Language, dance and music of the Garifuna

Overview

A population of mixed origin incorporating cultural elements of indigenous Caribbean and African groups, the Garifuna settled along the Atlantic coast of Central America after being forced to flee from the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent in the eighteenth century. Today, Garifuna communities mainly live in Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Belize. The Garifuna language belongs to the Arawakan group of languages and has survived centuries of discrimination and linguistic domination. It is rich in tales (úraga) originally recited during wakes or large gatherings.The melodies bring together African and Amerindian elements, and the texts are a veritable repository of the history and traditional knowledge of the Garifuna, such as cassava-growing, fishing, canoe-building and the construction of baked mud houses. There is also a considerable amount of satire in these songs, which are...

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Community and Authority

Communities: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
Languages: Not specified in UNESCO dataset
Cultural territories: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
Countries: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua

How the System Works

Music, Performance and Oral Literature Language, Story and Memory Material Culture, Design and Technology Ways of Knowing and Knowledge Transmission

Sources and Evidence

Imported from UNESCO DataHub dataset ich001. Field-level provenance is retained in the record metadata.

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Field-Level Provenance

title: UNESCO DataHub field title_en
preferredTitle: UNESCO DataHub field title_fr
summary: UNESCO DataHub field description_en
type: UNESCO DataHub fields type_of_element_en and type_acronym
countries: UNESCO DataHub field countries, ISO codes resolved with ISO-3166 regional metadata
categories: ARED category inference from UNESCO concepts_primary_names, concepts_secondary_names and title
relationships: UNESCO concepts_primary_names, concepts_secondary_names, type fields and World Heritage links
sourceUrl: UNESCO DataHub field http_url_en
rights: UNESCO DataHub dataset metadata license and license_url

Original Source Metadata

uuideced54c6-4bf3-4338-a902-28664fec2f8b

ich_public_ref1

inscription_year2008

title_enLanguage, dance and music of the Garifuna

title_frLa langue, la danse et la musique des Garifuna

type_of_element_enRepresentative List

type_acronymRL

countriesBZ, GT, HN, NI

http_url_enhttps://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/00001

concepts_primary_namesDance, Instrumental music, Local languages, Oral tradition

concepts_secondary_namesArchitecture, Colonial history, Festivals, Oral history, Percussion instruments, Satire, Shipbuilding, Slavery, Story telling

main_image_urlhttps://ich.unesco.org/img/photo/thumb/00014-LRG.jpg

main_image_caption_enNot supplied

main_image_copyrightNational Garifuna Council

main_image_authorNot supplied

videoshttps://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/3LpyHtlbzLU, https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/jxHjZXfqGTc

images[object Object], [object Object], [object Object]

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Cultural Access

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Relationships

Dance Instrumental music Local languages Oral tradition Architecture Colonial history Festivals Oral history Percussion instruments Satire Shipbuilding Slavery UNESCO representative list

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