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Well known band of Maya Pax music was La Banda de San Jose. [6] One of the popular contemporary marimba bands is the Benque Marimba Youth Academy. [7] In the villages of northern Belize you will also find Maya Pax bands which mostly play for traditional Maya dances like the Hoghead dance like La banda de San Jose in Orange Walk district. [8]
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.
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. While this style is unique, calypso and soca have had some influence on it.
Music festivals in Belize (1 C) G. Garifuna music (14 P) M. Music organisations based in Belize (1 C) Belizean musicians (4 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Music of Belize"
Belize portal; Music portal; Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. * Belizean musical groups (2 P) A. Belizean ...
Musician and visual artist Pen Cayetano and the Turtle Shell Band introduced punta rock in 1978, at 5 Moho Street, Dangriga, Belize. His songs in the Garifuna language added electric guitar to the traditional punta rhythm. [13] Cayetano's style caught on quickly in Belize and from there spread to Garifuna communities in Honduras and Guatemala.
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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 ...