Ch10: La Cultura - Honduras y Nicaragua

Question 1

Personas Notables: What is the name of the project that was born in support of WIDECAST, and when was it created?

Answer 1

Weaving for Nature in 2007

Question 2

Personas Notables: how many people contribute to Weaving for Nature, and where are they from?

Answer 2

More than 60 women in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama

Question 3

Personas Notables: What is the purpose of Weaving for Nature?

Answer 3

To prevent turtle deaths by suffocating on plastic bags

Question 4

Personas Notables: How does Weaving for Nature achieve their goal?

Answer 4

Plastic bags are washed, disinfected, and transformed into yarn that can be used for weaving

Question 5

Personas Notables: What are some of the items that Weaving for Nature makes with recycled plastic bags?

Answer 5

Wallets, bags, bracelets and sandals

Question 6

Historia: Where are the Mayan ruins in Honduras?

Answer 6

Copán

Question 7

Historia: Why are the Mayan ruins in Copán historically important?

Answer 7

Copán was the center of Mayan civilization

Question 8

Historia: What advancements were used by the Mayans in Copán?

Answer 8

Hieroglyphic writing, an advanced calendar, and complex astronomy

Question 9

Historia: Describe the duties of women in Mayan civilization.

Answer 9

Housework, cleaning, caring for children and animals, growing and making food

Question 10

Historia: How was the Mayan civilization destroyed?

Answer 10

Overpopulation, water pollution, political struggles, and war

Question 11

Historia: When and by whom was the Museo de Escultura de Copán created, and what is significant about it?

Answer 11

1996 by the Honduran government; located inside the Copán National Park where the original vegetation of the area still exists

Question 12

Artes Plásticas: What was Leticia Banegas’ occupation before painting, and when did she begin painting as a career?

Answer 12

Graphic design; 2012

Question 13

Artes Plásticas: How does Leticia Banegas categorize her work, and why?

Answer 13

As magical realism since they take place between heaven and earth

Question 14

Artes Plásticas: Who do the women in Leticia Banegas’ paintings represent?

Answer 14

Her family over many generations

Question 15

Artes Plásticas: What types of colors does Leticia Banegas use in her paintings?

Answer 15

Always gold as well as other bright colors

Question 16

Ritmos y Música: What is the most important rhythm in Honduran music called?

Answer 16

Punta

Question 17

Ritmos y Música: What are the main instruments in Honduran folk music?

Answer 17

Marimba and guitar

Question 18

Ritmos y Música: What is the name of the music in both Honduras and Nicaragua that originates from Africa?

Answer 18

Garifuna

Question 19

Ritmos y Música: Why does Garifuna music have African origins?

Answer 19

Africans were deported by the English from St. Vincent Island in the Caribbean to Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Belize in 1797

Question 20

Ritmos y Música: What are the origins of Nicaraguan music?

Answer 20

Indigenous, European, and African rhythms

Question 21

Ritmos y Música: What instruments are important in Nicaraguan music?

Answer 21

The marimba, the guitar, and the ukelele

Question 22

Ritmos y Música: What is an example of Garifuna music from Hondruas?

Answer 22

The group Lita Ariran and their interpretation of the Punta