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Punta is an Afro-indigenous dance and cultural music of the Belizean, Guatemalan, Honduran and Nicaraguan Garífuna people, originating from the Caribbean island of ...
Latin Americans refer to a person from Honduras as a catracho or catracha.The term was coined by Nicaraguans in the mid-19th century when Honduran General Florencio Xatruch returned from battle with his Honduran and Salvadoran soldiers after defeating American freebooters commanded by William Walker, whose purpose was to re-establish slavery and take over all of Central America.
Punta Carretas is a barrio (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay. Politically located in the Municipality CH, it is an affluent neighborhood, with a high population density and a large number of high-rise apartment buildings. [ 1 ]
Punta rock, or Belizean punta, is a form of Garifuna music originating in Belize and created by Pen Cayetano. Songs are usually sung in Belizean Kriol or Garifuna and Spanish or English. Many Garifuna American artists and bands perform the genre as well.
Punta Brava Lighthouse (Faro de Punta Brava), also known as Punta Carretas Lighthouse, is a lighthouse in Punta Carretas, Montevideo, Uruguay. It was erected in 1876. The lighthouse has a height of 21 metres and its light reaches 15 nautical miles (28 kilometres) away, with a flash every ten seconds. [2] In 1962, the lighthouse became electric.
Guillermo Anderson was born in La Ceiba, Atlántida, Honduras, February 26, 1962, to Jorge Guillermo Anderson Sarmiento and Ida Avilés Sevilla.Guillermo Anderson grew up exposed to the mixture of Garifuna, North American, British, and Caribbean cultures characteristic to the Northern coast of Honduras, which later provided the basis for his artistic style. [1]
The Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ), built in 1984 and located just 5 minutes from the resort, is a privately owned commercial airport and the second busiest airport in the Caribbean. [40] Owned and operated by Grupo PUNTACANA, it currently has four million passengers annually.
Exerodonta catracha is a species of frog in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to Honduras . Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests , rivers , and freshwater marshes .