Meeting Pen Cayetano

This weekend, I met Pen Cayetano at his studio in Dangriga, a little town in the south of Belize which is known for its Garifuna population and also called the cultural capital of Belize. Pen is the inventor of Punta Rock, which is, next to Brukdown, one of the popular music styles considered to be authentically Belizean (Reggae is usually regarded as Jamaican).

By combining traditional Garifuna rhythm with modern music styles and instruments, he created a popular music for the Garifuna youth that came to be indexical of Belizean culture, having emerged at roughly the same historical moment as Belize became an independent nation. With lyrics in both English and Garifuna, it is extremely popular until today and it is safe to say that Punta Rock is an enlightening and promising example of how popular music can support use, maintenance and pride in an otherwise relatively marginalised minority culture.

 

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Listen to an example of Punta Rock here.
See more about the development of Punta Rock in Pen’s own words here.
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