Eli LaBan | Tai Sings Wanaragua in Tornabé @EliLaBan | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
José "Tai" Angel Blanco sings Wanaragua songs on the beach of Tornabé, Atlantida, Honduras. Wanaragua is a dance performed by the Afro-Indigenous Garifuna people across the Caribbean Coast of Central America manifesting a history of resistance against colonizers. However, due to the lack of standardized Garifuna language education, the songs are now at risk of disappearing.
This series aims to record these songs and the people who sing them so the tradition lives on.
José "Tai" Angel Blanco sings Wanaragua songs on the beach of Tornabé, Atlantida, Honduras. Wanaragua is a dance performed by the Afro-Indigenous Garifuna people across the Caribbean Coast of Central America manifesting a history of resistance against colonizers. However, due to the lack of standardized Garifuna language education, the songs are now at risk of disappearing.
This series aims to record these songs and the people who sing them so the tradition lives on.
