Thank you, and yeah it's lost because of the culture being drowned out. Though I do understand making things up to try to fill in the gaps in our history, it doesn't really work. It's like trying to fill the hole where your heart should be with paper maiche. It's a worthy attempt, but it fixes nothing.
That being said, it's part of the reason i'm so passionate about people knowing their cultures, and when my characters don't, i write it as a relevant part of their stories. Kattar's story in relation to his heritage specifically is going to become a central part of the plot.
I actually started a thread about writing characters of your own culture, but the aspect of lost culture is something i forgot to mention lol, it's a big factor in your existence, but not one i've written from the Latin American perspective