Punta is an Afro-indigenous dance and cultural music of the Honduran (700,000), Guatemalan (15,000), Belizean (35,000) and Nicaraguan (10,000) Garífuna people.

La punta es una danza Garífuna, es el baile popular de los hondureños, que habitan en las islas y zonas de puertos.

Sep 4, 2023 · La Punta es una danza garífuna en Guatemala que está arraigada en tradiciones y creencias, con origen en rituales y amplia influencia cultural.

Nov 24, 2022 · Most records showed that the Punta dance originated from the Garifuna people in the island country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean. But the Garifuna was later exiled from the island. The Punta is considered a social dance and has the characteristics of being joyful and festive.

Punta, an evolved form of traditional music played using traditional instruments, is the most popular and well-known genre of Garifuna music and dance. Punta lyrics are typically written by Garifuna women and often relate to one gender or the other.

Jul 3, 2019 · Esta danza de origen garífuna se ha extendido por toda Honduras y ha traspasado fronteras, esto se debe a los alegres ritmos que emanan de sus instrumentos musicales. Hay que destacar que por su rico valor cultural ha sido declarado Patrimonio de …

The Punta Dance finds its roots among the Garifuna people, who are of mixed African and indigenous descent. Originating in St. Vincent and Dominica, this Afroindigenous dance reflects a rich cultural blend that dates back to the 18th century.

Punta is a traditional music and dance form originating from the Garinagu, an Afro-Indigenous people with roots in St. Vincent, a Caribbean island. Characterized by vibrant, joyful group singing and energetic lower-body dancing, Punta is typically performed at various Garifuna gatherings. A male-female couple dances at the center of a circle, …

To the Garifuna people of the Caribbean coast of Central America, it would seem as though Punta had always existed. Punta, in fact is a traditional Garifuna dance having its particular drumming and singing pattern.

Punta rock is a musical craze that began in the early 1980s and persists today among young adults in the Garifuna communities of Belize, Honduras, and Guatemala. Andy Palacio, a homegrown Belizian artist, belives that punta rock is "a mix of Garifuna rhythms with a little bit of reggae, a little bit of R&B, and a little bit of rock and roll".