Garifuna Settlement Day ceremony

 On November 19th, Ambassador Shirakata attended the Garifuna Settlement Day ceremony held in Dangriga Town. Alongside Mayor Robert Mariano, Hon. Louis Zabaneh, Hon. Dolores Balderamos Garcia, Hon. Kareem Musa, Hon. Gilroy Usher, Hon. Isabel Bennett-Moody and other attendees, he commemorated the historical arrival of the Garifuna people by small boats from what is now Honduras, to Dangriga, celebrating their legacy.