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Sambo Creek is a traditional
Garífuna The Garifuna people ( or ; pl. Garínagu in Garifuna language, Garifuna) are a people of mixed free African people, African and Indigenous people of the Americas, Amerindian ancestry that originated in the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent (An ...
village east of
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on the
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north coast of
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Culture

Sambo Creek has one of the largest Garifuna population in Honduras and is considered to be one of the epicenters of cultural preservation. An annual fair in June is held there and traditional dances are still practiced, like the punta.


Demographics

The ethnic composition is 65%
Garifuna The Garifuna people ( or ; pl. Garínagu in Garifuna) are a people of mixed free African and Amerindian ancestry that originated in the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent and traditionally speak Garifuna, an Arawakan language. The Garifuna ...
, 35%
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Notable people

* Rolando Palacios, Honduran Olympic Sprinter. *
Milton Núñez Milton Omar Núñez García (born 30 October 1972) is a retired Honduran footballer. Nuñez played a few seasons in Honduras before moving abroad to play for Comunicaciones in Guatemala and for Nacional in Uruguay. He then briefly appeared fo ...
, Honduran footballer.


References

Garifuna communities Populated places in Honduras {{Honduras-geo-stub