Mosquito Coast as an example of cultural syncretism originated by colonialism

Abstract

The article focuses on the mechanisms of creation of collective identities, processes of cultural syncretism and change on the concrete case study of the Mosquito Coast (eastern shore of Nicaragua and Honduras) in the second half of the 19th century.

Keywords

• Mosquito Coast
• Nicaragua
• Honduras
• history
• syncretism
• mission
• 19th century