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Cayo Scoop! The Ecology of Cayo Culture
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Nat Geo has a well thought out article that focuses on the Garifuna language, and how their songs carry it forward. In related news, The Garifuna Collective perform in London today.
"A music-led movement is revitalizing the Garifuna language in Central America. In Belize, travelers are invited to join in." 
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Art, culture, history; all easily found here in Cayo. Been to Handprint Cave yet? Nat Geo has a great picture of it. Joe Awe wrote an entertaining article about it. He's also written about the Maya in regards to rain water and corn. Keep up the great articles, Joe. "In Belize, one of the most amazing pieces was not on canvas. It was on the walls of a cave. Interestingly, the Hand Print Cave, which gets its name from the tremendous pieces an artist with no name etched on a wall of the cave. By all means, this was a masterpiece! The nerve-wrecking imagination within this person to even conceptualise an image which he or she would take out of his or her imagination to put somewhere else deserves a standing ovation."
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NatGeo has a great article, just in time for Halloween, about the Maya Underworld. Since Cayo has the most famous caves, many of them are mentioned, including Barton Creek Cave and Actun Tunichil Muknal. Worth a quick read. 'There are hundreds of caves in Belize that served as portals to what the Maya called Xibalba—home to ancient death gods, rituals, and extraordinary relics left behind.'
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Video of the day. Dr. Jaime Awe has a short explanation of the importance of Actun Tunichil Muknal cave.
"Explore Belize’s Maya Archaeological site, Actun Tunichil Muknal cave in this deleted scene from National Geographic's One Strange Rock. Watch more One Strange Rock Mondays 10/9c. Catch up on-demand & with the Nat Geo TV app.
Deep in the jungles of Belize, a sacred site has begun attracting tourists that are willing to hike, swim, and climb their way to reach it. The Actun Tunichil Muknal cave, a place of great significance for ancient Maya, was discovered in 1989. After years of research by Belizean archeologist Jaime Awe and his team, the site was opened to the public in 1998. The site is home to dozens of skeletons, including the famous Crystal Maiden.
Although the cave now draws much interest from adventurous tourists, it is still not widely seen: a few years ago, photography and video were banned. In 2017, Awe visited the cave again with National Geographic during filming for the new series One Strange Rock.
'They're portals to the underworld, to where important gods resided," Awe says, highlighting the cave's importance to the Maya civilization and the world. "We also see human sacrifice. Things must have been really difficult for the Maya to be doing this. The Maya certainly contributed to their own demise.'"
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Jessi Betancourt has made a cool promo video for the Belize Zoo to be shown on National Geographic. We love it!
"Here is my intro for a promo pitch title "The Best Little Zoo in the World" intended for Nat Geo. If you see it on tv, you know who made it!"
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