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Belizean musical groups (2 P) A. Belizean accordionists (1 P) C. ... Pages in category "Belizean musicians" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
The Maya presence in Belize traces back to 2600 B.C. Almost forty sites of ancient Mayan ruins have been discovered in the Belizean area of the Yucatán Peninsula.Most of what is known about the music of ancient Maya in Belize has been discovered in the iconographies and artifacts discovered in these sites.
Belizean musicians (4 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Music of Belize" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
Leela Vernon MBE (21 October 1950 – 19 February 2017) [1] was a Belizean cultural icon noted for her contributions to preserving Creole culture in the country. She was awarded the title "Queen of Brukdown", received the Order of the British Empire for promoting Creole culture and music, and was named the Brukdown Artist of the Year in 2004.
Brukdown is a genre of Belizean music.Its best-known performer and innovator, Wilfred Peters is regarded as a Belizean national icon. The word brukdown may come from broken down calypso, referring to the similarities between brukdown and Trinidadian calypso music; the presence of large numbers of Jamaicans in Belize also led to an influence from mento music.
Francis Reneau (or Frankie Reneau) is a pianist and composer from Belize. In 1994 he was commissioned by the government to produce a representative compilation of Belizean music, [1] and in 2001 he was awarded an MBE for services to music. In 2007 Francis help create the celebration to the 25 years that Belize has had its independence, for ...
Cayetano was born in 1954 in Dangriga Town, Stann Creek District, Belize. Cayetano is self-taught in the art of painting and music and claims his influences come from the native Garifuna culture and that of the Creoles. These are the two largest ethnically black groups in Belize. [1] Cayetano began painting in the late 1970s at a studio in ...
Wilfred Peters (Sr.) MBE (April 15, 1931 – June 9, 2010), better known as Mista Peetaz, was a musical artist in the Brukdown style (Brukdong Myoozik in Belize Creole) in Belize. He was a pioneer of the music of Belize's Creole (Kriol) people called Brukdown or Brukdong (in Belize Creole). His favourite instrument was the accordion. He was ...