Tag: garifuna drums
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…
Bookings
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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,…
Garifuna Drum Making in Belize
Learn all about the way Garifuna drums are made in Belize! Drum making lessons at Warasa show you the basics of making a Garifuna drum. Help us with some of the key steps: chisel, plane and sand a solid log into shape, prepare the ropes, jungle vine rings or wooden pins that fix the deerskin…
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…
Warasa Garifuna Drum School
Authentic Garifuna drumming lessons, dancing, drum making and more in bonnie Belize The number one location to experience authentic Garifuna drumming, dancing, drum making and more in beautiful Belize! As featured on CNN, the BBC and on TripAdivisor! Warasa offers authentic and enriching cultural experiences for both local and international visitors. Warasa’s founder has over…
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…