Florida, Copán
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Florida is a municipality
in the western Honduran
department of Copán. Its products include tobacco, corn and cattle.
The feria patronal
, or fair in honor of the town's patron saint, is towards the end of April
when one may enjoy aubades, carreras de cintas
, climbing greased poles, the coronation of the queen of the fair, rodeo
s, sack race
s, and so forth.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the western Honduran
Honduras
Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...
department of Copán. Its products include tobacco, corn and cattle.
The feria patronal
Fiesta patronal
The Fiestas patronales are yearly celebrations held in countries influenced by Spanish culture.A fiesta patronal is usually dedicated to a saint or virgin, who is the patron of whichever city holds the fiesta. Usually, town members adorn the town streets with colorful decorations and other things...
, or fair in honor of the town's patron saint, is towards the end of April
when one may enjoy aubades, carreras de cintas
Carrera de cintas
The carrera de cintas, or belt race, is a traditional sport often played during the feria patronal in Spain and Latin America. In the carrera de cintas, short belts with loops on one end are hung from a wire suspended between two posts. Contestants, who may be on either horses or bicycles, ride...
, climbing greased poles, the coronation of the queen of the fair, rodeo
Rodeo
Rodeo is a competitive sport which arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain, Mexico, and later the United States, Canada, South America and Australia. It was based on the skills required of the working vaqueros and later, cowboys, in what today is the western United States,...
s, sack race
Sack race
The sack race or gunny sack race is a competitive game in which participants place both of their legs inside a sack or pillow case that reaches their waist or neck and jump forward from a starting point toward a finish line. The first person to cross the finish line is the winner of the race.Sack...
s, and so forth.