2022 Brooklyn Garifuna Settlement Day Mass To Take Place on SUNDAY, November 13th 2022 at 2:30pm

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Garifuna Woman wearing Belize Scarf and holding Garifuna Flag while sitting in Church Pew.
Belizean Garifuna Woman at Brooklyn Garifuna Settlement Day Mass in 2012. Photo by Teofilo Colon Jr. All Rights Reserved.

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Brooklyn, New York: The 2022 Brooklyn Garifuna Settlement Day Cultural Mass will take place on SUNDAY, November 13th 2022 at 2:30pm.

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This Cultural Mass will be at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church in Brownsville, Brooklyn. This Annual Cultural Mass celebrates the arrival of Garifuna People to the Country of Belize. This particular Cultural Mass will also Honor Men and Women who serve in the Belize Arm Forces.

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This Garifuna Settlement Day Cultural Mass also commemorates the co-founder of Garifuna Settlement Day in Belize, Garifuna Civil Rights Activist, Mr. Thomas Vincent Ramos. Belize is the only country in the world where Garifuna Settlement Day is both a Federal Holiday and Bank Holiday.

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Garifuna Drummers and Garifuna Parishioners at Garifuna Catholic Mass
Garifuna Drummers marching into the Church during the beginning of The Garifuna Settlement Day Cultural Mass at Our Lady of Mercy Church in Brownsville, Brooklyn in 2012. Photo by Teofilo Colon Jr. All Rights Reserved.

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Typically, this Cultural Mass takes place a few days before Garifuna Settlement Day takes place in Belize, which is on November 19th.

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Garifuna Woman Speaks at Podium
Coordinator of The Brooklyn Garifuna Settlement Day Cultural Mass, Mrs. Rosita Alvarez. Photo by Teofilo Colon Jr. All Rights Reserved.

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Nicaragua also celebrates Garifuna Settlement Day on November 19th. Guatemala celebrates Garifuna Settlement Day on November 26th. Finally, April 12th is when the Arrival of ALL Garinagu to Honduras/Central America from their native St. Vincent Island is celebrated.

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Garifuna Parishioners holding up Flags of Mother Countries during Garifuna Catholic Mass
Marching into the Church with the Flags of the Countries Garinagu can be found in at the Brooklyn Garifuna Settlement Day Cultural Mass in 2012. Photo By Teofilo Colon Jr. All Rights Reserved.

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After The Garifuna Settlement Day Cultural Mass in Brooklyn, there will be a reception in the Church Basement with Food, Music, Dancing and Fellowship.

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Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church

680 Mother Gaston Boulevard

Brooklyn, New York

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