The UN has a category for endangered human cultures, called "Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity." At the top of that list are the people known as the Garifuna: coastal ...

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 ...

Biodiverse and celebrated snorkel and scuba sites draw adventurers to the Belize Barrier Reef, one of Central America’s conservation success stories. But there’s another impressive restoration ...

The Garifuna Collective is a globally acclaimed musical group from the Central American nation of Belize that first introduced global audiences to the unique Cultural fusion of traditional Garifuna ...

The rhythm of the beating of handmade drums and singing in a hybrid language that blends French, English, Spanish and Arawak Indian can often be heard in Houston's Fifth Ward. Almost daily, Honduran ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you didn't know, Livingston is where Garifuna culture still exists in Guatemala, in Central America. Garifuna settlements exist ...

The Bronx is the latest stop in a long journey, for the Garifunas. A resilient people, finding strength in unity. Their quest to find home, started not by choice, but by force. Thousands of years ago, ...