People and Daily Living in Uruguay
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Daily Living in Uruguay
In most families in Uruguay it is common for the average child to live with there family and parents until about the early thirties . In the United States we would think that is a long time to live with your parents and family but in Uruguay that is found as a frequent thing . Another this is that most children will live with there parents until they get married or start there careers .
Holidays
Uruguay celebrates Christmas and New Years day the same as we do in the United States . Other holidays they have are Epiphany which is the twelve days after Christmas day . This day is when John the Bap- tist baptized Jesus and three wise men came upon Jesus . Next they have a Carnival that always falls on good Friday and Easter . This is a main holiday in the capital . It has music , dancers , games and others .
Religion In Uruguay the church and state have completely been separated from each other . One third of the country believe in no religion at all and only some attend church regularly . They don ' t really have a main religion it is mostly divided up into several different ones .