Honduras History

The history of Honduras goes back to individuals migrating from North America, traveling through Central America to arrive in South America and along the way some did end up staying in Honduras and there are artifacts that date back to 12,000 BC from the migration. Then the Mayan civilization was prevalent with the ancient city of Copan but it collapsed in 800 AD. In 1502 Christopher Columbus arrived in the Guanaja which is part of the Bay Islands and gave the name Honduras which means depth because of the deep waters in the Bay Islands. With Spanish conquistadors now trying to gain the country of Honduras such as Cristobal de Olid who was Hernan Cortez man and Gil Gonzáles dávila led to conflicts which ultimately had Honduras gaining its independence. Its culture relfects with the conquests and colonization Honduras endured in the 16th century. Honduras ethnic makeup is mixed with mostly Mestizos (having European and Amerindian descent), Amerindian, Afro-Honduran, White-Honduran, and other ethnicities included.
Its official language is Spanish with 63-65 percent of the population being Romen Catholic.


Its foods are baleadas which is a flour tortilla filled with fried red beans, cheese, and butter but you can add other ingrediants.

Pastelitos de perro which are made from corn flour tortilla with ground meat inside topped off with cheese. 

 

Nacatamales which are mostly eaten on festive occasions like Christmas.




Three Regions I would like to adopt are Honduras, Panama, and Costa Rica.

Work Cited:

“Culture Of Honduras.” Centralamerica, www.centralamerica.com/honduras/culture/.

Nag, Oishimaya Sen. “The Culture Of Honduras.” WorldAtlas, WorldAtlas, 6 Mar. 2019, www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-culture-of-honduras.html.

“Honduras.” Countries and Their Cultures, www.everyculture.com/Ge-It/Honduras.html.