The Garifuna are the descendants of indigenous Arawak, Kalinago (Island Carib), and Afro-Caribbean people.

The Garinagu are people who came through the south of the country, specifically the Bay Islands of Honduras. Alejo Beni is the principal leader who helped them flee Honduras’ civil war. November 19,1832 marks the date they first settled in Belize, then known as British Honduras.

2019年11月1日 · Included in this diverse mix are the Garinagu people, the Garifuna descendants of Carib Indians and Black Africans who once lived on the island of St. Vincent. Having survived hundreds of years of change in pursuit of a distinct ethnic identity, such has been accomplished.

Garifuna, also known as Garinagu, are the descendants of an Afro-indigenous population from the Caribbean island of St Vincent who were exiled to the Honduran coast in the eighteenth century and subsequently moved to Belize.

2024年8月20日 · The story of the Garinagu or Garinagou (plural of Garifuna) begins almost 400 years ago, when South American Carib Indians migrated to the Caribbean island of St. Vincent in order to subdue and discipline the native Arawak Indian islanders.

Southern Belize is the cultural hub of the Garifuna culture of Belize. Although they are mostly known as the Garifuna people, as a group they should be called Garinagu, and the term Garifuna should be used for their language.

2021年11月15日 · In dories and boats, the Garinagu bring coconut, plantain, cassava, and the drums of their ancestors to Dangriga’s shores, as the crowds—Belizeans and visitors alike—cheer and celebrate in the streets. This is Yurumein: the reenactment of the Garifuna journey to Belize.

Living largely in exclusive societies, the Garinagu comprise about six percent of Belize’s population. Despite changes in the physical environment, they have held on to most of their traditions, especially retaining their attachment to the sea.

The Garifuna people, or Garinagu as they are also known, have a rich history and cultural heritage that sets them apart from other populations. They are descendants of an Afro-indigenous population that originally inhabited the Caribbean island of St Vincent.

Most Garifuna people live in coastal villages in eastern Central America, specifically in Nicaragua, Honduras, Belize, and Guatemala. In Belize, the town of Dangriga (the capital of the Stann Creek District) boasts the country’s largest concentration of Garifuna people.