12th Annual Primary Schools Garifuna Translation Contest
The 12th Annual Battle of the Drums Primary Schools Garifuna Translation Contest was held at Fr. Francis Ring Parish Hall, Punta Gorda Town on Friday, November 15, 2019. This contest tests the participants’ ability to translate words, phrases, sentences, and proverbs from standard English to Garifuna.
In this Contest, each school was represented by students from 7 primary schools as follows: from Toledo District: St. Joseph R.C. School of Barranco Village; St. Peter Claver Primary School, P.G. Methodist School, St. Benedict R.C. School from Punta Gorda Town; St. Alphonsus R.C. School from Seine Bight Village; Richard Quinn Primary School from Georgetown Village and Holy Family R.C. School from Hopkins Village.
The winners for this year’s contest are as follows:
St. Benedict RC school
Tiana Arzu – 1st Place
Holy Family R.C.
Clifford Castillo – 2nd place
St. Benedict RC school
Naivi Shal – 3rd place
P.G. Methodist School
Lawrence Tillet – 4th place
Holy Family R.C.
Lynnae Lewis – 5th Place
The Annual Battle of the Drums Primary Schools Garifuna Translation Contest is an activity of the Battle of the Drums Garifuna Language retrieval and preservation program.
