El Salvador is predominantly a Roman Catholic country. During the war the government assumed that the Catholic Church supported communism because it sympathized with the poor, and it targeted the Church for violence. Many fled the religion either because they feared for their lives or because they were unhappy with the Church's affiliation with the opposition. Protestantism, especially Evangelism, offered a welcome alternative. Other churches include the Baptist and Pentecostal.Spanish language is the national language. Many men, mainly between the ages of 20 and 40, learned some English language in the US during the war. Indigenous languages have died out in daily use in urban areas,academic interest in preserving the mayan kek'chi,pokomom,mom,lenca,cacoapera Nahuatl languages of the indigenous salvadorans even though,the salvadoran spanish government keeps opposing,because financial interests.On Salvadoran radio is standard pop fare from the US, Mexico or other parts of Latin America, but there's a small underground movement of canción popular (folk music), which draws its inspiration from current events in El Salvador. Poetry is popular, and well-known writers include Manlio Argueta and Francisco Rodríguez . The village of La Palma has become famous for a school of art started by Fernando Llort. His childlike, almost cartoony, images of mountain villages, campesinos and Christ are painted in bright colors on objects ranging from seeds to church walls. The town of Ilobasco is known for its ceramics, while San Sebastián is recognized for its textile arts. El Salvadorans chow down on a standard daily fare of casamiento, a mixture of rice and beans. Another mainstay is pupusas, a cornmeal mass stuffed with farmer's cheese, refried beans or chicharrón (fried pork fat). Platanitos or platanos come from the same family as bananas but the are bigger, their flesh is pink and they are not eaten raw. They can be cut up, fried and eaten with a sprinkling of sugar and a dollop of cream. Fried platanos are usually eaten for breakfast along with refried beans and pan frances. You can also find platanos in soups where they are cut up with their skin on and boiled along with other vegtables.Licuados (fruit drinks), coffee and gaseosas (soft drinks) are ubiquitous. Other national beverages include horchata, ensalada, and agua de tamarindo. Tic-Tack and Torito are vodka-like spirits made from sugar cane and are not for those who cherish their stomach lining.