Garifuna Settlement Day

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Garifuna Settlement Day
Observed by Belize
Date19 November
Next time19 November 2025 (2025-11-19)
FrequencyAnnual

Garifuna Settlement Day is a public holiday in Belize, celebrated each year on November 19. [a]

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History

The holiday was created by Belizean civil rights activist Thomas Vincent Ramos in 1941. [1] It was recognized as a public holiday in the southern districts of Belize in 1943, and declared a national holiday in 1977. [1]

Purpose

The holiday celebrates the settlement of the Garifuna people in Belize after being exiled from the Grenadines by the British. [2]

Location

The major festivities for the holiday occur in the town of Dangriga, including parades, street music, and traditional dancing. [3]

See also

Garifuna settlement

  1. ↑ Chapter 289 of the laws of Belize states that if the holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday is observed as the bank and public holiday.

References

  1. 1 2 Avila, Tomas Alberto; Jose Francisco Avila (2008). Garifuna World. Milenio Associates. pp. 362, 423, 426. ISBN   978-1928810025.
  2. ↑ "Garifuna Settlement Day Celebrated". San Pedro Sun. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  3. ↑ Greenspan, Eliot (2011). Frommer's Belize (4th ed.). Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley Publishing. pp. 36–37. ISBN   978-0470887707.
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