Garifuna
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- proper noun
- The night dances and drumbeats of the Garifuna community intermingled with fear and vulnerability.
- Creoles and Garifuna
- Garifuna and Creole
- Belizeans, Creoles, and Garifuna
Examples
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In the case of Villalobos, he illegally took possession of the majority of this Garifuna land.
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In a 1997 court ruling, the Garifuna cooperatives received titles to 1,600 hectares of land in this area.
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The Garifuna people defend their land in the area of future model cities.
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Consequently, Chicago's Garifuna Flava may be, to my knowledge, the only restaurant serving Garifuna food in the United States.
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In 1980, the Maya population accounted for nearly 57 percent of the district's population, and Garifuna comprised about 13 percent.
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The Garifuna traditionally engaged in small-scale commercial agriculture and fishing that supplied food to the settlement at Belize City.
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The Bay Islands' population of 25,000 comprises English descendants from former British colonists, Spanish from the mainland, and Garifuna of African-Caribbean ancestry.
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Two culturally distinct groups—Creoles and Garifuna—make up the African-American segment of the district's population.
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The traditional Garifuna music is rich with rhythms and melodies that reflect their cultural heritage.
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At the festival, we celebrated the Garifuna people's vibrant history through dance and storytelling.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Garifuna is the name the people use for themselves, from Garinagu, first used on the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent; it now names this group of mixed African and Indigenous 'people' and their 'language'.