Garifuna Teenager Delivers Opening Statement ENTIRELY in the Garifuna Language during Beauty Pageant
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Corozal, Honduras – 2023 Miss Punta Gorda Roatan Honduras, Miss Elena Martinez, delivers her Introductory Statement in the #Garífuna Language at The 2023 Miss Garífuna Honduras Beauty Pageant.
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2023 Miss Punta Gorda Roatan Honduras also offered a Spanish translation immediately after her Garifuna Introductory Statement.
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Contestants at this Miss Garífuna Honduras Beauty Pageant offer an Introductory Statement during the Beauty Pageant where they talk about themselves and let the audience know their names, where they are from, aspirations, etc.
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Few people of Garifuna Heritage speak the Garifuna Language, even fewer speak it with regularity.
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Why? Well, it’s a complicated issue, but the Garifuna Language not being of the dominant society and it not being the language of Business are factors.
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This Teenager expressing herself in the Garifuna Language is a hopeful sign that the Garifuna Language may not be dying after all.
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Miss 2023 Punta Gorda Roatan Honduras, Miss Elena Martinez, finished in Second Place during the 2023 Miss Garífuna Honduras Beauty Pageant.
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Video Courtesy of Mayevi Lalin on Facebook.
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