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The government of Honduras continues to jeopardize these tribal communities and utilize rivers that hold a huge link to the tribe's traditions, culture, and roots. With such resistance between indigenous peoples and the government, there is a popular belief that indigenous people are against any further development of their land.
Pages in category "Culture of Honduras" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. ... Pre-Columbian Honduras; El Puente (Maya site) S.
Honduras has rich folk traditions that derive from the fusion of four different cultural groups: indigenous, European, African and Creole. Each department or region, municipality, village and even hamlet contributes its own traditions including costumes, music, beliefs, stories, and all the elements that derive from and are transformed by ...
Lenca heritage tourism is expanding. It has brought attention to indigenous Lenca traditions and culture, especially in Honduras. The Honduran Tourism Institute, along with the United Nations Development Program, has developed a cultural heritage project dedicated to the Lenca and their culture called La Ruta Lenca. This tourist route passes ...
Victor Trapp Manuel represents the Misquito people in Honduras in a congress at the National Autonomous University of Honduras. Prior to the 1859 Wyke-Cruz treaty with Britain, Miskito people inhabited the Cape of Gracias a Dios on the Caribbean coast and Honduran side of the Nicaragua-Honduras border.
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
In the 1950s, Spaniards living in Honduras, and Hondurans who had previously studied in Spain, created the Honduran Institute of Hispanic Culture. The Spanish community has participated actively for decades in the Festival Folclórico Internacional (International Folklore Festival) in San Pedro Sula .
Honduras, [a] officially the Republic of Honduras, [b] is a country in Central America.It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea.