There he learned the Garifuna language and began exploring the culture. In 2012, he was the co-director and co-producer of the film “Garifuna in Peril,” which showcases the culture and people.

The Garifuna language has survived but over time, Spanish, English and several creoles have become more dominant. The pattern is familiar: parents speak in their native tongue. Kids answer back in the ...

The Garifuna Heritage Foundation, situated on St. Vincent, plays a crucial role in preserving the Garifuna language and heritage through festivals and educational resources.

Garifuna singers, dancers, and drummers perform in Hopkins, a small village in the Stann Creek District of Belize. Garifuna people are using music to revive their endangered language.

Following the recent death of Garifuna music icon Aurelio Martinez, we naturally look to a younger generation for the pioneers of the future. One of those is Belizian Emilio Thomas, known artistically ...

The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO, added the Garifuna language to its list of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2008, citing that economic migration, discrimination ...

During the gatherings, there will be dancing, singing, drumming and communication through Spanish, English and the Garifuna language. Get local news you need to know to start your day with NBC 6's ...

The Garifuna Collective: Afro-Indigenous Music from Belize & Honduras. October 24 - 29, 2022. Garifuna culture was forged when a ship carrying captive Africans wrecked off the coast of St. Vincent in ...

Garifuna culture was forged when a ship carrying captive Africans wrecked off the coast of St. Vincent in the 1600's. The survivors swam ashore, mixed with the island's native Arawak population, and ...

The city even has a Miss Garifuna contest where contestants must use the language. Knowing Garifuna is “itaraliña lasubudiriniua katabu la”—“how it is known who you are”—one Garifuna ...