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Garifuna House in Hopkins, Belize

Belize Snapshot: Garifuna House

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Garifuna House – Hopkins, Belize One of the beautiful things about Belize is that it is not an over developed country. Compared to other Central American countries, Belize has managed to conserve the roots and basic lifestyle of many of its cultures – including the Maya and Garifuna. Thanks to this, it is very easy [...]

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Garifuna Settlement Day, Dangriga Belize

Garifuna Settlement Day

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Today, November 19th, is the most important day in the Garifuna calendar –Garifuna Settlement Day– which celebrates the arrival of the first Garinagu to Dangriga in 1832. The Garifuna first appeared in Central America in 1635, when escaped and shipwrecked slaves from Africa found refuge in Saint Vincent Island and mixed with the native Caribs [...]

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Keeping a Culture Alive Through Drumming and Dancing

Keeping a Culture Alive Through Drumming and Dancing

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The weekend of November 11-12 of 2011 was not an ordinary weekend in Punta Gorda, Belize.  The 6th Battle of the Drums, hosted in said town, brought people from all over Belize –and even from Honduras and Guatemala – to witness the biggest Garifuna competition in all Central America. The Battle of the Drums was [...]

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To Go or Not to Go: 5 Rewards of Global Travel

To Go or Not to Go: 5 Rewards of Global Travel

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This is a guest post by Kimberly Juchnowski of Tikikiki.com. Experiences do more for you than do the material possessions your money can by—they not only add to your bank of memories but actually change you, leaving an impression that lingers long into the future.  For this reason, modern globetrotters reject the static calm of material [...]

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Garifuna Wanaragua Ritual in Placencia, Belize

Belize Snapshot: Garifuna Wanaragua Ritual

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 Placencia, Belize Belize is a country where you can see many cultures coexisting in one space.  Among those cultures, the Garifuna is one that is not shy of expressing its African and Native American roots, culture, and rituals. One of their most popular rituals is the Wanaragua, a three-fold system of masked dancers called Jankunu, which [...]

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5 Things to Know About Costa Rica

5 Things to Know About Costa Rica

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Costa Rica has become one the top countries backpackers and eco-tourists love to visit.  It’s no surprise that this country’s natural diversity has made it one of the world’s most popular destinations to have active adventures like whitewater rafting, hiking, canyoning, caving, and other activities.  Even though Costa Rica is one of the most popular [...]

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Palace of Culture, Warsaw, Poland

Weekly Snapshot: Warsaw’s Palace of Culture

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Palace of Culture and Science – Warsaw, Poland The Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw is the tallest building in Poland and the eighth tallest building in the European Union. The building was originally known as the Joseph Stalin Palace of Culture and Science, since Stalin himself gifted it to Poland, but in the [...]

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What a Day in a Maya Community Can Do

What a Day in a Maya Community Can Do

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I’m not sure where I am, but the only thing I’ve seen during the past hour of this bus ride has been nothing but ghostly shadows of dark pastures and unlit gravel roads that have shaken my body like a dice inside a Jatzee cup.  I’m headed to San Jose village, in the district of [...]

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Santa Maria, Cape Verde

Falling in Love with Cape Verde

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Portuguese sailors, British pirates and ruthless slave-traders have all anchored their ships by the sandy shores of the ten pieces of off-land Africa now known as Cape Verde. Through the centuries, the cold Atlantic currents and the fierce northern winds have blended the voyagers’ cultures into a unique creole society where sad songs are sung [...]

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Johannesburg’s Hundred Faces

Johannesburg’s Hundred Faces

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This is a guest post by Nazeli K. Kyuregyan. Few African cities display such striking contrasts as Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa. Idyllic residential areas, shining malls and business districts thrive next to vast townships with no running water and electricity. The discovery of gold in 1886 transformed the small town into today’s multi-faced metropolis. As [...]

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