Lenca people

E530452
indigenous people

The Lenca people are an indigenous group of Central America, primarily in Honduras and El Salvador, known for their pre-Columbian cultural heritage, traditional agriculture, and distinctive crafts and rituals.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Lenca 2
Lenca culture 1
Lenca indigenous culture 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous people ⓘ
affectedBy Spanish colonization ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country El Salvador ⓘ
Honduras ⓘ
culturalHeritage pre-Columbian heritage ⓘ
culturalHeritageElement Lenca traditional festivals ⓘ
traditional Lenca pottery of La Campa ⓘ
culturalPractice oral tradition ⓘ
traditional music and dance ⓘ
use of traditional dress in ceremonies ⓘ
culturalRecognition recognized as indigenous people in El Salvador ⓘ
recognized as indigenous people in Honduras ⓘ
currentIssue cultural assimilation pressure ⓘ
land rights conflicts ⓘ
language loss ⓘ
ethnolinguisticGroup Lenca NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod pre-Columbian era ⓘ
indigenousTo El Salvador NERFINISHED ⓘ
Honduras NERFINISHED ⓘ
language Lenca languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageStatus endangered ⓘ
leaderInHistory Lempira NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lempira resisted Spanish conquest in Honduras ⓘ
majorSettlementRegion Intibucá Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
La Paz Department (Honduras) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lempira Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
Morazán Department (El Salvador) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Usulután Department (El Salvador) NERFINISHED ⓘ
populationRegion eastern El Salvador ⓘ
western Honduras ⓘ
region Central America ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
indigenous beliefs ⓘ
syncretic Christianity ⓘ
ritual agricultural ceremonies ⓘ
harvest festivals ⓘ
rain-calling rituals ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
ceramics ⓘ
gourd carving ⓘ
pottery ⓘ
weaving ⓘ
traditionalCrop beans ⓘ
maize ⓘ
squash ⓘ
traditionalEconomy subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHousing adobe houses ⓘ
traditionalReligionFeature ancestor veneration ⓘ
veneration of nature spirits ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lenca language → associatedWith → Lenca people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lenca culture
Lenca language → ethnicGroup → Lenca people ⓘ
Lempira → ethnicity → Lenca people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lenca
Lenca language → hasAlternativeName → Lenca people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lenca
western Honduras → hasCulturalHeritage → Lenca people ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Honduras
this entity surface form: Lenca indigenous culture
Lempira Department → hasEthnicGroup → Lenca people ⓘ
Lempira Department → hasIndigenousPeople → Lenca people ⓘ
Spanish conquest of El Salvador → mainBelligerent → Lenca people ⓘ
Spanish conquest of El Salvador → opponent → Lenca people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lenca warriors
Spanish conquest of Honduras → opponent → Lenca people ⓘ
Lempira → placeOfActivity → Lenca people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lenca territories