If you are in the DR during february ya gotta check out Carnaval. la Vega has the most famous, but most towns have some sort of celebration. It is not as crazy as Brazilian Carnaval but pretty cool any way.
http://www.dr-tourist.tv/pages/carnaval.html has some videos from Carnaval
www.el-bohio.com has some cool carnaval pics as well.
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