Description LA VEGA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WAS FOUNDED BY BARTOLOMEO COLOMBO AT THE FOOT OF CONCEPCION FORTRESS WHICH WAS BUILT BY CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS IN 1494. LA VEGA WAS MOVED TO THE BANK OF CAMU RIVER AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE IN 1564. LA VEGA IS A PROSPEROUS COMMERCIAL, MANUFACTURING, AND TRANSPORTATION CENTRE IN THE FERTILE LA VEGA REAL REGION, WHICH YIELDS CACAO, COFFEE, TOBACCO, RICE, FRUITS, AND CATTLE. THE RAILROAD RUNNING WESTWARD FROM SANCHEZ, ON SEMANA BAY, ENDS IN LA VEGA, WHICH IS ALSO SITUATED ON THE PAVED HIGHWAY LINKING SANTO DOMINGO, THE NATIONAL CAPITAL WITH MONTE CRISTI. ANNUALLY IN FEBRUARY LA VEGA HOST "LA CARNAVAL" CELEBRATING DOMINICAN HERITAGE. THE DOMINICAN CARNIVAL IS AN EXPLOSION OF JOY. A SHOW OF CULTRUAL IDENTITY AND SPONTANEITY THAT ENCOURAGES MANY ASPECTS OF DOMINICAN SOCIETY. THIS IS EVIDENT WITH THE INCREASING POPULARITY OF CARNIVAL EACH YEAR IN FEBRUARY. THE ORIGIN OF CARNIVAL IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IS CLOSELY ENTWINED WITH ITS HOSTORY. ITS MIXED CULTURAL HERITAGE IMPARTS ITS OWN UNIQUE STYLE EVEN AS IT IS CELEBRATED IN THE DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY THE CREATIVITY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN IN THE PARTY IS MANIFESTED IN THE CHANTS THATS THE CHARACTERS EXCHANGE WITH THE SPECTATORS, IN THE COSTUMES OF ALL PEOPLE AND IN THE THEMES CHOSEN BY THE PROUD CLUSTERS OF PARTICIPANTS IN EVERY PARADE. CARNIVAL HAS BECOME A POPULAR ACTIVITY THAT ENCOURAGES COMPLETE FAMILY FUN FROM VERY YOUNG CHILDREN TO GROWN ADULTS. IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EACH REGION IS EXPRESSED <b>...</b>
