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    The document summarizes aspects of Mestizo culture in Belize, including their history, food, and dances. It states that Mestizos are people of mixed Spanish and Mayan descent making up 48% of Belize's population, who arrived in 1847 after fleeing a war in Yucatan. It describes traditional Mestizo foods as a mixture of Spanish, Mexican, and Mayan influences. It also outlines three traditional Mestizo dances that tell stories and involve courtship between men and women.

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    The document summarizes aspects of Mestizo culture in Belize, including their history, food, and dances. It states that Mestizos are people of mixed Spanish and Mayan descent making up 48% of Belize's population, who arrived in 1847 after fleeing a war in Yucatan. It describes traditional Mestizo foods as a mixture of Spanish, Mexican, and Mayan influences. It also outlines three traditional Mestizo dances that tell stories and involve courtship between men and women.

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    The document summarizes aspects of Mestizo culture in Belize, including their history, food, and dances. It states that Mestizos are people of mixed Spanish and Mayan descent making up 48% of Belize's population, who arrived in 1847 after fleeing a war in Yucatan. It describes traditional Mestizo foods as a mixture of Spanish, Mexican, and Mayan influences. It also outlines three traditional Mestizo dances that tell stories and involve courtship between men and women.

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    The document summarizes aspects of Mestizo culture in Belize, including their history, food, and dances. It states that Mestizos are people of mixed Spanish and Mayan descent making up 48% of Belize's population, who arrived in 1847 after fleeing a war in Yucatan. It describes traditional Mestizo foods as a mixture of Spanish, Mexican, and Mayan influences. It also outlines three traditional Mestizo dances that tell stories and involve courtship between men and women.

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    The

    Mestizo

    Done by: Byron lima , Jason huang , yshani Lawrence,

    Sephora sanchez , Marvin Padilla

    DATE: OCTOBER 15, 2018

    CLASS: 2 BOWMAN

    SUBMMITED: TANIA VICENTE


    TABLE OF CONTENT

    The mestizo history………………1


    The mestizo food……………………2
    The mestizo dance…………………3
    THE MESTIZO HISTORY

    The Mestizo are a people of mixed Spanish and Mayan descent


    representing roughly 48% of the Belizean population. They
    originally arrived in Belize in 1847 to escape La Guerra de Castas
    (the Caste War), when over 70,000 Maya revolted against the
    20,000 Spanish throughout Yucatan, annihilating over one-third of
    the population. The survivors, mostly Mestizo, fled over the border
    into British territory. Additionally, many refugees of the Caste War
    eventually reached western Belize by way of Peten, Guatemala,
    establishing communities in Benque Viejo del Carmen, San
    Ignacio, and San Jose Succotz.

    The Mestizo are found everywhere in Belize but most make their
    homes in the northern districts of Corozal and Orange Walk.
    Having merged with the Maya in the north, this has resulted in the
    Yucatec Maya giving way to the Mestizo, allowing them to lose
    their language and several other cultural forms.

    Since the 1980s, many thousands of refugee Mestizo from


    Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras have established
    communities near the capital city of Belmopan; while those living
    in the Stann Creek District have found employment in the citrus
    and banana industries. Descendants of the earlier settlers also
    inhabit the more northerly islands on Caye Caulker and Ambergris
    Caye..
    THE MESTIZO FOOD

    The first sugar farmers in the country were


    Mestizo, from when they first settled in the
    Corozal District along with their cane cuttings.
    Due to their background, their food is a mixture
    of Spanish, Mexican and Maya. Foods like
    relleno, escabeche, chirmole, empanadas and
    tamales came from the Mexican; while corn
    tortillas were handed down by the Maya.
    THE MESTIZO DANCE

    On a platter, a baked hog head is placed with special


    bread. Stuck on the head are 12 sticks with 12 different
    colored ribbons or fabrics representing the different
    months of the year. The offering is made to ask for an
    abundance of grain throughout the course of the year. The
    second dance was the Bottle Dance (El Baile del la
    Botella) which features a male dancing with a bottle on top
    of his head surrounded by young females. It is said that
    the dance originated when a man referred to as “el
    borachito” (the drunk) asked a young Mestizo woman to
    dance with him. The girl refused to dance with the man
    because he appeared drunk. To prove his point, the man
    danced with a bottle on top of his head balancing it without
    the bottle falling. The other two dances highlight the charm
    and beauty of a woman as they seduce and overpower the
    man. In the “El Torito” dance, the female overpowers the
    cowboy with her irresistible beauty, while in the “El
    Degoyote” the female flirts with the male, eventually
    controlling the mind and body of the male.

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