The day long festival featured art workshops, children’s story time, Garifuna drumming, and face-painting. The festival also featured Garifuna craft vendors, mouthwatering food and drinks. Arriving ...

When a Western musician collaborates with artists from another culture, the results can be stimulating. Paul Simon’s collaboration with South African musicians on Graceland was groundbreaking. Ry ...

What makes you you? This question can be answered in a lot of ways, but science tells us there’s one foolproof answer — genes. Explore the building blocks of life and celebrate the 60th anniversary of ...

A collective that is preserving the sounds and culture of Afro-Indigenous people from Belize and Honduras will join the Brandeis community for a concert and residency this fall. Garifuna culture was ...

The Garifuna are an ethnic minority of African-Amerindians living in Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, and Belize. Their music, parranda, is rooted in the sacred practices of spirit-possession and ...

Before J. King moved to New York 20 years ago, he was a legend in his home country of Honduras. His Punta rock band, Black Fever, had a hectic tour schedule, and their music–featuring the drum-based ...

A crowd favorite at the 2013 Folklife Festival was the Garifuna drumming and dance group. No matter the time of day, pouring rain or blazing heat, they got the crowd on their feet, shaking to ...