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Miskitu Foodways

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⚠ ONE PEOPLE ACROSS A BORDER. The MISKITU live on the Caribbean coast of both Honduras and Nicaragua, and the Honduras-Nicaragua border cuts their territory; the Mosquito Coast was a British protectorate and a Miskitu kingdom for two centuries. MÍSKITU is a Misumalpan language with a living speaker community, and their relatives the MAYANGNA, TAWAHKA and ULWA speak related languages. The foodway is lagoon, river and forest: CASSAVA and sweet cassava, plantain and banana, rice, coconut, dasheen, yam, breadfruit and pineapple from riverbank plots; fish, shrimp, turtle historically and now protected, manatee historically; game; WABUL, the plantain or cassava mash in coconut milk; and RONDÓN. ⚠ THE LOBSTER DIVE FISHERY is a documented occupational-injury crisis among Miskitu divers and is recorded as such.

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Communities and languages

  • Miskitu community documented
  • Mayangna community documented
  • Tawahka community documented
  • Ulwa community documented

Languages: Mískito, Mayangna, Ulwa, Spanish, English

What is recorded

  • The Miskitu live on the Caribbean coast of both Honduras and Nicaragua and the international border divides their territory. Míkitu is a Misumalpan language with a living speaker community, related to Mayangna, Tawahka and Ulwa. Wabul, a plantain or cassava mash in coconut milk, and rondón are documented staples. Decompression injury among Miskitu lobster divers is documented as a widespread occupational health problem. documented

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