Culture of New York city

The cultural diversity of New York

The culture in New York has many forms and expressions. It is an amazing city where the mixture of Latin, Anglo, African, Aboriginal, Caribbean and Asian cultures make New York a place of unique variety and possibilities. Besides, the city that never sleeps has special museums, art galleries, theaters, cinemas, and unique gastronomy. Below we will see the most representative expressions of Culture in the city.

Cultural movements of New York

New York was the cradle of most cultural movements in the United States like literature, music, paint and many others, all of them born and developed in this city. For example, in music, Jazz originated in New York in the mid XX century. Also, Rap and Hip hop were born in the Bronx, a traditional neighborhood in New York. In addition, in the 70’s, another cultural movement that had its cradle here was the Punk culture with worthy representatives like Strokes and Scissor Sisters.

The film industry of New York

Similarly, the film industry had great development in New York, and many film production companies choose the big apple as location to make great movies like Godzilla and Spiderman, for example. You can find a variety of art exhibitions in New York, the most important are developed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art with 130 000 square meters of art. This building is the principal museum on site and it is visited by more than 5 million people each year.  

Ways to know the culture of New York 

However, there are many ways to know the culture of New York. The city itself is the result of different influences mixed because 75% of the population is descendants of immigrants or foreign-born people who have U.S. residency. All these people have their own traditions and costumes, all of them have their own ideas about art and cultural expressions, a perfect example of these influences is the Gastronomy. So many New York recipes and dishes contain elements from other international cuisines.

New York is a city that hosts a variety of cultural manifestations from other sites and parts. Gastronomy is one of these examples; other demonstrations are the New York holidays and festivals. The Chinese New year is a holidays full of magic, mysticism and ancestral tradition of Chinese people with dragons flying by the streets of Chinatown or fireworks in the New York sky or maybe, Saint Patrick holidays in which different music bands, parades, allegorical cars and giant dolls invade the main avenue in New York, Broadway.  

Finally, New York is one of the main destinations in the United States because the city that never sleeps has many attractions and a very diversified culture. The world’s most cosmopolitan city has a conjunction of art styles, flavors, customs and traditions that make it unique in the world.