Most schools around the country are paying homage to our Garifuna brothers and sisters who are celebrating their arrival to our shores since 1823. The main celebration and revelry take place in Dangriga, home to one of the largest Garifuna communities in the south. But in the Old Capital today, the celebration of the fusion […]
You still have time to catch the opening of a new exhibit by master painter Pen Cayetano at the Mexican Institute. Just in time for Garifuna Settlement Day on November nineteenth, Cayetano embraces the future but also captures images of his own past. News Five’s Jose Sanchez reports. Jose Sanchez, Reporting Opening tonight is the […]
As we told you earlier, the flow of traffic was interrupted on the southern highway due to Saturday’s drug bust. Many participants in the Battle of the Drums competition and show were held up on the highway. They eventually did get to the annual Garifuna drumming competition in Punta Gorda where they tested drumming skills […]
Finding appropriate and creative activities for the youth may not always be an easy task, especially in an age when the interests of teens are highly diverse and fickle. However, the Youth Voices led by Global Parish group is attempting to create a safe space for youth while exploring the digital arts, documentary storytelling and […]
The pictures cover four continents over a period of fifty years. It is the first photographic exhibition by Theagarajah Biswanath, a Sri Lankan national that has made the Jewel his home in the past decade. Raj’s camera recorded sights of his travels to the UK, Asia, USA and Belize. The exhibit entitled Rajah, A Photo […]
You might be hearing a lot of Punta music on the radio as Garifuna Settlement Day approaches, but soon the airwaves will be flooded with Christmas songs. And with Christmas, comes the annual Brukdong competition. So musicians countrywide are called to showcase their talent and submit Brukdong songs that will get the audience moving. Handsome […]
The culture of herbal medicine and midwifery is still practiced primarily at rural communities. There is one traditional healer who made her mark in Belize and beyond our borders in her sixty-nine years of practicing traditional medicine. Tonight her family and all those she helped along the way, are grieving her death. Hortense Robinson was […]
It’s not coming on line this year, but the Institute of Archaeology has announced an imminent increase in entrance fees to fourteen reserves. Prices at all the sites will be doubled, but according to the National Institute of Culture and History, they will remain the lowest in the region. So if you’re planning a visit, […]
While some Belizeans have adapted Halloween from North America, in Belize, the traditions of two cultures are being kept alive by the National Institute of Culture and History, NICH. For the next two weeks, the House of Culture as well as the Museum of Belize are highlighting “El Dia de los Muertos” as observed by […]
Louis Belisle; he is an artist of yesteryear whose images form an important part of any collection of serious Belizean Art enthusiasts. Belisle’s love affair with art started at age five in Punta Gorda and continued into adulthood. He won two scholarships in London, one of which was for sculpture. Belisle once said “You cannot […]
A new exhibition of paints, sculptures and photographs opens this Thursday at the Mexican Cultural Institute. It is showcasing the work of new and upcoming artists in black and white photography as well as the more traditional works of an older generation of artists. Entitled Beyond the Border, New Visions from Belize, the exhibit’s first […]
Heavenly Belize was first released in December of 2009. It is first publication of aerial photographs of the jewel and now it is also the first to be released in digital form. This morning, at the Radisson, the photographer Marious Jovaisa, also launched a song that accompanies the online format of Heavenly Belize. News Five […]
Not far away at the Image Factory, the Penta Paint Up Di Place 2010 traveling art exhibition got underway. Forty pieces of art from budding artists from all over Belize are display; twelve of the pieces have been selected for a full color calendar that will be released next year. According to Penta, the competition […]
The national flag is a symbol of nationhood and unity. It was first unfurled at midnight on September twenty-first, 1981as Belize became an independent nation. The flag’s design was the work of the National Symbols Committee which received submissions from the public. But over the years, there have been changes to the red, white and […]
The Ministry of Education and the September Celebrations Committee rounded up students at the Bliss Centre for the first Young Patriots Day. The event featured a line up of patriotic performances by primary and high school students representing each district. While the weather conditions prevented some northern schools from making the trip to Belize City, […]
Final touches are being put on an exhibition that captures history in art. It covers different eras, known and unknown personalities as well as significant political events in the life of the colony and then the independent Belize. News Five’s Jose Sanchez has a preview of the exhibition that opens later this week in time […]
If you love coffee as well as art, then the following story will be double shot of caffeine for your palate. The Art Gallery and Coffee Shop at the corner of Princess Margaret and Coney Drive in Belize City is the venue for an exhibition opening right now called the Coffee Collection. The Coffee Collection […]
The round room at the Bliss Centre for Performing Arts is filled with paintings and drawings by young artists. It’s a two week exhibit, showcasing the works of twenty kids who participated in the Institute of Creative Arts Summer Program. The display is in recognition of the success of the camp, which ended today. News […]
Classes end tomorrow for primary schools across the country; but today we found one school where the students were putting their energy at work. At St. Joseph Primary school the children were displaying their creative work to close the academic year. News Five’s Delahnie Bain took a look at the work of the budding artists. […]
The Museum of Belize preserves and displays artifacts that tell tales of our national identity and history. But there is a little known secret about the museum; it is also a center that kids can seek knowledge of art. Twice a week, the museum hosts an after school program that teaches primary school students how […]
A family event will take place at the Bliss Institute this weekend to coincide with Father’s Day. It’s a concert and a competition among artist that will pay tribute to fathers. According to Tony Wright of the Association for Belizean Artists First, the competition and concert start at seven thirty on Sunday night and it’s […]
If you’re tired of seeing images of crime on the news, then the next piece is sure to be a welcomed change. A painting exhibit called women was launched on Wednesday night at the Belisle Art Gallery inside the Bliss. The oil paintings are the creation of Miriam Ochoa, who is better known as Noya. […]
The Bliss auditorium overflowed today for the reenactment of an important day in the history of the country. Both the National Kriol Council and the National Institute of Culture and History organized the performance, which goes back to the Public Meeting in 1797, when settlers struggled with the decision to defend the settlement. News Five’s […]
There is a roving exhibit opening on Saturday night at the Mexican Cultural Institute on Barrack Road in Belize City. Debra Wilkes Grey, a member of the Corozal’s Institute of Creative Arts Committee, said that she saw the need to promote the artisans in her district and her idea was to place creativity in the […]
The National Festival of Arts 2010 was launched today and according to the Institute of Creative Arts, this year’s lineup is quite impressive. Aside from the primary and high school performances, independent artists have also been invited to take the stage. But it doesn’t end there; ICA Program Officer, Clive Myers, says there will be […]
