Kate Joynes-Burgess travelled to Belize to experience the spellbinding Settlement Day festival showcasing Garifuna music and culture, brought to the world by musical mystic Andy Palacio. The published Spanish version is a eulogy for Palacio, reflecting on his legacy.
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Every year on 19 November, the Garifuna community, which accounts for just 6.6 percent of Belize’s bijou population of under 300,000, becomes the face of the Central American country as it prepares to commemorate Settlement Day. I witnessed the 2007 year’s celebrations in Dangriga Town, known as Belize’s capital of culture and a heartland of the Garifuna people.
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