Essay On Honduras

Honduras is a vibrant country with clear blue oceans and a diverse culture. The dominant language spoken in Honduras is Spanish; although there are many forms of the language spoken in the country, the specific style of Spanish that most Hondurans speak comes from Tegucigalpa, the capital of the country. Other than influences from the city, Hondurans living to the north of the country along the coast have developed a form of Spanish derived from an array of local tribes, British occupants, and African influences. Outside of Spanish, up to ten individual languages are predominantly spoken in Honduras. These include, Armenian, English-based Creole, and a large population Arabic speakers (over 150,000 inhabitants).
In 2002 a poll of citizens that
were 18 years or older, only 63% of the population identified themselves as Roman Catholic. Approximately 23% reported themselves to be evangelical Christians and 14% designated themselves as belonging to other religious groups like Judaism, Greek Orthodox, Episcopalian,or Lutheranism. Traditionally, Honduras is a Catholic country and people will usually wear a crucifix or religious symbol around their necks; other than that people mostly keep their religion to themselves. Evangelical Christians make up most of the urban lifestyle and they worship in a small chapel, often a wood shack or a room in the house.
In Honduras the average family size would be five members (nuclear family): a mother, a father, and their children. The family is usually a patriarchal as well. A huge part of family tradition is Day of the Dead, celebrated on November 1st. Day of the Dead is to celebrate rather than mourn for loved ones by celebrating with flowers, music, dances, and paintings. Many Hondurans also clean up around where they’re loved ones are buried and retouch up on their tombstones. To go along with traditions, Hondurans have a pretty typical diet for a Latin American country; an average meal for breakfast consists of scrambled eggs,beans, and tortillas.
For lunch/dinner there is rice, beans, tortillas, and some form of grilled meat. A traditional holiday is Honduras Independence day, where on September 15th Hondurans celebrate their declaration of independence.
In Honduras, the quality and ability to access healthcare are directly related to the amount of money people make.
Good health care is available to those who are able to pay the high cost while health care for the urban and rural poor is extremely limited. Due to a severe lack of money, these poor poeple living in heavily populated downtown areas and extreme rural locations are subject to much more life-threatening diseases and conditions. Country-wide, malnutrition is mainly the reason for 34 percent of Hondures’ children experiencing growth stunts when they are between two and five years of age. Along with this, a majority of the population lacks access to running water and sanitation facilities; these factors are all key contributing aspects to the country's high infant mortality rate. Across Honduras, hundreds of government clinics and hospitals are frequently entirely empty, lacking trained personnel, outdated equipment, and a limited supply of medicines. Diseases like influenza, typhoid, pneumonia, and malaria, that were at one time thought to be under control, have returned in full force because the country’s severe lack of preventive measures. Unlike the United States, the health care systems in countries like Honduras are structured to aid the financially wealthy--leaving the poor citizens to barter and trade for even the smallest amounts of medical treatment. If people have nothing to pay with, they don't receive medical care. The United States differs from
Honduras in the fact that it maintains a wide variety of separate systems for many different classes of people based on income.