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In Belizean and Honduran folklore, the Sisimito (alternatively called Sisimite, Sisimita, Súkara, and Itacayo) is a bipedal upright gorilla-like creature that possesses a head much like a human, with long hair or fur covering its body.
For Ivan, in part, Umalali is his own story, built on 10 years of recording various female vocalists and collecting songs that told the stories of the women of Garifuna. [Notes 1] The Garifuna people are the descendants of shipwrecked African slaves who intermarried with indigenous people and lived on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent in the 17th century.
The Garifuna Women's Project is the natives' collection of stories, stories of "hurricanes that swept away homes and livelihoods, a son murdered in a far-off village, the pain of childbirth and other struggles and triumphs of daily life.
Wendy Griffin in 2013. Wendy Griffin is a journalist, [1] author [2] [3] [4] and translator. She is originally from Pittsburgh, PA. [5] She previously taught at the Escuela Superior del Profesorado (now UPN, Universidad Pedogogica Nacional) and the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH) in Tegucigalpa.
see Cadejo 1. A supernatural character from Central American and southern Mexican folklore. 2. 2. The tale of the mythical creature with which parents threatened their children not to misbehave. La Mula Herrada (the shod mule) see La Mula Herrada A story of an apparition of a hellish mule accompanied by the dragging sound of a horse shoe. El Bulero (the shoeshine man) see El Bulero The ...
The Tata Duende is a famous folklore common to the Maya culture and the Mestizo culture. According to different stories, The Tata Duende "[1] is well known for luring children into the jungle, therefore, the Tata Duende has been used to scare children into behaving. [2] Farmers would blame the Tata Duende if weird things happened on the farm.
The Garifuna people (/ ˌ ɡ ɑːr iː ˈ f uː n ə / GAR-ee-FOO-nə [3] [4] or Spanish pronunciation: [ɡa'ɾifuna]; pl. Garínagu [5] in Garifuna) [a] are a people of mixed free African and Amerindian ancestry that originated in the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent and traditionally speak Garifuna, an Arawakan language.
Mayan women in Honduras said 'this is also our story.' It's specific to Garifuna in one sense, but these are the issues — the cultural loss, the economic problems and the land grab — really relevant to all indigenous peoples." [9] According to co-director (and lead of the film) Rubén Reyes the film speaks to a matter that is timely, the ...