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The Italian folk revival was accelerating by 1966, when the Istituto Ernesto de Martino was founded by Gianni Bosio in Milan to document Italian oral culture and traditional music. Today, Italy's folk music is often divided into several spheres of geographic influence, a classification system proposed by Alan Lomax in 1956 and often repeated ...
An obia or obeah is a monster in West African folklore. It is described as being a massive animal that witches send into villages to kidnap young girls and wear their skin for a coat. It is also the common term in the Bay Islands of Honduras for a witch or the spell that is cast by the witch. This is most likely a traditional Garifuna word.
The Altun Ha archaeological site in Belize, a remnant of Mayan culture.. The culture of Belize is a mix of influences and people from Kriol, Maya, East Indian, Garinagu (also known as Garifuna), Mestizo (a mixture of Spanish and Native Americans), Mennonites who are of German descent, with many other cultures from Chinese to Lebanese.
The Garifuna people (/ ˌ ɡ ɑːr iː ˈ f uː n ə / GAR-ee-FOO-nə [4] [5] or Spanish pronunciation: [ɡa'ɾifuna]; pl. Garínagu [6] in Garifuna) [a] are a people of mixed free African and Amerindian ancestry that originated in the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent and speak Garifuna, an Arawakan language, Spanish, Belizean Creole and Vincentian Creole.
Sambo Creek has one of the largest Garifuna population in Honduras and is considered to be one of the epicenters of cultural preservation. An annual fair in June is held there and traditional dances are still practiced, like the punta. [citation needed]
The Garifuna community exists in Nicaragua, known for its popular music called Punta. Celebrating the annual "Alegria por la vida" Carnaval in Managua, Nicaragua. Literature of Nicaragua can be traced to pre-Columbian times with the myths and oral literature that formed the cosmogonic view of the world that indigenous people had. Some of these ...
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 ...
It is known today as a place to experience the Garifuna culture of Guatemala. At the same time it is a travel destination for visitors in search of a native Caribbean atmosphere. [9] Garifuna people in Honduras: Today the Garifuna population numbers approximately 100,000 living primarily in cities, and towns along the country's northern coast.