Garifuna Settlement Day

Garifuna Settlement Day commemorates the arrival of the Garifuna people to the Central American coast in 1797, celebrated along Honduras's Caribbean coast with traditional drumming, punta dance, and reenactments of the ancestors' arrival by canoe. Communities such as those on Roatán and the north coast hold parades and cultural exhibitions honoring Garifuna heritage. (Date shown is estimated from the event's typical annual timing — confirm with the organizer closer to the date.)