Eli LaBan | The Lost Songs of Wanaragua: Nelsy Herrera @EliLaBan | Uploaded November 2023 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
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. Nelsy Herrera sings two songs in the community of Triunfo de la Cruz.
This series aims to record these songs and the people who sing them so the tradition lives on.
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. Nelsy Herrera sings two songs in the community of Triunfo de la Cruz.
This series aims to record these songs and the people who sing them so the tradition lives on.
