The 2023 Miss Garifuna USA New York City Cultural Pageant is about to Take Place
7 Young Ladies will be competing for the Crown of Miss Garifuna USA New York City
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Copyright 2023 by Teofilo Colon Jr (a.k.a. “Tio Teo” or “T.O. Tayo”) for Being Garifuna. All Rights Reserved. Contact Tio Teo.
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Bronx, New York – Bronx based Garifuna Non-Profit Organization, Casa Yurumein presents The 16th Annual Miss Garifuna New York City Cultural Pageant will take place on SUNDAY, April 30th 2023.
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Scheduled to take place (and close-out) National Garifuna American Heritage Month, this annual contest has few rivals in the New York City Garifuna community when it comes to community support in terms of attention and attendance.
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The Young Ladies competing for the crown of 2023 Miss Garifuna USA include: (towns represented in Parenthesis):
- Zianny Arzu (Miss Triunfo de la Cruz, Honduras)
- Dinorlin Casildo (Miss Plaplaya, Honduras)
- Yareli Lino (Miss Limon, Honduras)
- Yinel Martinez (Miss Sambo Creek, Honduras)
- Kerlin Rochez (Miss Sangrelaya, Honduras)
- Yorkis Rochez (Miss Santa Rosa de Aguan, Honduras)
- Isabella Sumner (Miss San Juan, Honduras)
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2023 Miss Garifuna USA Cultural Pageant
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Denny Farrell Riverside State Park
Robert F. Smith Center for the Performing Arts
679 Riverside Drive (@ W. 145th Street)
Harlem, NY 10031
Travel: BUS: BX19 Bus to the last stop INSIDE The Park. M11 to last stop INSIDE Riverbank State Park
Subway: 1 Train to 145th Street in Manhattan.
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Tickets are $12 for Adults, $6 for Children.
To buy Tickets, email Casa Yurumein at casayurumein1@gmail.com
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Garifuna Woman at Entrance to The 2014 Miss Garifuna USA New York City Cultural Pageant.
Photo by Teofilo Colon Jr for Being Garifuna. All Rights Reserved.
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The Miss Garifuna USA Cultural Pageant has been held in various venues over the years. Public School Auditoriums, Churches and Public Gymnasiums, have all hosted this annual contest.
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Garifuna Musicians and Contestants at The 2014 Miss Garifuna USA New York City Cultural Pageant.
Photo by Teofilo Colon Jr for Being Garifuna. All Rights Reserved.
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This Cultural Pageant also serves as a way for the New York City Garifuna Community to exercise their Garifuna-ness as they watch the contestants try to out-Garifuna the other. Pride is also a factor as people from Garifuna towns from Mother Countries of Honduras, Guatemala and Belize rally and cheer on representatives of said Garifuna towns.
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Some of The Audience at The 2014 Miss Garifuna USA New York City Cultural Pageant.
Photo by Teofilo Colon Jr for Being Garifuna. All Rights Reserved.
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The Miss Garifuna USA Cultural Pageant generally consists of three segments.
- Introduction Speech
- Quiz Segment
- Garifuna Talent
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INTRODUCTION SPEECH – Here, the Contestants deliver a biographical speech, typically in the Garifuna Language, where they talk about their names, tell who their parents are, what town they represent, etc.
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QUIZ SEGMENT – During this segment, Contestants are asked questions about Garifuna Culture or Garifuna History..
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GARIFUNA TALENT – During this segment, Creativity is of the essence. Contestants act out or mime aspects of Garifuna culture. They may demonstrate a Garifuna Dance, act out a sketch which dramatizes aspect of Garifuna Life, or perform an act with a Garifuna twist on it, like playing a Garifuna song with a non-traditional instrument.
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2013 Miss Garifuna leads Procession of Contestants at The 2014 Miss Garifuna USA New York City Cultural Pageant.
Photo by Teofilo Colon Jr for Being Garifuna. All Rights Reserved.
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Add to these segments, performances by local Garifuna musical artists and performers, as well as the Grand Entrance by the Contestants, and you have quite an afternoon or evening of Garifuna Culture.
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Contestants at The 2014 Miss Garifuna USA New York City Cultural Pageant.
Photo by Teofilo Colon Jr for Being Garifuna. All Rights Reserved.
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As I mentioned previously when writing about Miss Garifuna Pageants in Atlanta, New Orleans and Belize, the cultural subtext at root during these Miss Garifuna Cultural Pageants is the reverse cultural acculturation that takes place.
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Judges at The 2014 Miss Garifuna USA New York City Cultural Pageant.
Photo by Teofilo Colon Jr for Being Garifuna. All Rights Reserved.
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Typical acculturation in America is learning the customs and ways of the dominant society in order to simply live and survive. In the training these Young Ladies go through when preparing to take part in the Miss Garifuna Cultural Pageant, these young ladies get reacquainted with aspects of Garifuna Culture that they may be unfamiliar with. In some ways, their Garifuna-ness is reinforced.
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Many Garinagu feel that aspects of Garifuna culture are getting lost as younger generations of Garinagu become Americanized. These Miss Garifuna Cultural Pageants, are a way for these Young Ladies to become centered in Garifuna-ness.
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Below is a Short Documentary on The 2015 Miss Garifuna USA Cultural Pageant in New York City. The subject is one of the contestants (Miss San Juan, Honduras) as she prepares for The 2015 Miss Garifuna USA Cultural Pageant, which she ended up winning. This Miss Garifuna Cultural Pageant took place at Riverbank State Park in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City.
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Below is a video of The 2017 Miss Garifuna USA Cultural Pageant. It also took place at Riverbank State Park in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City.
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Below is a video of The 2019 Miss Garifuna USA Cultural Pageant. This Miss Garifuna USA Cultural Pageant took place at a Public School Auditorium in the Bronx.
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