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Primary School Garifuna Translation Contest 2018

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Primary School Garifuna Translation Contest 2018

November 16, 2018
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The 11th Annual Battle of the Drums Primary Schools Garifuna Translation Contest was held on Friday, November 16, 2018, at Fr. Francis Ring Parish Hall in Punta Gorda Town. This contest tests the participants’ ability to translate words, phrases, sentences, and proverbs from standard English to Garifuna. In this Contest each school is represented by 2 students and  9 primary schools  In 2018,  participating schools were as follows: St. Joseph R.C. School from Barranco Village; St. Peter Claver Primary School, P.G. Methodist School, Bethel Seventh Day Adventist, and 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. In 2018, the winners were as follows:

St. Joseph R.C. Wasani Rodriguez 1st Place
Bethel 7th Day Ithamara Cho 2nd Place
Holy Family R.C. Japhra Miranda 3rd Place
Holy Family R.C. Jayden Castillo 4th Place
St. Peter Claver RC Saire Ramos 5th Place

First Place winners of the Primary Schools’ Garifuna Translation Contest for the past 8 years are as follows:

Year Name of
Student
School Municipality
2011 John Rodriguez St. Joseph R.C. Primary School Barranco Village
2012 Val Alvarez St. Joseph R.C. Primary School Barranco Village
2013 Eliciey Ramirez Richard Quinn Primary School Georgetown Village
2014 Mario Mejia Punta Gorda Methodist School Punta Gorda Town
2015 Natasha Bennett St. Alphonsus R.C. Primary School Seine Bight Village
2016 Khadasia Castillo Holy Family R.C. Primary School Hopkins Village
2017 Jonathan Moreira St. Peter Claver School Punta Gorda Town
2018 Wasani Rodriguez St. Joseph R.C. Primary School Barranco Village

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