GARIFUNA COMMUNITIES NAMES OF PLACES IN GARIFUNA
GARIFUNA COMMUNITIES
HONDURAS - Huliligati
Roatan Island - Rubadan
Bacalar - Bagala
Cristales - Kristalu/ Louba / Chalacha
Plaplaya - Blaguriba
Batalla - Badayougati
Pueblo Nuevo - Ñotòn
Tocamacho - Dugamacho
Cocalito - Fàlumarugu
Sangrelaya
Iriona Puerto
San José de la Punta
Iriona Viejo - Liyumoun
Iriona
Ciriboya - Mañali
Cusuna - Gusunougati
Punta Piedra - Dübugati
Punta Negra - Punta Négura
La Ensenada – Bèidirugu
Limón - Limún
Miami - Mayami
Santa Rosa de Aguan - Lawan
Trujillo - Duruwiu / Sugabiu
La Ceiba – Gumaga
Santa Fe - Giriga
La Fé
San Antonio - Márugurugu
Guadalupe - Funda
Nueva Armenia
Rio Esteban - Tibiniriba
Rio Negro - Blagríba / Gariwalu
Sambo Creek
Corozal - Gurusali / Pintóu
Punta Gorda - Peini / Igiri Dubuneti
Triunfo de Cruz - Dúfigati / Turompu
San Juan - Durugubuti Beibei
Tornabe - Lagiriga-wewe
Bajamar - Bahamar
Rio Tinto - Riutintu / Intintu
Puerto Cortes - Potu
Travesía
Masca - Másiga
Tegucigalpa – Sigála
GUATEMALA - Wadimalu
Livingston - Labuga, La Buga
Puerto Barrios - Báriu
Quehueche – Chewecha
Gangadiwali – Sacred Garifuna place in LaBuga (The Promised Land). Garinagu in LaBuga are connected to this small parcel of land through their Ancestors. It has been forty years since the exodus of the Garifuna people from Gangadiwali began.
NICARAGUA - Nigarawa
Bluefields - Blufil
Justo Point
La Fé
Lagoon
Orinoco - Urinugu
BELIZE - Balisi
Barranco - Barangu
Hopkins - Yugadan
Monkey River - Mongiríba
Punta Gorda - Peini
Seine Bight - Seinbeidi
Stann Creek - Dangriga
Georgetown
YURUMEIN - SAINT VINCENT & THE GRENADINES
Sandy Bay - Sandibei
Owia - Ouwe ya (die here)
Fancy
Rosebank
Greiggs
Rose Hall
UNITED STATES - Meriga
Los Angeles - Lóunagülei Faradiu
New York - Niuyóku / ñuñak
Chicago - Shikagu
Compiled by GAHFU for the purpose of education.
References:
Cayetano, R. (2005). The People's Garifuna Dictionary. National Garifuna Council
Flores, J. (1983). A Study in the Reading and Writing of Garifuna Spanish and
English. Printed in California
Garifuna Institute. Copyright 2013. Taken from website www.garifunainstitute.com
GAHFU
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