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Dominican souvenirs & specialities
No visit to the Dominican Republic is complete without testing or buying the things the country is famous for. It's a pleasure to sit in the evening, watching the sunset, sipping Dominican rum and enjoying Dominican Cigars. These well-known products of the Dominican Republic can also be good souvenirs, as well as Dominican amber.
Dominican cigars
The Dominican Republic holds a tradition for tobacco over 500 years old, and Dominican cigars are ranked among the best in the world.
Presently more than 250 million cigars are exported each year to citis around the world. Many Cuban manufacturers now have operations based in the Dominican Republic.
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Dominican rum
The national Dominican drink - rum - is obtained from the distillation of alcohol from sugarcane and its derivatives, enriched through various processes of blending, resting and aging.
The history of Dominican rum dates back to the discovery of America by Admiral Christopher Columbus, who brought sugarcane from Spain in one of his first trips to the New World.
Today Dominican Rum is recognized as the oldest in the Americas. Unlike most rums, Dominican Rum gives more importance to its smoothness, thus becoming a very different rum, genuinely unique, thanks to an original and natural process of distillation and to its aging which is done in special American white oak kegs.
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Mamajuana
Mamajuana, a Dominican "liquid viagra", is made of rum, wine, honey, and a long list of local herbs and spices. It is beleived to be "cure all" remedy.
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Dominican amber
Dominican amber is 90 % more transparent than amber from elsewhere. Amber lovers and collectors value Dominican amber for the diversity of inclusions it contains. The occurrence of insects in amber from the Dominican Republic is about 10 times higher than in Baltic amber.
Dominican amber is found in several colors, from a light yellow to a deep red, and even a blue.
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