Subject: Garifuna Culture of Central America Garifuna Culture of Central America The Garifuna people are descendants of Carib‚ Arawak and West African people. The British colonial administration used the term Black Carib and Garinagu to distinguish them fromYellow and Red Carib‚ the Amerindian population that did not intermarry with Africans. Today the Garifuna live primarily in Central America. They live along the Caribbean Coast inBelize‚ Guatemala‚ Nicaragua and Honduras including the mainland
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Honduras‚ the Garifuna‚ lenca‚ misquito‚ pech‚ tawahka‚ etc. There are so many that it is summarized as one‚ popular culture. Popular culture consists of various aspects. Literature‚ for example‚ can take us back to the polytheistic religion of the ancient Maya culture and their corn people with the Popol-Vuh. On the other hand‚ it can take us to the tragic love story of “El Vampiro” by Froylan Turcios. Apart from literature‚ you can dance “Punta” at the beach‚ the music of the Garifunas‚ or hear the
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Asia Country Official and national Languages Other spoken Languages Afghanistan Pashto (Pashtu‚ Pushtu) an Eastern Iranian language‚ it is the native language of the Pashtun people. Dari Persian (Fārsī-ye Darī) also known as Afghan Persian. other Turkic and minor languages. Armenia Armenian (Hayeren) is an independent‚ one-language subgroup within the Indo-European language family. The unique Armenian alphabet‚ which consists of 39 characters‚ was created in 405 AD by a monk named
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maria Section 1 September 8‚ 2011 The main idea in the article ‘’Now as well as Then: Our early forbears” by R. Orlando Marville is about a few different groups of indigenous people Lokono‚ Kalina‚ and Garifuna. The Lokono and Kalina had very different structures the Lokonos were a simple agrarian community that settled by the water for the growth of their crops and who believed that their cacique or chief could be either both man or woman. The Kalina were traditionally patrilineal which means
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Spanish Study Guide 2 La Ropa El abrigo- coat Los aretes- earrings La blusa- blouse La bolsa- purse Las botas- boots Los calcetines- socks La camisa- shirt La camiseta- T-shirt La cartera- wallet; handbag Las chanclas- flip-flops La chaqueta- jacket El cinturon- belt La corbata- tie La falda- skirt La gorra- baseball cap El impermeable- raincoat Los jeans- blue jeans Las medias- stockings Los pantalones- pants El reloj- watch La ropa- clothing La ropa interior- underwear
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Describe the major migrations into the Caribbean that greatly impacted society and culture. Migration is the movement of people from one place to another‚ but in this case‚ it is the movement of a group of people from another country coming into the Caribbean for better opportunities mainly‚ because of slavery. The major migrations into the Caribbean were mainly slavery‚ indentureship‚ encomienda and the plantation system. All these were the impacts of the historical processes. Influences of the
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called Maybouya. B) The Caribs (and Garifuna) named St. Vincent Hairouna which mean land of the blessed and also Yurumein. C) After paramount chief Joseph Chatoyer was defeated by the English at Dorsetshire Hill the black Caribs or the Garifuna were transported to the Grenadine islands of Battowia and Baliceaux where many of them died from living conditions and lack of water and food‚ they were then transported to‚ an island off the coast of Honduras. D) The Garifuna are descendants of Carib‚ Arawak
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According to George P. Murdock (1949) the family is a social unit characterized by common residence‚ economic cooperation and reproduction. It includes adults of both sexes‚ at least two of whom maintain a socially approved sexual relationship‚ and one or more children own or adopted‚ of the sexually cohabiting adults. This was the universal‚ nuclear family view by functionalists; however Giddens 2009 mentioned the fact that a family could be a ‘kin’. On the other hand‚ though there isn’t any clear
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Spanish and German settlers‚ although other ancestry groups are represented to a smaller degree‚ including Norwegian‚ French‚ Italian‚ English‚ Irish‚ and Russian.There are about 110‚000 Salvadorans living in Guatemala. There is a sizable population of Garifuna‚ who are descended from black Africans who intermarried with indigenous peoples. Mulattos and Afro-Guatemalans are mostly descended from plantation workers. Guatemala has a large population of Asians‚ particularly of Chinese and Korean descent. These
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Name: Belize; formerly known as British Honduras. Location: Belize is bordered on the North by Mexico‚ on the South and West by Guatemala and on the East by the Caribbean Sea. Currency: Population: Since the last census established in July 2008 a total of 301‚270 was recorded. Flag: The coat of arms shows: 1. A mahogany tree: the first European settlers in Belize became mahogany traders and the mahogany trade was once the economical
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