Battle of the Drums

The Garifuna Experience Tour - Hopkins
2023-11-13 18:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Lebeha Drumming Center, Main Street, Hopkins Village, Stann Creek District, Belize
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.

Children’s Garifuna Talent Show
2023-11-14 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Punta Gorda Central Park, Central Park, Punta Gorda town, Toledo District, 00000, Belize
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.

The Garifuna Experience Tour - Seine Bight
2023-11-14 19:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Seine Bight Multi-Purpose Building, Seine Bight Village, Seine Bight Village, Stann Creek District, Belize
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 Garifuna Experience Tour - Dangriga
2023-11-15 19:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Email

The Garifuna Experience Tour - Belize City
2023-11-16 19:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Swift Hall, Belize City, Belize District, Belize
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.

5th Annual National Ms. Yurumein Contest
2023-11-17 19:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | Fr. Francis Ring Parish Hall, 95 Front Street, Punta Gorda town, Toledo District, 00000, Belize
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 creative talent. A Show of this nature provides great entertainment and is generally well received by the audience. In 2016, for the first time we hosted a National Ms. Yurumein Contest featuring Garifuna women from across the country of Belize. The reigning queen is Ms. Dorine Castillo who represented Dangriga.

Yurumein & Garifuna Mass
2023-11-19 06:30 - 10:30 (America/New_York) | St. Peter Claver Catholic Church, 95 Front Street, Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District, 00000, Belize
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 and thereafter a mass of thanksgiving is held at the St. Peter Claver Church. The Yurumein, parade and church service is financed and organized by the Battle of the Drums Secretariat in collaboration with the National Garifuna Council – Peini Branch.

12th Annual High Schools Battle of the Drums
2024-11-08 09:00 - 14:30 (America/Belize) | Toledo District
This year the High Schools Battle of the Drums is being hosted by Delille Academy and will be held in Dangriga Town. Participating high schools will come from Belize City, Dangriga Town, Independence, Georgetown Village, and Punta Gorda Town. We expect that 10 high Schools will participate. The current champion is Independence High School.

19th Annual BATTLE OF THE DRUMS 2024
2024-11-16 08:00 - 2024-11-30 23:30 (America/Belize) | PG Sporting Auditorium, Queen Street, Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District, 00000, Belize
The night commences with the 19th Annual Battle of the Drums Competition and Show. This is a Competition and Show that allows groups to compete and display their musical artistry in playing five (5) different categories of Garifuna drumming. The first Battle of the Drums was held in Punta Gorda Town on November 17, 2006, and has been well received by spectators from home and abroad. This competition and show has become a major local and tourist attraction and a catalyst for significant economic activity in the Punta Gorda Area during the period when it is hosted. The Battle of the Drums Competition and Show is held every year on the Saturday immediately preceding the 19th day of November.
The proceeds from the Battle of the Drums Initiative are strictly used to pursue various Garifuna cultural retrieval projects in Punta Gorda Town and other Garifuna communities as the funds allow. The cultural retrieval projects include the annual Battle of the Drums summer camps for children and youths, the Garifuna Language and Drumming in Schools program for primary school-age children, the Annual Primary Schools Garifuna Translation contest, among others.

Love FM Paranda Show
2024-11-17 14:00 - 21:00 (America/Belize) | Garbutt’s Marina, 1 Mile San Antonio Rd, Punta Gorda town, Toledo District, 00000, Belize
This event is a live radio broadcast that focuses on Paranda Music. This event is a collaboration between Battle of the Drums Secretariat and Love FM. During the broadcast on Love FM. Paranda music will be played live by various Paranderos in Punta Gorda Town. The event commences at 2:00 p.m.

Yurumein & Garifuna Mass
2024-11-19 06:30 - 10:00 (America/Belize) | St. Peter Claver Catholic Church, 95 Front Street, Punta Gorda Town, Toledo District, 00000, Belize
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 and thereafter a mass of thanksgiving is held at the St. Peter Claver Church. The Yurumein, parade and church service are financed and organized by the Battle of the Drums Secretariat in collaboration with the National Garifuna Council – Peini Branch.
