PEOPLE OF HONDURAS
The local natives of Hondurans are lovingly known as catrachos. They reside along the central and western upland valley and along the La Costa Norte, where most of the settlements resort. South and east are less inhabited.
Hondurans belong to the mestizos community that is related to the Spanish-group of people belonging to the Indian-Spanish heritage. Amerindians cover a minor portion of the population. Spanish is the local language spoken here while English is even accepted in the Bay Island area. The other local languages spoken here are Lenca, Miskitu, Garifuna, and many others.
The religion thriving in this area relates to the evidence of the Roman Catholicism where most of the area is marked with the presence of ornate churches, belonging to the colonial era.
Afro- and Anglo-Antilleans who traveled from the Caribbean island are well placed in the region of north coast and the Bay Islands. Garífuna, or Black Caribs, nestle along the coastal villages while a minor portion of the German and Middle Eastern origins are located near the northern coast.
The Hondurans are friendly in nature by are socially uneducated due to their poor status.
ARTS, CULTURE AND MUSIC OF HONDURAS
Art: Visit the Copan museum , where one may come across wonderful exhibits along with architectural pieces left behind during the Mayan time. Get to see different faces of the Mayan society where all the sculptures are created with rocks. It even describes how Mayans had an idea about a person dying and described its significance in the leftover artwork, which was called as the Underworld. Next, tour to the Museum of Anthropology and History of Valle de Sula that articulates the historical significance behind the discovery of Valle de Sula and about their cultural ethnicity. Honduras is known for coming up and designing of things made of Lenca ceramics.
Culture: Handshakes is quite a usual way as far as greeting somebody is concerned. The greeting is between men and women both who indulge in a prolonged handshake gesture. One may come across a Spanish phrase called si Dios quiere which means God willing, which is relatively used when a commitment is made, be it personal or official. The local natives value their family and customs above anything else. Even above any kind of business proposals.
Music: Get an indigenous combination of the European and African basics while listening to the music that originated in Honduras. The native musical instruments widely popular in this region are marimba, conch shell, guitar, accordion, caramba and marimba. Listen to the musical rhythm played by an ethnic group; named Lenca that still refreshes the melody of oldies of the long-gone era.
The Garifunas carry a vibrant tradition while the group of Miskitos are known to carry their own musical rhythm, along with the native dance of guancasco that are popularly witnessed in this region.
