Garifuna Village Cultural Tour

Tour Description

According to tradition, the first Garifuna arrived in Belize (then called British Honduras) on November 19th, 1802. This day is now a national holiday in Belize celebrated with drums, dancing and pageantry.  The Garifuna cultural tour is done in Dangriga Town and includes a visit to Mr. Austin Rodriquez, who demonstrates the centuries old Garifuna drum making process. Mr. Rodriquez and his daughters continue the hand crafting tradition in their small family run business. The tour also includes stops at the Gulisi Garifuna Museum, the Marie Sharp’s famous Hot Sauces factory,  and a local Cassava plantation where you will see how Cassava bread and crackers are made.

Dangriga, formerly known as Stann Creek, is the main Garifuna cultural center of Belize. The Garifuna people have a rich and interesting history in Belize.  The first Garifuna were survivors of a shipwrecked slave ship bringing African prisoners to the New World to be sold as slaves. The survivors swam ashore on St. Vincent Island and from there came to Honduras and Belize where they mixed with the native Carib Indians. The Garifuna adopted the Carib language, but maintained most of their African musical and religious traditions.

The traditional Garifuna colors are yellow, black, and white. Women often wear long dresses sewn from checkered material along with colored head pieces. Bright colors, distorted perspective and historical themes dominate the work of the many talented Garinagu painters. Handmade drums of cedar and mahogany, stretched with deer skin, continually pound the African beat in most Garifuna villages. Garifuna crafts include traditional cloth dolls, coconut leaf baskets and maracas made of calabash gourds. Traditional Garifuna foods are based on coconut milk, garlic, basil, and black pepper. Banana and plantain are grated, mashed, boiled or baked. Fish boiled in coconut milk, called Sere, served with mashed plantain called Hudut, is a deliciously rich meal.

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