'Grisi Siknis' illness grips indigenous Nicaraguan communities

In Nicaragua's North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN), rural Miskito communities along the Río Coco have been faced with outbreaks of a mysterious collective hysteria, known as grisi siknis, or crazy sickness, Nica Times Editor Tim Rogers reports.

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• Miskito
• indigenous
• indians
• native
• Rio Coco
• RAAN

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@jdogpc

They do sound very belizean more than jamaican

[uplasaura231]

como consiguio esta informacion este gringo o lo k sea??? ademas muchas de las cosas que dijo el kana mawan no es cierto......

[0CVE]

@jdogpc  That Is Nice Man.

[jdogpc]

I currently am living in Bilwi. Yes Creole English is spoken here, it sound like Patois (Jamaican English) In Bilwi, Miskito, and Spanish is spoken everywhere but, Creole English is spoken by maybe every tenth person.

[snorlaxx1337911]

how they talk?? is an english speakin person able to understand them?? i thought on the miskito-coast in nicaragua an english-creole is spoken??e.g. bluefields on the very southern part of the miskito-coast. am i wrong?? should sound like belizean accent....