Yurumein – This refers to the Re-enactment Ceremony. The virtual presentation of the Yurumein commences at 8:00 a.m. with a dramatization that depicts the first arrival of the Garinagu to the shores of what was then the British Settlement, now known as Belize. The Re-enactment Ceremony is followed by a parade through the principal streets […]
This day will commence at 8:00 a.m. with a Garifuna Mass of Thanksgiving at the St. Peter Claver Church and will be followed by activities which include providing community service to a deserving sector of our Punta Gorda Garifuna community.
Garifunarobics is your Garifuna style workout where international aerobics instructor, Arnol Guity-Martinez uses Garifuna music to teach aerobics as well as health and wellness. Each session is an hour and a half. Apart from Punta Gorda Town, the tour will include visits to Belize City, Seine Bight, San Pedro, Belmopan, San Ignacio, Dangriga, Hopkins.
Garifunarobics is your Garifuna style workout where international aerobics instructor, Arnol Guity-Martinez uses Garifuna music to teach aerobics as well as health and wellness. Each session is an hour and a half. Apart from Punta Gorda Town, the tour will include visits to Belize City, Seine Bight, San Pedro, Belmopan, San Ignacio, Dangriga, Hopkins.
The contest tests the participants’ ability to translate words, phrases, sentences and proverbs from standard English to Garifuna. In this Contest, 10 primary schools will participate as follows: from Toledo District: St. Joseph R.C. School from Barranco; St. Peter Claver Primary School, P.G. Methodist School, and St. Benedict R.C. School from Punta Gorda Town; St. […]
Garifunarobics is your Garifuna style workout where international aerobics instructor, Arnol Guity-Martinez uses Garifuna music to teach aerobics and health and wellness. Each session is an hour and a half. Apart from Punta Gorda Town, the tour will include visits to Belize City, Seine Bight, San Pedro, Belmopan, San Ignacio, Dangriga, and Hopkins.
This event showcases the teaching and learning in our Garifuna Language in Schools Program in the primary school system. It is a Talent Show where each presentation has to be done in the Garifuna Language and each participant receives a prize.
Garifunarobics is your Garifuna style workout where international aerobics instructor, Arnol Guity-Martinez uses Garifuna music to teach aerobics as well as health and wellness. Each session is an hour and a half. Apart from Punta Gorda Town, the tour will include visits to Belize City, Seine Bight, San Pedro, Belmopan, San Ignacio, Dangriga, Hopkins.
Garifunarobics is your Garifuna style workout where international aerobics instructor, Arnol Guity-Martinez uses Garifuna music to teach aerobics and health and wellness. Each session is an hour and a half. Apart from Punta Gorda Town, the tour will include visits to Belize City, Seine Bight, San Pedro, Belmopan, San Ignacio, Dangriga, and Hopkins.
Garifunarobics is your Garifuna style workout where international aerobics instructor, Arnol Guity-Martinez uses Garifuna music to teach aerobics as well as health and wellness. Each session is an hour and a half. Apart from Punta Gorda Town, the tour will include visits to Belize City, Seine Bight, San Pedro, Belmopan, San Ignacio, Dangriga, and Hopkins.
From the year 2010, the Battle of the Drums Secretariat has hosted a local Ms. Yurumein Contest, featuring Garifuna women from Punta Gorda Town. The Ms Yurumein Contest is a Garifuna Cultural Talent Show for women over 45 years of age. This Contest provides a forum where our more “matured” Garifuna women can display their […]
Yurumein – This refers to the Re-enactment Ceremony. The Ceremony takes place at 6:30 a.m. at the Punta Gorda Cooperative wharf area and presents a dramatization that depicts the first arrival of the Garinagu to the shores of Belize. After the Re-enactment Ceremony there is a parade through the principal streets of Punta Gorda Town […]