*Ø* Blogmanac November 16-19 | Belize goes wild
Carib Settlement Days (Nov 16-19), Belize
This annual fest is celebrated in the southern districts of Belize. For three days before Settlement Day (November 19) there is street and house-to-house dancing all day long, vibrating to the sound of leather drums. The re-enactment of the first Carib settlement in Belize in 1823 is an exciting potpourri of costumes, music and dancing.
Belize, once a part of the Mayan Empire, is an independent state, northeastern Central America, bounded on the north and northwest by Mexico, on the east by the Caribbean Sea, and on the south and west by Guatemala. Until 1973 Belize was known as British Honduras; it became independent in 1981 and is a member of Britain’s Commonwealth of Nations. The total area of the nation is 22,965 sq km (8867 sq mi).
Carib Settlement Days (Nov 16-19), Belize
This annual fest is celebrated in the southern districts of Belize. For three days before Settlement Day (November 19) there is street and house-to-house dancing all day long, vibrating to the sound of leather drums. The re-enactment of the first Carib settlement in Belize in 1823 is an exciting potpourri of costumes, music and dancing.
Belize, once a part of the Mayan Empire, is an independent state, northeastern Central America, bounded on the north and northwest by Mexico, on the east by the Caribbean Sea, and on the south and west by Guatemala. Until 1973 Belize was known as British Honduras; it became independent in 1981 and is a member of Britain’s Commonwealth of Nations. The total area of the nation is 22,965 sq km (8867 sq mi).
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