Watch: Belize: Land of the Maya (ARTE)

It is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America

In Belize, Mayan descendants represent around 10 per cent of the population.

They are fighting to preserve their ancestral cultural heritage as the jungle they inhabit is threatened by drought and deforestation.

 

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