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Honduran NYC

Honduran NYC is mostly in the West Bronx, Central Islip Long Island, and New Jersey.

The Honduran Consulate is in Manhattan’s Garment District. There is a vibrant Garifuna community in Crotona, The Bronx.

Honduran nyc archive

December 2022

The Mini-Global Mashup: Garifuna Meets Flamenco brings together jazz vocalist Lucy Blanco (Afri-Garifuna Jazz Ensemble), jazz bassist Hilliard Greene, and Caribbean flamenco guitarists Lisa y Josué (Lisa Spraragen and Josué Pérez) at the Flushing Town Hall in Flushing, Queens on Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 1pm. $15. 🇻🇨🇭🇳🇪🇸🇵🇷

November 2022

German-Ecuadorian Steinway pianist Boris Cepeda RAICES: Piano Works from Europe & South America plays 19th century European music and contemporary classical music from Ecuador and Argentina (Albéniz, Guevara, Canelos, Liszt, Ravel, Ortiz, Cárdenas, and Piazzolla) in the Carnegie Hall Weill Recital Hall on Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at 8pm. From $60. 🇦🇷 🇪🇨 🇫🇷 🇭🇳 🇲🇽 🇪🇸

September 2022

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, a celebration of the Americas, through October 15. 🇦🇷🇧🇴🇧🇷🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇷🇨🇺🇩🇴🇪🇨🇸🇻🇬🇶🇬🇹🇭🇳🇲🇽🇳🇮🇵🇦🇵🇾🇵🇪🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇾🇻🇪

The Queens Hispanic Parade 2022 marches on 37th Avenue from 69th St to 86th St in Jackson Heights, Queens on Sunday, September 25, 2022 starting at 11am. 🇦🇷🇧🇴🇨🇱🇨🇴🇨🇷🇨🇺🇩🇴🇪🇨🇸🇻🇬🇶🇬🇹🇭🇳🇲🇽🇳🇮🇵🇦🇵🇾🇵🇪🇵🇷🇪🇸🇺🇾🇻🇪

March 2022

Kazzabe, Chevo & Mr JC play Honduran Garifuna Parranda Latin Alternative at Sabor Latino in Elmhurst, Queens on Fri, Mar 25, 2022 after midnight. From $50. 🇭🇳

December 2021

Aurelio Martínez (Richard Holder/World Music Institute)

Aurelio Martínez & the Garifuna Soul Band play Garifuna Folk, with NYC’s own Wabafu Garifuna Dance Company opening, for the World Music Institute at Le Poisson Rouge in Greenwich Village on Thu, Dec 16 at 7:30pm (6:30pm doors). From $20. worldmusicinstitute.org 🇭🇳|🇧🇿🇬🇹🇳🇮🇺🇸

November 2021

Havana Film Festival New York 2021 (HFFNY)

The Havana Film Festival New York opens at Village East Cinema in the East Village on Fri, Nov 5 at 6:30pm. From $20. Grammy nominee Dayramir González plays Cuban Jazz at the Afterparty. From $85. 🇨🇺🇪🇸|🇨🇦🇬🇹🇭🇳🇲🇽🇺🇸|🇦🇷🇨🇱🇨🇴🇵🇪🇻🇪|🇬🇷🇬🇧

September 2021

The New York Yankees celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a giveaway of Yankee caps with Hispanic flags for Yankee games on Fri-Wed, Sep 17-22, 2021. From $40. mlb.com
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Honduran Festivals in NYC

NYC’s big Honduran festival is the Central American Independence Parade in Crotona Park East, The Bronx. It is a Garifuna festival.

There is another parade in Islip, Long Island. Hondurans may also participate in the Hispanic Day Parade and Queens Hispanic Parade.

Honduran New York City

Honduran NYC is mostly in the West Bronx and New Jersey. There is a Honduran Garifuna community in Crotona, The Bronx.

The Honduran Consulate is in Manhattan’s Garment District.

Honduran Culture

Honduran culture is a mix of Indigenous, Spanish, African and even Mexican influences.

Punta is a folk dance with a Garifuna heritage. It is all in the hips with some serious booty shaking. Both men and women dance it. It could be a predecessor to hip-hop and reggaeton dancing. It’s pretty cool really. “Punta” is a reference to Punta Gorda, Roatan, Honduras where the Garifuna people were exiled from St. Vincent by the British in 1797.

Honduras

Honduras has a large Caribbean coast and a small Pacific coast. As is common across Latin America, urban and rural life are very different.

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