Corozal Culture
This area has cultural information relating to the
Corozal District of Belize.
On May 20, 2000, four of the artists were in Corozal for the
opening of the exhibition, Art for the People, an exhibition
by Belizean artists.
On 15 April 2000 the Belchoral Society of Belmopan offered an uplifting
and inspiring repertorie of songs at St. Paul's Anglican Church by the
Sea.
Sarteneja Village, in the Shipstern Peninsula of Belize, is famous for its
fishing and boat building.
Corozal Town lights up for the Christmas holiday season! It is worth the time to get out and
see the sights. Here is a sample from 2003.
The Corozal Cultural Center or Museum is presently closed. We hope this
presentation will help stimulate interest in getting it opened again.
The Corozal Public Library is a place for the citizens and
children of Corozal to enjoy, as well as tourists. It is
centrally located on 1st Street South right next to the
Town Hall.
The
International Costa Maya Festival
takes place in San Pedro, on Ambergris Caye. In this particular year (1998)
Corozal was offering a sample of the festival to encourage appreciation of
the Maya heritage in the Corozal District.
On 16 September 1997 Corozal's own Elvia Vega won the Miss Belize Contest.
Elvi is a graduate of Corozal Community College and Corozal Junior College,
and she graduated from the University of North Florida. Her mom was a
teacher at CCC, and she is now the Counsellor at CJC (as Elvia Vega Samos).
Mestizo is the mixture of Europeans (Spanish) and Indian ancestry (Amerindians).
It comes from a Spanish word meaning
mixed.