Lenca culture
Society 'Lenca' forms the largest indigenous group, gave strength to the Spanish conquerors, who had to resort to various tricks and tactics to subdue them.
The cacique Lempira, a Honduran national heroes, was part of the Lenca tribe. His death at the hands of Rodrigo Ruiz, marked the final conquest of the Honduran territory by the Spaniards.
On the cultural side, the Lenca language and have lost most of their religious practices, though still practice peace pacts among them, as well as offerings to their ancestral gods, and some of them still retain their original way of dressing. Their staple food comes from basic grains, especially corn; where they contributed culturally to Honduras the 'Chicha'. While in the artistic and economic level they are characterized by the Lenca pottery.
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Garifuna culture
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Cultural diversity in Honduras
Honduras is a multiethnic and multicultural country with a heritage of more than 12,000 years of history, the first societies that inhabited the country. 6% of the Honduran population is indigenous to different ethnic groups, among them are the siguientes.1
The Mayan civilization founded since the second d. C. the city Copan, was ruled by the dynasty Yax Kuk Mohasta the X century AD. C. widely developed many disciplines such as sculpture, painting, astronomy, mathematics, music and literature. They also developed agriculture, shipping, fishing, domestication of animals and livestock, being direct descendants are the Chortis.
The Lenca society who live in the central and southern regions.
Tolupanes society inhabited the north of the country.
Pech society, living in the east of the country.
Tawahka society, living in the east of the country near where today is Nicaragua.
Chortís society inhabited the west of the country, where 500 years earlier ruled the Mayan empire.
Chorotega society, living in the south of the country.
After the colony new groups were formed in the country:
The Garifuna society.
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Creole society, established in the Bay Islands.
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Honduras Culture
Popular culture in Honduras as in most countries, consists of artistic creations where large audiences or attend shows. Such artistic and cultural exhibitions are held during certain days of the year through special events.
Throughout the year held in Honduras, employers different fairs among which are:
The La Ceiba Isidra Fair, an event that lasts one week and culminates with the 'Great Ceibeño Carnival' or 'Carnival of Friendship' the most popular in the country.
The Hondurans also celebrate; the Fair Juniana 'San Pedro Sula distinguished by their concerts.
So too; Honduras celebrates the Feria de Agosto in Puerto Cortes, which resembles the experience lived in Venice with gondolas and boat parades to Buenos Aires along the bay and where are released, fireworks can be observed from any Puerto point Cortés.La fair Catacamas
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Honduras Travel Guide
Honduras Travel Guide
Key Facts
The second-largest country in Central America – and also one of the poorest – Honduras is once ugly and beautiful. Behind the reefs and rainforests, it has the unfortunate claim to being the murder capital of the world and the high crime risk means visitors should be cautious at all times. Some may advise against visiting altogether, but to do so would be to miss out – for Honduras has much to offer those adventurous enough to visit.
The Bay Islands are perhaps the country’s biggest drawing card. The archipelago offers some of the best diving in Central America, not to mention the chance to swim with dolphins and come face to face with whale sharks. The less adventurous can lounge in hammocks and soak up the party vibe, if that sounds too wild.
Back on the mainland, sweeping Caribbean beaches are scattered with charming towns such as Trujillo, with its pirate history, and traditional Garifuna villages, whose Afro-Caribbean culture is an integral part of the national identity. The great Pico Bonito National Park boasts jaguars, monkeys and countless bird species, while the Rio Plátano Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, teems with exotic wildlife and indigenous communities.
Key Facts
The second-largest country in Central America – and also one of the poorest – Honduras is once ugly and beautiful. Behind the reefs and rainforests, it has the unfortunate claim to being the murder capital of the world and the high crime risk means visitors should be cautious at all times. Some may advise against visiting altogether, but to do so would be to miss out – for Honduras has much to offer those adventurous enough to visit.
The Bay Islands are perhaps the country’s biggest drawing card. The archipelago offers some of the best diving in Central America, not to mention the chance to swim with dolphins and come face to face with whale sharks. The less adventurous can lounge in hammocks and soak up the party vibe, if that sounds too wild.
Back on the mainland, sweeping Caribbean beaches are scattered with charming towns such as Trujillo, with its pirate history, and traditional Garifuna villages, whose Afro-Caribbean culture is an integral part of the national identity. The great Pico Bonito National Park boasts jaguars, monkeys and countless bird species, while the Rio Plátano Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, teems with exotic wildlife and indigenous communities.
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Hondurans around the world
Artists
America Ferrera. TV and film actress, born in Los Angeles, California, in 1984. OK - so she is not culturally Honduran, but she is ethnically Honduran, as both her parents were Hondurans. America has starred in 17 American films, including End of Watch, and has appeared in half a dozen TV series, including CSI and The Good Wife. She is most recognizable for playing the lead character in the American TV show Ugly Betty. And for those of you who like animated films, America voiced the character Astrid in How to Train Your Dragon, How to Train Your Dragon 2
and several TV shows spin-offs from the films. It has been reported
that in late 2014, America travelled to Honduras to search for potential
locations for a new film, but apparently also to reconnect with her
family and its history.
Carlos Mencía - Comedian, musician, actor, born in San Pedro Sula. Succeded at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles, California and went on to appear in the Arsenio Hall Show, comedy specials on HBO and Comedy Central, in which he had a show called Mind of Mencia, the ratings of which for a time were second only to those of South Park. Mencía has also appeared in several films, including The Heartbreak
Kid and Our Family Wedding.
Daniel Zacapa. Born in Tegucigalpa, in 1954, but
raised in the west coast of the U.S.A. Method actor, specializes in
playing Latin-American or Italian characters. Has appeared in episodes
of 40 American TV series (including The Mentalist, Star Trek: Voyager, CSI Miami, Prison Break, Seinfeld, and Hill Street Blues), as well as 30 films (including Seven, The Mexican, and Tequila Sunrise)
Guillermo Anderson - musician, born in La Ceiba, 1962.
Studied literature, theatre, and music in California. While still in
the US, Guillermo started acting ans working in theatre for children,
but returned to Honduras in 1987 to begin a series of cultural exchange
projects including artists from different countries. Eventually he
branched out to music and started recording his own origina work,
developing his own style that incorporates the characteristic rhytms of
the Garifuna people of northern Honduras and the Caribbean with other
contemporary music styles. Guillermo composes his songs, as well as
providing the lead vocals and guitar. Visit Guillermo's website:
José Antonio Velázquez - painter. (1906
-1983). Velásquez is considered the first primitivist painter in the
American continent. Velázquez had no formal artistic trainig at all
and developed his very own distinctive painting style, which was
characteristacally simple - perhaps even childlike -with a reduced (but
bright) color palette, broad strokes, limited application of perspective
or proportion of human figure, and yet he managed to produce charming
results. His preferred subject was landscapes of Honduran villages,
portraying the colonial architecture, the everyday activities of the
townfolk, rural flora, blue skies, and the forest-covered mountains.
The small town were he eventually settled down in southeastern
Honduras, San Antonio de Oriente, was the specific subject of many of
his paintings. Today his paintings are collectibles of considerable
value both in Honduras and beyond. Velásquez's style is frequently
copied in Honduras, not only by young paintors, but also has inspired
work of wood carvers that use his paintings as a template for their
work.
José Zúñiga - actor. Born
in Honduras, but raised in New York City. Appeared in his first
Holywood film in 1988 and since then has been cast over 40 films
(including ConAir, Constantine, Mission: Impossible III, Ransom, and Next) and almost 50 TV series (including CSI, Law & Order, That's Life, New York Undercover, Burn Notice, and Castle). He is usually typecast as a detective or other officer in a branch of law enforcement. He has been nomiated twice for an ALMA (American Latino Media Arts) Award.
Luis Moncada - actor. Born
in Honduras in 1977, but raised in Los Angeles, California. Was once
member of an L.A. gang and served time in prison. After prison,
Moncada was working as a security guard in a film studio in California,
when one of the directors saw his tattos and offered him a small part in
a film. Since then, Moncada has appeared in no less than 28 episodes
of American TV shows (including CSI: Miami and Castle) and half a dozen films, including Collateral and Fast and Furious. He usually plays gangsters and thugs. He had a recurring role in the series Breaking Bad, in which he played assassin Marco Salamanca.
Luis Moncada - actor. Born
in Honduras in 1977, but raised in Los Angeles, California. Was once
member of an L.A. gang and served time in prison. After prison,
Moncada was working as a security guard in a film studio in California,
when one of the directors saw his tattos and offered him a small part in
a film. Since then, Moncada has appeared in no less than 28 episodes
of American TV shows (including CSI: Miami and Castle) and half a dozen films, including Collateral and Fast and Furious. He usually plays gangsters and thugs. He had a recurring role in the series Breaking Bad, in which he played assassin Marco Salamanca.Scientists and Researchers
Juan Fernando Gálvez - IT and Communications
Consultant, NASA. Raised in Tegucigalpa, Juan Fernando studied
communications in Florida, and after graduation obtained an entry level
job in NASA's Johnson Space Center, in Houston.
He started with maintenance of camera systems used to monitor astronauts
during their training.
Later he worked in recording and distributing video from several space
shuttle missions, including Atlantis, Discovery, Endeavor, and Columbia.
By the late 1990s, Gálvez was producing several of NASA's press
events, including an ocassion in which Walter Cronkite interviewed
veteran astronaut and US senator John Glenn, who was in orbit at the
time.
In 2003, when NASA lost Columbia, it was Gálvez who acted as
press representative to break the news to the public.
In his 25 years with NASA, Gálvez has worked in other departments,
including his more permanent post in IT, where he has been in charge of
more than 100 servers and looking after the needs of more than 10,000
users.
For his excellent work in this area, in 2014, NASA awarded Mr. Gálvez a
medal for exceptional achievement .
Salvador Moncada - pharmacological researcher. Born
in Tegucigalpa in 1944, to a Honduran father and a British mother.
Studied medicine at Universidad de El Salvador (in El Salvador) and
later obtained a PhD from the Department of Pharmacology, Royal College
of Surgeons, in London. Was director of Research at Wellcome
Laboratories and then moved to University College London, were he setup
the Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research. Dr. Moncada's
collaborated in research work that not only explained how drugs like
aspirin function as analgesics, antipyretics and anti-inflammatories,
but also how they help prevent cardiovascular problems, and also how
they cause gastric problems. Dr. Moncada has earned too many medical
prizes and awards to list here, and has been given honorary degrees by
no less than 20 universities, and holds several patents. In 2010, he
was awarded a Knighthood for Services to Science.
Ricardo Agurcia Fasquelle - archeologist. Studied
archeology at Duke University and Tulane University, is generally
credited with being the first formal Honduran archeologist. He has
co-authored several books with respected American archeologists (e.g.,
William Fash) on the Maya culture and the Maya ruins at Copán. He is
credited with discovering and documenting one of the most beautiful and
complex temples in the Copán archeological site: the Rosalila
Temple. Mr. Agurcia has championed the protection of Honduras's
archeological heritage and is a prominent member of Asociación Copán, which is specifically dedicated to the study and preservation of the archeological and natural heritage in the Copán valley.
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