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Wanaragua Ritual Dancers.

The Garifuna are a Central American people of African and Native American descent. One of their most popular rituals is the wanaragua, a three-fold system of masked processionals called Jankunu. This ritual is a unique blend of Native American and African art traditions in which social and cultural identities are expressed.


Garifuna Medicine womans house in Hopkins Village, Belize.

The healing traditions of the Garifuna people are spiritual, ancestor based, and connected to nature.

Garifuna Ceremony in Livingston, Guatemala.

The Garifuna are decendants of the Kalinagu Indians who migrated to the Caribbean from South America in the 11th century, and later united with Africans who escaped slavery. Their traditions derive from both Africa and of the South American rain forest. The Garifuna people left the Antilles of the Caribbean and traveled west to the Bay Islands. The journey continued, creating Garifuna settlements along the coast lines of Guatemala, Nicaragua, Belize, and Honduras.

Arzu and Mayan child

Stan and Mayan child

Garifuna House

Garifuna Celebrations in Livingston, Guatemala 

Garifuna Temple in Livingston

Arzu and Ebu 

This retreat will bring out the child in you.....

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Mountain Spirit Wellness Retreat

2008

Guatemala

Lake Atitlan, Antigua, and Livingston