Culture of South America

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19th century painting of a Mexican charro and charra by Édouard-Henri-Théophile Pingret (top-left), Peruvian women dressed in traditional garments (top-right), Catedral Basílica de Salta in Argentina (bottom).

The culture of South America draws on diverse cultural traditions. These include the native cultures of the peoples that inhabited the continents prior to the arrival of the Europeans; European cultures, brought mainly by the Spanish, the Portuguese and the French; African cultures, whose presence derives from a long history of New World slavery; and the United States, particularly via mass culture such as cinema and TV.