• Garifuna music is an ethnic music and dance with African, Arawak, and Kalinago elements, originating with the Afro-Indigenous Garifuna people from Central...
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  • The Garifuna people (/ˌɡɑːriːˈfuːnə/ GAR-ee-FOO-nə or Spanish pronunciation: [ɡa'ɾifuna]; pl. Garínagu in Garifuna) are a people of mixed free African...
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  • Garifuna (Karif) is a minority language widely spoken in villages of Garifuna people in the western part of the northern coast of Central America. It...
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    Punta (redirect from Punta music)
    Punta is an Afro-indigenous dance and cultural music of the Garifuna originating prior to their exile to Roatan from the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent...
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    The music of Belize has a mix of Creole, Mestizo, Garìfuna, Mayan and European influences. After many centuries of Maya habitation, British colonizers...
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    The garifuna drum is a membranophone percussion instrument from the Garifuna culture in Belize, Guatemala and Honduras. The garifuna drums play a very...
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  • Garifuna Americans or Black Carib Americans are Americans of Garifuna ancestry, who are descendants of Arawak, Kalinago (Island Carib), and Afro-Caribbean...
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    ISBN 99922-704-7-0 [1][permanent dead link] Bjmjr.com "Music of the Garifuna,"(article in RootsWorld) Garifuna Music: Michael Stone [CAMPOS FONSECA, Susan: “Historia...
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    Aurelio Martínez (category Garifuna music)
    for his Garifuna music and is considered a Cultural Ambassador of the Garifuna people. According to the Guardian, he became the leading Garifuna performer...
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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...
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  • Lebeha Drumming Center (category Garifuna music)
    small coastal Garifuna community in the Stann Creek District of southern Belize. The center exists with the goals of keeping Garifuna music alive, passing...
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  • Americans, American citizens or resident aliens of Garifuna descent Garifuna music Garifuna Settlement Day Garifuna, a genus of flies This disambiguation page...
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    punta, is a form of Garifuna music originating in Belize and created by Pen Cayetano. Songs are usually sung in Belizean Kriol or Garifuna and rarely in Spanish...
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    other Caribbean islands, while the Garifuna people were originally from Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Garifunas arrived in the late seventeen hundreds...
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  • Chumba (category Garifuna music)
    traditional form of music and dance performed by the Garifuna people in several Central American countries. Like punta (another type of Garifuna music), chumba songs...
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  • Sopa de Caracol (category Garifuna music)
    Blanca, whose lyrics include verses in both Garifuna and Spanish. The song was released by Sonotone Music in 1991 and achieved international success,...
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    Andy Palacio (category Garifuna people)
    awarded the BBC3 Awards for World Music award in the Americas Category, in 2008. In addition to the traditional Garifuna music that he played, Palacio absorbed...
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  • Sofía Blanco (category Garifuna people)
    singer on several albums of Garifuna music, and has toured internationally with the Belizean group Garifuna Collective and Garifuna Women's performance band...
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    Reggaeton Rock Garifuna music Bachata Matamuerte Classical music Merengue Hip Hop Pop Latino Cumbia Salsa Spanish rock Reggae is a music genre first developed...
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  • Palacio (1960–2008), blended traditional Garifuna music with punta rock to stimulate interest in the Garifuna culture and language. The traditional sounds...
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    Music is an integral part of Mongolian culture. Among the unique contributions of Mongolia to the world's musical culture are the long songs, overtone...
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  • Banda Blanca (category Garifuna music)
    but eventually integrated elements of merengue and punta rock into their music. The group rose to fame in 1990, when their song "Sopa de Caracol" became...
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    producer, Ivan Duran. Umalali is defined by the stories that comprise The Garifuna Women's Project. For Ivan, in part, Umalali is his own story, built on...
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    Caribbean music area, including the islands of the Caribbean Sea, as well as the musics of Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Belize, Garifuna music, and Bermuda...
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  • List of musical genres of the African diaspora (category Lists of music genres)
    (Ecuador) France Afro trap French hip hop Raï Garifuna music Music of Belize Music of Honduras Hunguhungu Haitian music (see page for full list of musical forms)...
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  • Hunguhungu (category Garifuna music)
    circular dance performed by the women of the Garifuna people of Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala. The music for the dance is composed of rhythmic themes...
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  • Umalali: The Garifuna Women's Project is musical collection of stories, organized and produced by Ivan Duran. The album is built upon the voices of local...
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    Dangriga (category Garifuna communities)
    "culture capital of Belize" due to its influence on punta music and other forms of Garifuna culture, Dangriga is the largest settlement in southern Belize...
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  • Chumba is a type of Garifuna music. Chumba may also refer to: Chumba, Tibet, a village Chumbawamba, a British band Dickson Chumba (born 1986), Kenyan marathon...
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  • Caribbean music area, including the islands of the Caribbean Sea, as well as the musics of Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Belize, Garifuna music, and Bermuda...
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