Spanish is the official language of other countries.

Baidu Encyclopedia-South America