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Our Lady of Suyapa is the Patroness of Honduras. March 19 Father's Day Día del Padre Coincides with Saint Joseph's Day April 19 Spanish Language Day Día del Idioma Española: Honors the Spanish language and culture; coincides with the death of Miguel de Cervantes [5] Second Sunday of May [6] Mother's Day: Día de la Madre June 11 Student's Day
An 18th-century cedar wood statue (6 cm/2.3 in) of the Virgin is perhaps Honduras' most popular religious image, and the focus of an extensive pilgrimage. [ 1 ] The statue is kept in the Basílica de Suyapa in Suyapa , a suburb of the capital Tegucigalpa , and toured through various other parts of Honduras each year in early February.
La Prensa (lit. ' The Press ') is a Honduran newspaper founded on 26 October 1964, by Organización Publicitaria, S.A., whose publications also include El Heraldo and Diario Deportivo Diez.
It was founded in 2004 in Denver, Colorado, United States as the English section of the worldwide ACI Group, which publishes the Spanish-language news service ACI Prensa . It was acquired by EWTN in 2014. [2] It is now based in Washington, D.C.
Mayan God Chaac in Copan sculpture museum. The Maya religion was the ancient one. It was practiced a lot in the timeline of the 4th and 7th century, AD. It was practiced in some parts of Central and South America, and it was based on polytheistic beliefs and had to do with a big number of rituals with occasional animals and maybe even human sacrifices.
Las Posadas derives from the Spanish word posada (lodging, or accommodation) which, in this case, refers to the inn from the Nativity story. It uses the plural form as the celebration lasts for a nine-day interval (called the novena) during the Christmas season, which represents the nine-month pregnancy [3] [4] of Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ.
Francisco Morazán (Spanish pronunciation: [fɾanˈsisko moɾaˈsan], abbreviated FMO) is one of the departments of Honduras. It is located in the central part of the nation. The departmental capital is Tegucigalpa, which is also Honduras's national capital.
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 ...