Lenca Statement on “Traditional Knowledge: generation, transmission and protection.” Our tribal contribution to the UNPFII Eighteenth Session: 22 April – 3 May 2019 Honourable members of the committee, honourable chair, your excellencies and distinguished audience at large. Thank you for convening …
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Our Sacred Cave of Creation
The Ti Ketau Antiwinikil is a Lenca sacred cave in eastern El Salvador in Morazán, Corinto. It’s on the verge of collapse even thought it’s been named a national monument. It contains petroglyphs date back to the ice age, it’s …
Videlinks
You can learn more about the Lenca people via these links. Enjoy! The Lenca lands in context.
Macaw’s meaning
The Guara or Macaw is the totemic bird of the entire Lenca land. That land includes the territory which today includes El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Sarapique in Costa Rica and Veraguas in Panama. The name of this land is called …
Chief’s Message
Peace making in an ever changing world. For thousands of years, the Lenca rulers of Managuara have not only played a delicate stewardship of the narrow land bridge in the continent, they have also played a mediation role between the …
Lenca Crown 