Warasa Garifuna Drum School

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  • Reviews and Media

    Below are some of the many reviews and media coverage in blogs, websites and magazines that have featured Ray and Warasa! TripAdvisor Reviews CNN article “7 ways for travelers to Belize to enjoy Garifuna culture” The Stevenson Family Blog: “That afternoon we pedaled out to Warasa, where the boys had a drum lesson with Garifuna…

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  • Garifuna Performances

    Garifuna Performances Ray performs with his family group in Belize and all over Central America for over 15 years!  His group are one of Belize’s most respected traditional Garifuna groups.  You often see them performing in public during annual cultural celebrations in November and around Christmas time.  Local families hire them to play for birthdays,…

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  • Garifuna Drumming Lessons

    We are the top-rated venue for Garifuna Drumming lessons in Belize! Garifuna drum lessons can be booked for couples or small to medium size groups.  Each participant gets their own drum to play on. Your instructor Ray will make sure that everybody is having fun! Garifuna drumming lessons begin with your instructor giving a brief…

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  • Garifuna Drums of Belize and the Caribbean

    Here at Warasa we make Garifuna drums by hollowing out solid trunks of hardwood. Garifuna drums are genuine solid wood drums with no joins or glue  The hollow is traditionally started by burning hot coals in the centre of the trunk, but these days, unless some termites have chewed out a hollow for us, it…

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  • Drums of the ancestors

    Listening to many Garifuna songs, they are very up-tempo.  My Scottish indie-rock loving music tastes assumed that they must therefore be quite cheerful – maybe about catching lots of tasty fish a particular day.  But that’s not how Garifuna music works – there is a particularly up-tempo Garifuna punta song that is all about when…

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  • The Drum Whisperer

    Ray is famous in PG for his drumming. He may never have one the annual “Battle of the Drums” competition in PG (clearly the judges aren’t in their correct minds), but anyone that loves drumming will hire Ray and his family to drum for any event above any other local group. As Ludwig Palacio, local…

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