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- Music genre.name
- Punta
- Music genre.stylistic_origins
- Garifuna
- Music genre.other_topics
- Paranda Punta rock
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- 1978-01-01
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- Punta (music)
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- Origins and historical context
- Role of women
- Instruments
- Evolution and changes in punta
- Popular punta and punta rock bands
- Punta and Garifuna culture beyond Central America
- References
thumb|right|238px|Example of punta music
Punta is an Afro-indigenous dance and cultural music of the Belizean, Guatemalan, Honduran and Nicaraguan Garífuna people, originating from the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (also known as Yurumei). It has African and Arawak elements which are also the characteristics of the Garífuna language. It is also known as banguity or bunda.
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