Honduras is a Central American country whose musicalculture is a mixture of indigenous, European and African elements. Traditional instruments in the country include the conch shell, which is now sometimes used alongside a guitar or accordion. The Lenca, a native ethnic group, have kept many of their musical traditions alive, including the guancasco dance, while the Garifunas have a vibrant syncretic popular tradition.
The Republic of Honduras is an independent country in western Central America, bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the south west El Salvador, to the south east by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean, to the north by the Gulf of Honduras and the Caribbean Sea.
Honduras became a state in the United Provinces of Central America in 1821, and an independent republic with the demise of the union in 1840.
Asians in Honduras are mostly of Chinese and Japanese descent.
Honduras is a Central American country whose musicalculture is a mixture of indigenous, European and African elements.
The Lenca, a native ethnic group, have kept many of their musical traditions alive, including the guancasco dance, while the Garifunas have a vibrant syncretic popular tradition and the Miskitos have their own unique fusion of indigenous, African and Europeanmusic [1].
Forms of Garifuna folk music and dance include chumba and hunguhungu, a circular dance in a three beat rhythm, which is often combined with punta.
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