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	Music of Belize - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia
		Belize is a small country in Central America, and its culture is a mix of Mestizo, Maya, Spanish, British and African influences.
		Mestizo culture in north and west Belize, and also Guatemala, is dominated by marimba, a xylophone-like instrument descended from an African instrument.
		Eventually migrating to Belize in 1802, the Garifunas kept themselves apart from the social system then dominant, leading to a distinctive culture that developed throughout the 20th century.
	www.tvwiki.tv /wiki/Music_of_Belize (469 words)

	Florida FlyIns Belize: About the Country
		The history of Belize from 1808-1963 is largely the history of British colonization of the country.
		The first constitution established Belize as a constitutional monarchy, meaning the Queen of England, currently Elizabeth II, is recognized as the nominal head of state and represented by a governor-general who must be a Belizean.
		(45) Belize is refuge to threatened species such as jaguars that stalk through the inland forests and whale sharks and sea turtles that cruise the coastal waters.
	www.internationaljournalism.com /belize.html (3922 words)

	Music from Belize / cdRoots
		Belize music star Palacio's first US release is an all-star affair that shows off the diversity of Central America's Garifuna culture in a contemporary tour-de-force of melody and rhythm.
		This raw, percussion driven music, recorded at a radio station in Belize City from 1980 to 1982 is still vibrant a quarter century later.
		The king of brukdown music in Belize is undeniably the ineffable Mr Wilfred Peters.
	www.cdroots.com /belize.shtml (1037 words)

	Belize! Ambergris Caye, Belizean Adventures, Caribbean Travels, Scuba Diving, Vacations, Businesses, Mayan, Tropics, ...
		The weather is mild, the beaches are beautiful, and the history is rich, Belize is a land of swaying palm trees and colorful sunsets.
		Belize is home to many ancient Maya ruins and temples that will entice you to learn more of their history.
		Belize has the amazing Belize coral reef system, the second largest in the world and this hemisphere's longest, running offshore, and many cayes (islands of coral sand) are surrounded by astounding reefs to snorkle or scuba dive.
	ambergriscaye.com (536 words)

	The Belize Times Weekly Newspaper Online - INTRANSIT \|\|\| (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		He is praised and powdered for a month in warm, tropical Belize then Pen returns to the cold reality of putting bread on the table which entails trekking back to his wife Ingrid’s home base, Ahrweiler, Germany at the northern end of the Eifel Mountains.
		Pen’s a born and bred grassroots Garifuna whose painting are a personal, emotionally charged documentation of all aspects of that culture from the hustle and bustle of the farmers’ market to the intense mysticism of the Dugu rituals.
		He should have the opportunity to prosper in Belize where his beloved Garifuna culture is based, where his language is based, and where his soul is based.
	www.belizetimes.bz /news/story/3747.shtml (1661 words)

	Channel5Belize.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		”Music Week is perhaps the first attempt by the music industry in Belize to bring together several ideas that we’ve had in the past, like having a series of well-produced concerts, conferences, panel discussions to deal with the issues affecting the industry in Belize.
		The music market all over the world is in big problems these days, piracy being the main issue.
		But budgets--and largely it is a financial issue that prevents Belize from being able to market the musical product as effectively as the music that is coming to us from foreign markets.
	new.channel5belize.com /archive_detail_story.php?story_id=13808 (630 words)

	Music of Belize
		Garifuna music is similarly different from the rest of Central America; the most famous form is punta.
		An evolved form of traditional music, still usually played using traditional instruments, punta has seen some modernization and electrification in the 1970s; this is called punta rock.
		The music was barely recorded until the 1990s, when Ivan Duran of Stonetree Records began the Paranda Project.
	www.gotmo.net /info/music_of_belize.htm (527 words)

	Music of Belize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Mestizo culture in north and west Belize, and also Guatemala, is ted by marimba, a xylophone-like instrument descended from an African instrument.
		Eventually migrating to Belize in 1802, the Garifunas kept themselves apart from the social system then nt, leading to a distinctive culture that developed throughout the 20th century.
		Embassy of Belize in Washington, which is also the Permanent Mission of Belize to the Organization of American States and the High Commission of Belize to Canada.
	www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Music_of_Belize (1693 words)

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	Authentic Garifuna Music
		Until recently most of the Garifuna people in Belize lived in small villages, where everybody knew their neighbors, and their community was composed of people that they knew personally.
		Sometimes foreigners point to punta rock to argue that Garifuna music is degenerating, saying that the addition of electric instruments makes it less authentic.
		Others point to it as a uniquely Belizean or uniquely Garifuna musical style that draws together a community that is spread out around Belize and abroad.
	www.belizeanjourneys.com /features/garifmusic/newsletter.html (1098 words)

	Holidays in Belize - Travelling to Belize - Trips to Belize - Trips to Belize - www.reiswijs.co.uk
		Belize is located in the southeast of the Yucatán Peninsula, on the Caribbean coast of the Central American isthmus, nestled between Mexico and
		By boat from Punta Gorda in southern Belize to Puerto Barrios and Lívingston in Guatemala, or from Dangriga and Placencia to Puerto Cortés in Honduras.
		Belize is covered on the same scale, with full coverage of every offshore island along the country's famous reef and all the eco-tourism venues of the interior.
	www.reiswijs.co.uk /destinations/centralamerica/belize/belize.html (3356 words)

	Garifuna Music: Michael Stone
		Garifuna music builds on an ensemble of two and preferably, three garaon drums: the improvising primera or heart drum, the counter-rhythmic segunda or shadow drum, and the steady bass-line tercera.
		Having lived in Belize, and knowing Garifuna communities down the Caribbean coast into Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, it is clear that the cultural, socioeconomic and political circumstances under which they live have not improved markedly, and music in everyday context reflects that fact.
		Music and dance are integral to daily life, no commercially sequestered reserve for full-time professionals and their moneyed fans.
	www.rootsworld.com /reviews/garifuna.html (1910 words)

	Garifuna Music in Belize
		The Garifuna culture displays many influences of its African heritage, and this is extremely evident when comparing their music with the indigenous music of the African societies from which their ancestors originated.
		Garifuna music relies heavily on the drum, and in many instances their music is dictated by it.
		In accompaniment to their music traditions lie the Garifuna songs and dance styles, which are an integral part of their culture.
	www.belize.com /articles/garifuna-music-belize.html (750 words)

	Belize! Caribbean adventure holiday vacation - travel, culture, Maya, dive, snorkel, fish, cave, hike!
		The stable, democratic, English-speaking country of Belize lies in the western Caribbean on the coast of Central America.
		Belize is home to an interesting mix of over ten different cultures including Garifuna, Maya, Creole, Mestizo, East Indian, and German Mennonites.
		Belize also lays claim to hundreds of ancient Maya temples, large tracts of intact tropical rainforest, and this hemisphere's longest barrier reef.
	www.belizenet.com (428 words)

	Welcome to The Belize International Music Festival
		This extraordinary musical event will be hosted by the new Placencia Hotel and promises to be a unique experience in an unforgettable tropical setting.
		Guests for this one-of-a-kind musical journey will stay at the luxurious Placencia Hotel, the most lavish resort on the Placencia Peninsula, Belize.
		The second annual Belize International Music Festival brings musicians and aficionados together in an elegant and relaxed setting, with the option of jungle walks, scuba diving along the world’s second longest barrier reef, or lounging on the beach.
	www.belizemusicfest.com (187 words)

	Cult Cargo: Belize City Boil Up - CD / cdRoots
		The music of Detroit and Memphis were quite possibly America's largest cultural export of the 1960s, spawning imitators with every radio wave that whispered "I've got sunshine..." or "Sittin' in the morning sun..." into the fertile ear of the uninitiated.
		The national dish of Belize is made with a diverse mixture of ingredients, pig's tail, potatoes, plantains, bananas, boiled eggs, yams, whole fish, thrown in a pot, and boiled to perfection.
		That accidental discovery aside, Belize's CES label was a secret kept by time and a Belizean community that had moved away from phonograph records as soon as it was possible.
	www.cdroots.com /bs-belize.html (734 words)

	Art and Music in Belize, Central America
		In Gales Point, in the middle of the village, when the moon is full, the djembet drums begin to beat as the Maroon sambai dancer gets ready to circle the fire preparing for the fertility ritual dance.
		Poustinia Park is a land art sculpture project and a retreat in the wilderness of western Belize.
		The park is exclusively open for artists, writers, and those who may wish to conduct seminars or conferences or retreat on their own.
	www.peacecorner.org /art_and_music.htm (929 words)

	The Belize Times Weekly Newspaper Online - La Orquesta de la Papaya: Central American Tour Coming to Belize \|\|\| (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The fusion and musical memory of diverse peoples, indigenous and Spanish entwined, English mixed with African on a ribbon of land uniting North and South America.
		Every Papaya Music disc is a celebration, a piece of Central America’s musical identity that brings together traditional and contemporary performers, well-known artists and graphic designers, sound technicians, photographers, researchers and writers to blend music, images and lyrics, making each CD a small, unique work of art.
		Papaya Music is a consortium of musicians, producers and researchers who want to rescue traditional popular composers from oblivion, encourage young people to go back to their roots, inspire new musical forms and ensure that the artists receive fairer remuneration for their work.
	www.belizetimes.bz /news/story/4177.shtml (494 words)

	You Better Belize It! - Music
		In 1995, hits such as Magunnubon and Baila Baila took Belize by storm.
		Mohobob Flores, singer/songwriter/musician was born Garinagu in Dangriga, Belize.
		Their music genre encompasses not only the traditional Punta Rock, but merengue, salsa, calypso, blues, reggae, and boleros.
	www.belizeit.com /music.htm (345 words)

	Belize September Celebrations - Independence Day, Carnival, St. George's Caye Day
		The September Celebrations also means that one can expect to see official road marches, children and adults waving the Belizean flag everywhere, hearing lots of soca and punta music and people dancing in parades, and seeing buildings dressed up in the red, white and blue streamers, which are the colors of Belize's Flag.
		It is also a reminder that people in Belize can all expect to look forward to other traditional and newly planned events.
		New events will include the Cultural Explosion, Belize Sound Fest 2006, 25 years of dance, children talent parade, and "we are Belize"- in music.
	www.septembercelebrations.com (437 words)

	Belize: National Geographic World Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Almost nothing is known of the colony's early musical history, but enslaved Africans certainly brought their expressive traditions to the logging camps set up in the interior beginning in the 1720s.
		The music combines ribald Creole-language vocals, accordion, guitar and hand percussion in a sonic blend recalling Jamaican mento and early Louisiana zydeco.
		Maya and Mestizo string-band music combines European guitar and violin with indigenous harps, whistles, shakers and frame-drum percussion, together with the marimba, which traces its genesis to the West African balafon.
	worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com /worldmusic/view/page.basic/country/content.country/belize_863 (576 words)

	World Music Central - From Belize and Sure to Please
		The Garifuna people of Central America are torchbearers of a musical style called paranda [also known as parranda], which, like the African/indigenous heritage of the Garifuna themselves, is an intriguing mixture.
		Several notable world music journalists singled out this disc as one of 2004's best, and one spin will tell you why.
		Considerable critical acclaim was also justifiably poured on the debut disc by Leroy "The Gradndmaster" Young, a denizen of Belize though not one who leans toward the paranda style.
	www.worldmusiccentral.org /article.php/20050610021542289 (399 words)

	FRONTLINE/WORLD . BELIZE - The Exile's Song . The Story \| PBS
		Returning to Belize for the PRI radio program The World, Werman sets out to discover whether the old roots music is still being played.
		But in Belize, he's struggled to build an audience for his music.
		If there's an audience for new Garifuna music in Belize, it's for the more up-tempo Punta Rock, growing in popularity and often heard in the country's dance clubs.
	www.pbs.org /frontlineworld/stories/belize/thestory.html (755 words)

	Royalty Free Music for Belize
		Royalty free music for Belize: Royalty free music, sometimes called buyout music, is an excellent option for anyone needing music for a variety of projects or applications.
		From multimedia presentations to corporate use, music on hold, independent films, and more, royalty free music allows you to build a library of high-quality, professionally arranged and produced tracks.
		Background Music/On Hold Music Compilation - Volume 1 - A comprehensive collection of royalty free background music and royalty free on-hold-music that is appropriate for a wide variety of companies, both large and small.
	www.royaltyfreemusic.com /international-orders/music-for-belize.htm (209 words)

	Experience Garifuna music when you travel to Belize (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The Garifuna are descendents of Nigerian slaves, brought to the island of San Vicente during the 17th century, and the Carib-Indians with whom they married.
		The drum is the most important instrument in Garifuna music and relies heavily on call and response patterns.
		Although the Garifuna presence is strong in Belize, there is virtually no documentation of the language, making song a crucial means of its survival.
	www.adventure-life.com /articles/garifuna-music-190.php (504 words)

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