Notes on Garifuna History & Culture
By Clifford Palacio
November 20, 2002
Garífuna Celebrations in 2002
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25th Anniversary: In 1977, twenty-five years ago, the
Garinagu of Los Angeles started having a Garifuna Mass as an
integral part of Settlement Day Celebrations. Fr. Reyes
celebrated the Mass at St. Michael's Church.
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Bicentennial: In 1802, 200 years ago, Garinagu first
began to settle along the Caribbean coast of Belize.
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T. V. Ramos Honored: On Wednesday, September 13, 2002 T.
V. Ramos was honored posthumously with the Order of Belize
in Dangriga.
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Indigenous Identity: It is fitting that we celebrate our
newly discovered identity. Michael Crawford in his
"Anthropological Genetics of the Black Caribs" revealed to
the world a part of our identity. (Note: More information
may be obtained from the Internet by searching for Michael
Crawford.)
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UNESCO Proclamation: Last year in May UNESCO (United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)
declared the Garifuna culture a "masterpiece of the oral and
intangible heritage of humanity."
Books about Garífuna
- The Rise and Fall of the Black Caribs, by I. E. Kirby and C. I. Martin
- The Black Caribs of British Honduras, by Douglas Macrae Taylor
- The Sojourners of the Caribbean, by Nancy Solien Ganzalez
- An Historical Account of the Island of St. Vincent, by Charles Sherpherd
- Anthropological Genetics of the Black Caribs, by Charles Crawford
- History of the West Indies, by Thomas Coke
- An Account of the Black Charaibs in the Island of St. Vincent's, by Sir William Young
- Conversamos en Garifuna, by Salvador Suazo
- Yurumeingien Daga Rubadan, by Salvador Suazo
- The People's Garifuna Dictionary, by E. Roy Cayetano
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