The Sound Alliance follows the unfolding of a traditional music-recording project that takes place in Central America, West Africa, and the South Pacific. Inspired by the fascinating and undiscovered melodies of these three regions, two Canadians become musical messengers and carry this music from one continent to another. In the process, they initiate a cultural and musical dialogue without precedent and produce the extraordinary sound of a global collective. Click o the picture to visit their website.
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ProducersAlí Allié, Producer/Writer2010@cinemali.com. Alí Allié is the producer and director of “El Espiritu de mi Mama” (Spirit of my Mother) which told the fictional story of a Garifuna woman’s spiritual journey back to Honduras and her re-identification with her own culture. This film showed at film festivals worldwide and garnered a home video DVD distribution deal. It is well-known to the Garifuna community in the United States. Alí brings a wealth of experience from his previous venture in making a film immersed in Garifuna culture, as well as his well-tuned technical experience which he has refined as a cinematographer on many other films (most recently three independent features, Canary (2009), Amity (2010) and Child of God (2011)). Ruben Reyes, Producer/Writerwagia1@yahoo.com
Ruben Reyes, a Garifuna, comes to this project as a counterpart with vast knowledge of Garifuna culture and history and is a Garifuna language expert. In addition to teaching Garifuna language classes in Los Angeles in association with the Garifuna American Heritage Foundation United, Inc., he also hosts “The Sasamu Show” a weekly interview program on GariTV.com about Garifuna culture and community issues. Ruben also is also the inventor of the Garifuna clock, editor of the New Garifuna Dictionary and the designer of an enhanced Garifuna flag.Bill Flores, Writer
Bill Flores is the author of the play “Garinagu in Peril” which is one of the centerpieces of Part 1 in a children’s version. He is a member of the Garifuna Writers Group in Los Angeles.Georgette Lambey, Choreographer
Georgette Lambey has been involved in cultural events in the Los Angeles area for a long time not only as a singer, dancer and drummer but also as a teacher. She has choreographed cultural groups for presentations all over Southern California. Georgette has recorded three albums as a solo artist and along with Belize’s finest Nuru.Special Thanks to Miss Martha Martinez and Garifuna American Heritage Foundation United, Inc. and The Blazer Learning Center, Site of The John Paul Mitchell Systems Multi-Purpose Facility.
Abraham Laboriel Abraham Laboriel is a world renowned bassist and the founder of the band KOINONIA. He was born and raised in Mexico City where he received his earliest musical training from his father, a gifted guitarist and composer. His first recording was at age 10 as part of a "rock and roll" group called "Los Traviesos". After performing in Mexico thru his teen years as both a musician and an actor, he moved to Boston where he earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Composition from the Berklee School of Music in 1972. During that time he recorded with faculty member, famed vibraphonist Gary Burton. He traveled with Johnny Mathis, Michel Legrand, and Henry Mancini and moved to Los Angeles in 1976 to begin a very diverse and fruitful studio recording career.
He has performed and recorded with many jazz artists including George Benson, Larry Carlton, the Crusaders, Ella Fitzgerald, Dave Grusin, Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Al Jarreau, John Klemmer, Manhattan Transfer, Joe Pass, Joe Sample, Lalo Shifrin, Diane Schuur, Sara Vaughan, and Joe Zawinul. He recorded with Lee Ritenour, Ernie Watts, and Alex Acuna in a band called "Friendship" and has continued to record and travel with Lee and Dave Grusin for GRP Records. He also has been much in demand for work with artists like Lionel Richie, Quincy Jones, Jeffrey Osborne, Chaka Khan, Robbie Robertson, Kenny Rogers, Kenny Loggins, Ruben Blades and countless others. He was in fact voted by his peers in the LA Chapter of NARAS as the "Most Valuable Player" in the Bass chair for the three years in a row, joining Ray Brown and Chuck Domanico in that honor.
Watch the video from the 19th of November celebration in Los Angeles, CA. The event was organized by Aziatic Entertainment Group at Hollywood Park Casino in the city of Inglewood. Click on the picture to watch it. Fri. Nov. 17, 2007 - Vea el video de la celebracion del 19 de Noviembre el cual fue organizado por AEG en el Hollywood Park Casino en la ciudad de Inglewood.
GAHFU, Inc. gives certificate of recognition to Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective during the fundraising concert to benefit the Gulisi Primary School in Dangriga, Belize. Latino Night Club - Los Angeles, CA August 3rd 2007! Click to watch the video. (In memory of Andy)
See Tower.com's tribute to Andy Palacio. Click on the picture! Vea el Tributo a Andy Palacio hecho por Tower.com. Pincha el logo.
Tower.com online entertainment destination and proud supporter of the music of Garifuna, wish to pay our humble respects to the life and career of one of the world’s greatest musicians and social activists, Mr. Andy Palacio.
Vea el programa de television desde Nueva York en vivo (tiempo real) Centro America Show por Bronxnet Canal 69 en el Bronx, NY. Lunes de 8:30 pm a 9:00 pm y Miercoles de 9:30 pm a 10:00 pm tiempo del Este. Watch Garifunalink's Central America Show on Real Time at 8:30 pm on Mondays and 9:30 pm on Wednesdays Eastern Standard Time. The show is produced by Murphy Valentine. Click on the Link! Pincha en la foto para ver Garifuna tv.
Isha Sumner - Garifuna Actress
WBAI Pacifica Radio 99.5 fm New York City Presents an interview with Ms. Arzu "Mountain Spirit" - a Traditional Garifuna Healer and a member of the National Garifuna Council in Belize, and The American Natural Path Association. She was born in Travesia, Honduras and she tells her story as a child growing up with her grandmother and her greatgrandmother and learning natural medicine. Listen to the interview recorded on Wed. Jan. 16, 2008.
Arzu "Mountain Spirit" - a Traditional Garifuna Healer. Click on the picture to visit her website. Arzu "Espiritu de la Montaña" Tradicional Curandera Garifuna - Visite su sitio en el internet.
Guillermo Alvarez "Cuellar" brings to you The Garifuna Men land Women of the Catholic Church Choir - Gospel Music at its best! On his latest trip to Livingston (La Buga) during the Garifuna Settlement Day on Nov. 26, 2007, Cuellar decided to work with the La Bugana Choir and Socie (local musician) to put these beautiful gospel music on an album. These church hymns are recorded in the Garifuna language. Many of these songs, we are all familiar with if you are a Catholic. Garifuna Gospel Compilation is being sold for a suggested donation of $10. The proceeds of this album go to benefit the Garifuna Catholic Congregation of Livingston, Guatemala. Cuellar told me that Garinagu in La Buga have one person who they hired to work at the church full time and that his salary has been paid by different people in New York for a while. This monies collected from this project will go to pay for this employee's salary for as long as it lasts. This project was produced and financed by Guillermo Alvarez "Cuellar" a former member of the Isanigu Puntarock Soul-Jahs in New York. Arrangements by Sociê. You can go to our GAHFU Store page to order your copy. If you have any questions, you can contact Guillermo "Cuellar" at (646) 805-8862 in the West Coast call dj labuga (323) 898-6841.
CENTRAL AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE PARADE - LOS ANGELES 2007 "YURUMEIN"
Click on the picture to watch the live performance on Youtube.com
Andy Palacio's Video "Watina" Click on the picture to watch it live. Pinche la foto para ver el video en vivo de Andy Palacio y el video de "Watina".
Ideal in action during GAHFU First Anniversary Dance in Los Angeles, CA. Live at The Egyptian Temple No. 5 alongside Caribbean Dynamics Band.
Aurelio Martinez video for Spanish television TVE in Europe. Mire el video producido por la Television Española TVE desde Triunfo de la Cruz para Europa y el Mundo.
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LOOKING FOR GARIFUNA CULTURAL VIDEOS AND SOCIAL EVENTS, PLEASE CLICK ON THE BUSINESS CARD TO SEE THE CATALOG OF CULTURAL VIDEOS BY "MONICO PRODUCCIONES"
AURELIO MARTINEZ DURING HIS PRESENTATION AT THE HOLLYWOOD PARK & CASINOEVENT FOR THE19TH OF NOVEMBER 2007 CELEBRATION IN LOS ANGELES, CA BY AEG ENTERTAINMENT (AZIATIC ENTERTAINMENT GROUP)
Click in the picture to see the entire photo album - Pinche la foto para ver el album completo
John Mariano, Wanaragua (Jankunu) Organizer Joe Palacio, Garifuna Anthropologist
The Garifuna are people of West African and Native American (AwaraK ana carlo) descent who live along the Caribbean coast of Central America from Belize to Nicaragua. One of their most popular rituals is wanaragua, commonly called Jankunu, a three-fold system of masked Christmas processionals that include warini (the African-derived prelude to wanaragu), wanaragua (the dance of mimicry), and charikanari (a ritual featuring stock characters such as the Two-Foot Cow and Devil). Wanaragua is a unique synthesis of African, European, and Native America art traditions in which social and cultural identities are expressed through music, dance, and costume. Dancers wearing colorful regalia entertain onlookers by mimicking the military and social customs of the European colonizers of Belize (formerly British Honduras) through exaggerated movements and occasional cross-dressing. Photographs of similar processions in The Bahamas, Bermuda, Jamaica, North Carolina (now extinct), St. Kitts-Nevis, and Cape Coast, Ghana reveal the extent to which this ritual archetype is practiced. Photographs and footage of wanaragua as performed by Garifuna from Guatemala and Honduras are accompanied by oral accounts of why costumes in these countries differ from those traditionally worn in Belize. Play, Jankunu Play ... places the viewer within the context of the Garifuna world at Christmas where music, dance, and art reflect the past and affirm the present to empower the future. (Oliver Greene is an Assistant Professor at the School of Music, Georgia State University.)
" Play Jankunu Play is a highly significant accomplishment for the Garifuna people, in their effort to preserve their culture and share their rich heritage with the world. It is an invaluable communication tool that can lead to greater understanding among peoples and a deeper appreciation for cultural diversity." - Andy Palacio, Deputy Administrator/Cultural Ambassador, National Institute of Culture and History, Belize
" This visually striking and culturally sensitive documentary will be welcomed not just by students of the Garinagu and the Central American countries they inhabit, but by all those who are interested in the performance arts of the Black Atlantic." - Kenneth Bilby, Director of Research, Center for Black Music Research, Columbia College, Chicago
" With visual allusions to parallel traditions in Jamaica, the Bahamas, Ghana, and elsewhere, this film offers the viewer a rich tapestry of Garifuna dance, drumming, and song, explicated by revealing commentary."-Richard A. Long, Atticus Haygood Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Emeritus, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Screenings: Annual Carribean Studies Association Conference, Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, 2007 Garifuna Community Forum, Bronx, NY, 2007 Annual Conference of the National Garifuna Council, Dangriga, Belize, 2007 Annual Meeting for the Society for Ethnomusicology, Honoulu, HI, 2006
ANDY PALACIO & THE GARIFUNA COLLECTIVE performance in Los Angeles at the Grand Performances / California Plaza in downtown Los Angeles. Sat. August 4th, 2007. (click on picture)
GAHFU is proud to present its First Year Fundraiser Anniversary Dance DVD.This DVD was produced by GAHFU and Latino TV from Los Angeles, California. The Best of Guatemalan Punta Rock Artist featuring: Gadu Nuñez, Marcony Star and Rolando Castillo "Ideal". It also has special guest appearances by Nuru, Fermin Arzu and backed by Los Angeles number one band: Caribbean Dynamics Band.Your purchase of the DVD will go towards funding other projects by Garifuna American Heritage Foundation United, In Donation $14.99 plus a $3.00 Shipping and Handling fee in the United States.
Order you DVD today for a contribution of $14.99 plus a $3.00 fee for shipping and handling.The Best of Guatemalan Punta Rock artists DVD has a length of 1hour and 23 minutes of pure entertainment and culture music. Featuring songs like: Wayaru Tadibu Lola, Lidan Dan and Waporu just to name a few. Call to order (562) 366-9396 or e-mail us: garifunaheritagefoundation@yahoo.com
LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW OF THE RADIO PROGRAM UPRISING FROM KPFK 90.7 FM RADIO IN LOS ANGELES DID WITH CHERYL L. NORALEZ LIVE REGARDING DISNEY'S MOVIE PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN - DEAD MAN'S CHEST.
Click on this logo to listen to the interview on demand.
Resibibei Bungiu ibirie (2x) A. Zapata Uremu lanina meditación
Sunwandan Sagü Weyu
Nabureme, gudemena bun
Niabiyan bun lau sun nifigoun le adüganali
Harumagüdabana, chibabei nuei
Uba ubafu nu lun nafalarunibu
Sun andan sagü weyu
Sunwandan sagü weyu, Búngiu Baba
Ligiya rügüñein nabusera
Ubei ubafu nu lun nadügüni sun nuwarati
Sügühali wuribati guñari, haruga kaba lanüga woun
Nabureme, adundeihabana sunwandan sagü weyu
Mabuliedu bumuti, beibugu ubouwogu
Wabureme awanhagua lidan wuribani
Añaha girigia, áfaragua houngua
Nuaguru Nuguchi, adundeihabana sun andan sagü weyu 18) Lagumuhoun Uremu: Duna Urínagu
Uremu le, hawagu rubei sun Garinagu
Ayoragua lun le, lun duna le, Urínagu
Lubaroun weyu, gurawamei ti duna le
Tubáme wagune, wafandira wabá
Garinagu fegela wagu lu anichigu
Meredere wama agúmuhouni ya, ubouwogu
Darawa lebeneri furendei houn hisanigu
Lun lawanseru rasa Garifuna
Huráwamei wafandira, uwala lageiru wama
Garinagu sungubei uwala ni busiganu
Hudúguwa wama luni wafandira
Ayo, ayo, duna Urínagu
Ayo, ayo, duna Urínagu Ferudu
Fuleiseiwati wugüri le ferudunawali lifigoü
Fuleisewatu (wuri) hiñaru to miridahounboun lida wuribani (2x)
Feruduna bawa, feruduna bawa Wabureme (2x)
Feruduna bawa Waguchili begiwamuti bu
HIGOUGU NISANIGU
Higougu nisanigu behumei hisandelu,
larama huguyame, (2X)
Uwara guañaha huguyame,
larama huguyame nisanigu
arogara hawougua
Larama huguyame, uwara guañaha huguyame,
larama huguyame nisanigu, arogara hawougua
Ahü Migeli wou, Ahü ibamura eh
Oufuda guañaha ra eh
Ahü Migueli wou, Ahü ibamura eh
Oufuda guañaha huma eh
Furese guañaha huma eh
darahumei tebeneri tempulu gayaü
habara wasanigu
Chülühali wougiete, agurabaladiwa wabureme
agurabalalitia warogarune habu wasanigu
More...
LEREMU BALISI: (The Belize National Anthem )
Hageira líbüretian laru barana, Rúwamuti were lun basalubaru. Merederubaña furundetian ya, Heiba luei wageira le darangilabei. Seti hata wayuna lihürü me múa, Webeneri luei adamurúni. Lau lubafu irichaü, Bungiu wabá, Mamudirún dügü yádiwa ya.
Adeweihabuguti Faradiu woun: Wawüburi, wamúa le rísibei; Hayabi wayunagu derebugutian, Eibaha hamutian ha ananihabaña woun Lúmagien Riu Ondu dagá lun Sastún, Lau sun wabouhute luma lagunu, Fegeñu la wagu hama diru luma sielu. Chülüha dan lun wiúnragu.
GUATEMALA'S NATIONAL ANTHEM IN GARIFUNA:Translated by Ruben Reyes
Wadimalu gundatu le bareini Mañawürihan hamei gafarahaditiñu Ni adamuruti le heluti gürabu Ni hañawüriti lun lasuerun bigibuowagun
Haruga me le libinin bumuan Lasiadurei terenchana Hurabei giñe lirufungu bufanidiran Wawarun, wagañeirun odi wouwegun
Laguyuha:
Hurabei giñe lirufungu bufanidiran Wawarun, wagañeirun odi wouwegun Lun bagaira louba durumandei Himei wouwen luba wadamurun
Lidangien binadü güringürin Badügei lau uhabu hereguti Sun awouhani le wabunagubei Tuma efeintei to asefuhaboun
Dü hamuti giñe wagübürigu Durungueina lau linsiñe agairaü Abiheina mama lau hitaü Afidirabu luagu lalana insiñeni
Laguyuha:
Abiheina mama lau hitaü Afidirabu luagu lalana insiñeni Lau agairaü le hürü tumalali Labagarida unguahabuni Bufanidiran murusun sairi Ladahirei durari liharun Tigirun ti lun le ibidioguabei au Louchun ladaseiruni tewegeirun
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Guillermo Alvarez "Cuellar" brings to you The Garifuna Men land Women of the Catholic Church Choir - Gospel Music at its best! On his latest trip to Livingston (La Buga) during the Garifuna Settlement Day on Nov. 26, 2007, Cuellar decided to work with the La Bugana Choir and Socie (local musician) to put these beautiful gospel music on an album. These church hymns are recorded in the Garifuna language. Many of these songs, we are all familiar with if you are a Catholic. Garifuna Gospel Compilation is being sold for a suggested donation of $10. The proceeds of this album go to benefit the Garifuna Catholic Congregation of Livingston, Guatemala. Cuellar told me that Garinagu in La Buga have one person who they hired to work at the church full time and that his salary has been paid by different people in New York for a while. This monies collected from this project will go to pay for this employee's salary for as long as it lasts. This project was produced and financed by Guillermo Alvarez "Cuellar" a former member of the Isanigu Puntarock Soul-Jahs in New York. Arrangements by Sociê. You can go to our GAHFU Store page to order your copy. If you have any questions, you can contact Guillermo "Cuellar" at (646) 805-8862 in the West Coast call dj labuga (323) 898-6841.
GARIFUNA GOSPEL MUSIC 
