Honduran folklore has a great diversity of crafts, tales, legends, music and dances.
Tales and Legends of Honduras
Numerous characters form part of the folklore and popular beliefs of Honduras. Some characters of legend that stand out are:
The Cadejo
The Goblin
The Mule herrada
El Bulero
La Sucia -
The Cart Ghost
The Gritón - (the Screamer)
The Timbo
El Picudo
The Cyclops of the Miskito jungle
La Llorona
The Taconuda (a female ghost with calf-length hair)
The legend of the Indian that turned into Tiger (Big Ranch, Esquías, Comayagua)
El Candú -
Pitero (The Armadillo)
Flores de Mimé
El Bananero
Los inditos
El costeño (The man from the [Miskito] coast)
El Tartamudo
Corrido a Honduras (Run to Honduras)
La valona
Adios Garcita morena
Al rumor de las selvas Hondureñas (To the rumour of the Honduran jungles) by Carlos Maria Varela
There is a variety of Honduran traditional clothes, mostly named for the region of origin. The following examples are the most well-known: :
Campesino (traditional farmer)
Copán
Jocomico
Intibucá
Cacautare
Colonial
Opatoro
Linaca
The following is a list of some of the traditional clothing that researcher David Adolfo Flores has documented in several municipalities of the Honduran territory:
Clothing of Carrizalón and Tapesco (Aldea Carrizalón municipality of Copán Ruinas, Copán Department)
Maya Ch'orti clothing
Clothing of the Muslims and Christians (Saint Andrés, Ocotepeque Department)
Clothing of the old people (Saint Andrés, and Saint Rafael, province of Ocotepeque.)
Clothing of the forastines (Saint Andrés,and Saint Rafael, province of Ocotepeque.)
Apparel from Santa Barbará (caserío Escondido, Estancia municipality of Santa Bárbara Department, Honduras
Clothing from Santa Barbará, male famer of Santa Barbará.
Clothing of the Guancasco of Gracias and Mejicapa Lempira Department
Clothing of the Garrobo Dance (The Campa, Lempira Department
Clothing of the Mogigangas (Chinda, Gualala and Ilama, municipality of Santa Barbará),
Princess-style colonial clothing of the Comayagua Department
Lamaní, department of Comayagua
Negrito (municipality of Santa Elena, La Paz)
La Paz department
Marcala, La Paz
Folk blouses from La Esperanza, Intibucá
Women's clothing of La Esperanza, Intibucá
Creole costume of the aldea of Guajiniquil (municipality of Concepción, department of Intibucá), collected by Johann Seren
clothing of the Francisco Morazán Department.
the time of Comayagua.
costumes of the comparsa of Muslims and Christians of Ojojona and Lepaterique (department of Francisco Morazán)
Tolupan (mountain of the flower) department of Francisco Morazán
I brought of the Valley of Agalta (aldea the Avocado, municipality of Saint Esteban, department of Olancho)
The suit of the Saw of Agalta. (aldeas The Avocado, Dead Bull, the Sale, municipality of Saint Esteban, department of Olancho.)
Suit rof the Coyolar (caserío the Coyolar, municipality of Saint Esteban, department of Olancho.)
Suit of you Disassemble them (aldea Disassemble them, municipality of San Francisco of The Peace, department of Olancho)
Suit of Tilapa (aldea of Tilapa, municipality of San Francisco of The Peace, department of Olancho)
costume of Santa Elena (aldea the Gizzard, municipality of Saint Esteban, department of Olancho)
Pech clothing (department of Olancho and Yoro)
Tawahkas clothing (department of Olancho)
Gracias a Dios suits, Misquito costumes.
Cortés Department clothing, suit of Omoa (department of Cortés)
Atlántida clothing, clothes of La Ceiba
Clothing of the Afro-Caribbean ethnicity suit of colon, garífuna suit called veluria" of woman suit garifuna of woman called gongnu suit warini (the herald navideño) suit wanarahgua (mascaro) suit of barbaric Indian, suit of the pastorelas suit of the dance of throw them suit of the (game and dance of the Muslims and Christians)
Native suit of the comparsa of Muslims and Christians of Ojojona and Lepaterique. (Ojojona, department of Francisco Morazán)
clothes of the blacks of Gracias and Mejicapa (Graces and Mejicapa, department of Lempira.)
Suit of the danzantes of San Sebastián, Lempira (the dance of the crowns between San Sebastián and Mejicapa)
Suit of the Muslims and Christian (Saint Andrés, department of Ocotepeque.)
Suit of the garrobo (The Campa, department of Lempira.)
Mogigangas costumes in(Chinda, Gualala and Ilama, department of Santa Barbará, Francisco Morazán Department),
Suits of the forastines (Saint Andrés, department of Ocotepeque.)
Suits of the olds (Saint Andrés, department of Ocotepeque.)
Tolupan suits (Mountain de la Flor, department of Francisco Morazán
Honduran folklore is very varied and interesting by the cultural elements that result in four major racial groups (native, Spaniards, Blacks and Mestizos). Each province has their own traditions, changing room, music and beliefs, for example:
The music of the Lenca, traditions, in addition to other groups originating from the pre-Hispanic civilizations, has been well documented. Some of the pre-Hispanic musical instruments include Mud Frogs Whistles (type of whistle made from clay or mud in the shape of a frog), etc.
Music and dances
Cultural and ethnic investigations Honduran, reflect the existence of the present dances and dances folklóricas:
The Tusa
Cachazas With Milk
The Trompezón
The Estaca
The Lima
The cascareño
La Campesina (The Peasant Woman)- originally from the Olancho department
It starts Clods of new hope
In front of The Guatalera
The Polka of the Roses
The sueñito
The Polka Run (breezes of the air)
The Index cards
The Lilies or Danzaon
Tat-Sap (Miskito origin, was made famous by the national chains during the political crisis of the 2009)
The piece of the Indian
The Green Stick
Polka markada
The Gift
Zapateado paceño
The Comb
Macheteado Musical
Dances of Lenca origin
El Baile del Garrobo (Dance of the Iguana), a guancasco
Baile de las Coronas (Dance of the Crowns)
Baile de los moreno chico (Dance of the Dark Boy)
El Baile de los huevos (Dance of the Eggs)
El Baile del Bandereo
el Baile de los diabolitos (Dance of the Little Devils)
Garifuna music and dances
Punta - This is the only music played at Garifuna wakes
Parranda
Mascarones
El Barreño - the washbowl
el Sueñito - the little dream
Henry Leonel Andean (Researcher and collector of dances like El corridito, El corrido de Don Juan, "The Polka of Apakunka" and "The dance of the Junquillo", Director of the Group Yaxall of Honduras)
Professor Diógenes Orlando Álvarez Rodas (Choreographer and Investigator) Dances like Los Lirios (The Lilies), El Danzón and La campesina (The Peasant Woman), among others
Doctor Jesús Aguilar Paz (music and folk habits)
Jesús Muñoz Tábora (director of the department of the National Folklore in the 80's)
Jorge Montenegro - Compilation of tales and national legends
Luis Castellón (collected dances such as: Destrocon, Polca of the dish, for example)
Professor Pompilio Ortega
Rafael Manzanares Aguilar
Rafael Rubio
Sebastián Martínez Rivera (writer on Honduran folklore)
Tania Pinto de Moran (Folcloróloga National)
Wilberto Allan Bonilla Rios - Collected dances such as: La pulgita (The Little Flea), Arranca terrones de Nueva Esperanza (Pull up the clods of Nuevo Esperanza), and Peineta (Comb), among others
David Adolfo Flores Valladares - folklorist and innovator in Honduran folk dance
