Tolupan

Tolupan
Jicaque
Total population
8,600-19,000
Regions with significant populations
Honduras
Languages
Jicaque
Religion
traditional tribal religion, Roman Catholicism

The Tolupan or Jicaque people are an Indigenous ethnic group of Honduras, primarily inhabiting the northwest coast of Honduras and the community Montaña de La Flor [sv] in central Honduras.

Culture

The Jicaque or Tolupan are an agrarian people, who raise beans, maize, and sweet and bitter manioc. They also fish, hunt, and raise livestock. They are polygamous. Culturally, they are similar to the Miskito and Sumo people.

History

In the 19th century, a Roman Catholic missionary, Manuel Jesús de Subirian, encouraged many Jicaque to assimilate into mainstream culture, settle in villages, and grow maize. The other Jicaque who maintained their traditional lifeways lived in Montaña de la Flor, and ultimately the Honduran government granted them a 760-hectare reservation.

Synonymy

The Jicaque are also called the Cicaque, Hicaque, Ikake, Taguaca, Taupane, Tol, Tolpan, Torrupan, or Xicaque people.

Honors

Rhadinella tolpanorum, a snake species native to Honduras, is named in honor of the Tolupan people.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Jicaque." Countries and Their Cultures. (retrieved 2 Dec 2011)
  2. ↑ "World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - Honduras : Xicaque | Refworld". www.refworld.org. Retrieved 2025-08-18.
  3. 1 2 "Jicaque." Encyclopædia Britannica. (retrieved 2 Dec 2011)
  4. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Tolpan", p. 266).

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