Day 8: Garifuna Village

We spent the afternoon in a Garifuna village ourside of Tela - the Garifuna people are descendants of African slaves who shipwrecked nearby, settling in the area, and the native local population. They have kept their traditions alive for 300 years, and shared their dancing and food with us.



The building where we watched the dancing-


Garifuna drummers

Garifuna women dancing-


A Garifuna man performing a dance solo-

Telling a story through dance -

Group dancing-

A masked Garifuna dancer-

Garifuna men dancing-

Lonny, Belinda, and Royce get some lessons from the Garifuna-

Charity and Darius joining the fun-

Emory showing his stuff-

The delicious traditional dinner served after the dancing included rice and beans, fried plantains, and a whole fish cooked to perfection.