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| The night before Settlement Day there is always a big concert with many bands that ends around 6 am the next day, and we actually managed to stay up all night for it. |
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| When the concert ends around sunrise, everyone heads to the beach. |
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| Our friend Marcia hung with us all night and the next morning. |
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| Around 8 am or so the Yurumein (reenactment of the Garinagu people landing in Belize) begins. Of course, now they use skiffs and other motorized boats instead of the traditional dory boats (wooden canoes). |
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| Our friend and her young daughter are wearing traditional Garifuna dress. |
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| There is a lot of drumming and singing, then a procession leads into the nearby Catholic Church. |
There is a very informative Wikipedia article about the Garifuna culture and history. (We've been taught that Garifuna refers to the culture and the language, while Garinagu refers to the people themselves.)
