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Religion, literature, architecture, holidays, sports, poetry, dance, visual arts, music, cinema, history and cuisine comprise American culture, a culture that has developed and been marked by an intermingling of two major roots: its indigenous originality and European principles.

America’s ideals, values, beliefs, arts, customs, innovations and traditions have developed through importation (immigration and colonisation), as well as indigenously. Civil liberties, Christianity and democracy are some of the dominant European ideals and ideas that exist in the United States of America, as well as traditional national holidays, military traditions, arts and entertainment innovations, a sense of national pride among Americans and exceptional sports, which have all developed indigenously. These points incorporate both liberal and conservative elements, scientific and military competitiveness, free expression, morality and materialism, and even political structures.

The Latin American and African-American cultures, which have emerged from ethnic subcultures, are also included. A number of cultural elements (such as popular culture) have spread across the globe through the prevailing mass media. However, some of these cultural elements have remained exclusive to North America. America’s demographic composition isn’t constant; it changes and develops due to an influx of Central Americans, who continue to take shelter in the US, though they often enter illegally. This is because their economic and social conditions are poor at home.

The culture of the United States of America presents several traits that define the US as a whole; these have led to its overall image as one of the most affluent and dominant countries in the world.

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