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'''Garifuna Settlement Day''' is a [[public holiday]] in [[Belize]], celebrated each year on November 19. The holiday was created by Belizean [[civil rights]] activist, [[Thomas Vincent Ramos]], in 1941.<ref name="Avila">{{cite book|last=Avila|first=Tomas Alberto|title=Garifuna World|year=2008|publisher=Milenio Associates|isbn=1928810020|pages=362, 423, 426|author2=Jose Francisco Avila}}</ref> It was recognized as a public holiday in the southern districts of Belize in 1943, and declared a national holiday in 1977.<ref name="Avila"/> The holiday celebrates the settlement of the [[Garifuna people]] in Belize after being exiled from the [[Grenadines]] by the British army.<ref>{{cite web|title=Garifuna Settlement Day Celebrated|url=http://www.sanpedrosun.net/old/98-452.html|work=San Pedro Sun|accessdate=19 November 2012}}</ref> The major festivities for the holiday occur in the town of [[Dangriga]], including parades, street music, and traditional dancing.<ref>{{cite book|last=Greenspan|first=Eliot|title=Frommer's Belize|year=2011|publisher=Wiley Publishing|location=Hoboken, N.J.|isbn=0470887702|pages=36–37|edition=4th}}</ref> |
'''Garifuna Settlement Day''' is a [[public holiday]] in [[Belize]], celebrated each year on November 19.{{efn|name=chapter289}} The holiday was created by Belizean [[civil rights]] activist, [[Thomas Vincent Ramos]], in 1941.<ref name="Avila">{{cite book|last=Avila|first=Tomas Alberto|title=Garifuna World|year=2008|publisher=Milenio Associates|isbn=1928810020|pages=362, 423, 426|author2=Jose Francisco Avila}}</ref> It was recognized as a public holiday in the southern districts of Belize in 1943, and declared a national holiday in 1977.<ref name="Avila"/> The holiday celebrates the settlement of the [[Garifuna people]] in Belize after being exiled from the [[Grenadines]] by the British army.<ref>{{cite web|title=Garifuna Settlement Day Celebrated|url=http://www.sanpedrosun.net/old/98-452.html|work=San Pedro Sun|accessdate=19 November 2012}}</ref> The major festivities for the holiday occur in the town of [[Dangriga]], including parades, street music, and traditional dancing.<ref>{{cite book|last=Greenspan|first=Eliot|title=Frommer's Belize|year=2011|publisher=Wiley Publishing|location=Hoboken, N.J.|isbn=0470887702|pages=36–37|edition=4th}}</ref> |
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| Garifuna Settlement Day | |
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| Observed by | Belize |
| Date | 19 November[a] |
| Next time | Expression error: Unexpected < operator |
| Frequency | annual |
Garifuna Settlement Day is a public holidayinBelize, celebrated each year on November 19.[a] 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] The holiday celebrates the settlement of the Garifuna people in Belize after being exiled from the Grenadines by the British army.[2] The major festivities for the holiday occur in the town of Dangriga, including parades, street music, and traditional dancing.[3]
