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Banana plantation owned by one of the multi-national fruit companies that occupies a portion of the Rio Ulua’s fertile and well-watered flood plain in northern Honduras.
On the eroded soils of the surrounding hills, Honduran farmers practice slash and burn agriculture.
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Typical fruit company town in northern Honduras. Note the absence of the traditional Latin American grid of streets, central plaza and Roman Catholic church. Instead the fruit companies often included a “village green” in settlements that housed workers.
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Monoculture from above. Blurry African oil palm plantation in northern Honduras.
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Central American Rimland: The Case of the Garifuna
Garifuna settlement on Punta Sal, Honduras
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http://www.stanford.edu/group/arts/honduras/teacher/images/migrationmap.pdf
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http://www.telahonduras.com/html/bayenlarged.htm Typical web image of Garifuna region.
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STANN CREEK DISTRICT
http://www.seinebight.com/whereseinebight.htm
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The same holds for the Bay Islands.
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Typical Garifuna settlement shaded by Atlantic Tall palm trees before the arrival of Lethal Yellowing disease. Hopkins, Belize 1989.
Swede
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My summer home in 1989.
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Two stages of Garifuna housing (Hopkins 1989.
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Sangrelaya, Honduras (2010)
Palm thatch
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Santa Rosa de Aguan, 2010.
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Sea-edge of Garifuna community (Hopkins 1989)
The shore line marks the division of labor in Garifuna society. Men fish. Women plant.
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Hopkins, 1989
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Hopkins 1989
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Garifuna cassava plantation in Santa Rosa de Aguan in 2010.
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Swede cooking cassava bread.
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Swede cooking cassava bread.
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Garifuna woman grating coconut, another dietary staple.
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Cooking “Johnny Cakes”. British names are common in Belizean and Garifuna culture.
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Hopkins 1989
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Ocean-front restroom. Men only! The shore line division extends beyond economic activities (Hopkins 1989).
SwedeGarifuna child
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(Santa Rosa de Aguan, June 2010).
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(Santa Rosa de Aguan, June 2010).
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We had to take this “ferry” to reach one Garifuna settlement. After we got off the ferry we drove on the beach.
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“Hurry up and wait” is the name of the game in all parts of Honduras.
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…and wait….”for a better future.” (Santa Rosa de Aguan, 2010).
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Santa Rosa de Aguan, 2010
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(Santa Rosa de Aguan 2010).
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(Santa Rosa de Aguan, June 2010).
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(Santa Rosa de Aguan, June 2010).
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One way to protect the Garifuna language is for the Garifuna to tell their stories in that language. The poster advertises a radionovela, in which the Garifuna language is utilized to tell a Garifuna.
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Signs of Lethal Yellowing Disease spread. Tela, 2010
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A row of full-grown Malayan dwarf coconut palms planted to replace Atlantic Tall palms. The change in palm species really changes village landscapes. Santa Ras de Aguan 2010
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Typical Garifuna settlement shaded by Atlantic Tall palm trees before the arrival of Lethal Yellowing disease. Hopkins, Belize 1989.
Swede
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Roman Catholic church in Sangrelaya, Honduras.
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Inside the church a visitor observes how the Garifuna worship in their own language.
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The dory on the wall at the front of Sangrelaya’s church is my favorite part. It demonstrates how the Garifuna integrate, and preserve, their culture in a foreign institution, the Roman Catholic faith.
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As you read in one of the assigned articles, HIV/AIDS rates are particularly high in some Garifuna communities. This billboard promotes awareness and openness about the disease.
The fellow in the wheelchair/bicycle? He’s a young Miskito man who had both legs amputated because of health problems caused by diving at depth and decompressing improperly. You’ll learn about his Rimland people in the next reading.
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