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  2. Garifuna music - Wikipedia

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    Garifuna music is an ethnic music and dance with African, Arawak, and Kalinago elements, originating with the Afro-Indigenous Garifuna people from Central America and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. In 2001, Garifuna music, dance, and language were collectively proclaimed as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by ...

  3. Garifuna - Wikipedia

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    The Garifuna people (/ ˌ ɡ ɑːr iː ˈ f uː n ə / GAR-ee-FOO-nə [3] [4] or Spanish pronunciation: [ɡa'ɾifuna]; pl. Garínagu [5] in Garifuna) [a] are a people of mixed free African and Amerindian ancestry that originated in the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent and traditionally speak Garifuna, an Arawakan language.

  4. Drums of Our Fathers Monument - Wikipedia

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    The bronze monument, Drums of Our Fathers, was erected to honour and commemorate the history, beliefs and culture of the Garifuna people throughout the country of Belize. . The musical instruments on the sculpture represents the past, present and future of the Garifuna culture and are generally used in the popular Garifuna music and celebratio

  5. Punta - Wikipedia

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    Over time due to their difficult history, music and dance became a way to explain their daily lives and surroundings, a vehicle to communicate Garifuna struggles and ideas, and an antidote to celebrate life and release Garifuna pain. [1] "While punta the song form symbolizes the retention of culture through music, punta the dance form ...

  6. Chumba - Wikipedia

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    Chumbais a traditional form of music and dance performed by the Garifuna people in several Central American countries. [1] Like punta (another type of Garifuna music), chumba songs are highly polyrhythmic, but have a slower tempo. [1] [2] The chumba dance is a solo dance performed by a woman, often exhibiting a large degree of individual style ...

  7. Punta rock - Wikipedia

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    Punta rock is a subgenre of punta that was created by Pen Cayetano in Belize in 1978. [2] Punta is a style of traditional music and dance that developed among the Garifuna people of Saint Vincent, Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, and Nicaragua.

  8. Paranda (music) - Wikipedia

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    Paranda is both a Garifuna rhythm and music with Arawak and African elements which utilizes rhythmic ostinatos in duple meter. Similar to punta, the paranda is a slower rhythm than punta. Paranda mainly focuses on the struggles that occurs in the Garifuna community. [1] and reflects Spanish influences. Traditionally, the guitar is played in ...

  9. Music of Belize - Wikipedia

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    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.