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Posts By: Tamara Sniffin

Lizard Tales: La Llorona

“woe on him whom she seduced with her beauty and who having compassion on her weeping near to console her.” The story is told of…

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Where Do You Read: Costa Rica

  Yvonne Temsik (left) reads My Beautiful Belize with her grandson Trey and daughter Tara while staying at Guayabo, the Smokey Volcano Lodge in Santa…

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Anansi

“If pin neva ben’, ‘Nansi story neva en’.” By far the most popular Belizean folklore character, ANANSI* is the one about whom many have written…

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Silly for Sliders

We all have things that we look forward to throughout the year. Maybe it’s a holiday or celebrating your birthday that you eagerly anticipate each…

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Hashishi Pampi

“Them wiggle inna ashes pam de fire hearth and lef out them head. They eat roast thing.” The fire hearth has always played a central…

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