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Garifuna Music Essay

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Music is a source of energy that motivates me to get up every morning and reach for my goals. The love that I have for my type of music is unconditional because it shapes who I am and where I come from. I am Honduran-American meaning that we listen to Garifuna music and practice many traditions and rituals every time we hear the drums. In Honduras, the main language is Spanish but in rural areas (villages) we speak Garifuna. Garifuna are descendants from West African, Central African, Island Carib and Arawak people. Honduras is a small country in Central America. Honduras has four neighbouring countries in addition to Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. The color of the Honduran flag is blue (horizontal top and bottom), white (middle) along with five blue stars. The stars represents the five nations in Central America including Honduras. The blue bands of the flag symbolizes the ocean and sky while the white …show more content…

My mother always sends a prayer for me to wish me well in everything and I’ll do the same for her. We all pray for more health and stable life. It also reunite the whole garifuna community to grow together when there is death in the family or when there’s a good impact in life. When a death occurs in a family, there is a spiritual healer that receives the ancestors message to create a special ceremony to remember the dead with a lot foods, drumming, singing and lifting the spirits of their loved ones. That impacted my life because it shows an example that we have to appreciate life more and to retain our tradition to the fullest. My ancestors will help us figure out the wrongdoings in life and will let the spiritual healer by recalling the message to affected families. Spirituality is very common in my culture and it’s known as one of the most powerful remedies to gather each of us to move forward and celebrate our

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