Livingston
it´s situated in the tropic jungle, where the river Rio Dulce reach
Amatique bay at the Guatemala’s Atlantic coast. It’s the only little
garifuna’s city of the country.
The history of the Garifuna people starts before the year 1635
on the island of St. Vincent infront of the Venezuela’s coast. St.
Vincent was habited by a tribe of indians called Arawaks. The Kalipuna
(Indians from Venezuela) went into San Vincent and killed arawak man
taking their woman, creating a new tribe in San Vincent.
In 1635 two Spanish ships carrying Nigerian
slaves shipwrecked on the island of St. Vincent.
At first, the Spanish, Nigerians and Kalipuna fought
but eventually learned to get along
and had mix marriage, these population were called
Black
Caribbean
At that time, St. Vincent was a British colony and
the Caribbean tried to establish independent control of
the island. The French supported the Caribbean.
In 1796 the Caribbean and the French surrendered to
the British.
The Caribbean were free men with black
skin so they took them to Roatan’s island.
Only in Livingston you find a little town with many cultures:
garifuna’s, coulis (native from India), Queqchi´s (Guatemalan natives)
and ladinos. Close to the town you can find rivers, beaches, waterfalls
and hundreds of tropical plants and animals.
