The Parade in Dangriga on Monday Morning
Lots of drumming, singing and grinding goes on throughout the celebrations.
Here the people are reenacting the arrive to Dangriga of their ancestors.
Andy Palacio playing in Dangriga
The Garifuna Settlement Day is officially on November 19th but every year the celebrations start on Friday evening and go right through until Monday night. In Dangriga it is probably the biggest celebration of the year and this town of 10,000 can swell to double that size during the celebrations with visitors returning to their roots from all over the world.
The entire weekend consists of a lot of dancing, drumming, drinking and eating. Everywhere on the streets and in the bars you could see men and women doing traditional Garifuna Dancing plus a lot of grinding going on:)
On Sunday night I along with most people, partied until 5am and then everyone goes down to the waterfront and watches the reenactment of the Garifuna arrival by boat to Dangriga. Later in the morning there is a parade that goes through the town.
If anyone gets the chance to visit Dangriga over this weekend I can highly recommend it as it is an amazing experience, just don't expect to get much sleep:)
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