Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Garifuna Settlement Day in San Pedro, Belize

 

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Garifuna

Nov 19th was Garifuna Settlement Day, a holiday celebrated all throughout Belize. It is to celebrate the Garifuna people who originally on a slave trading ship from Nigeria crashed into St. Vincent and then emigrated to Belize and Honduras. The Garifuna people are very proud to never had been enslaved and cook really yummy dishes such as stew chicken and boil up.
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