On Monday we told you about the Garifuna Collective - hitting the stage in Costa Rica - at the International Festival of Arts. It was their first time travelling as a group and performing in a Latin Country, and as always, they put on a spectacular performance in front of 20 thousand people. Today the group arrived back home and 7news was at the PGIA to greet them and to find out just how the festival went.
Joshua Arana
"We were in the capital of Costa Rica. We played for one of the largest festivals in our region, and it was fortunate that for the first time we had the opportunity to perform in Latin America."
Monica Bodden
"How was the experience over that side?"
Joshua Arana
"It was really wonderful. It was great that we had the opportunity not just to feature one major artist, but 4. We had Lloyd Agustine, we had Mohobub Flores, we had Desiree Diego and Marcela "Chela" Torres. These guys are well known throughout Belize and have been doing their thing and will continue doing their thing."
"If I am allowed to estimate I would think that maybe we had at least 15,000 - 20,000 people listening to us for the first show and for our second show we had about 2,000 - 3,000 people because it was a smaller venue."
According to Arana, based on their performances in Costa Rica, they now have dates booked to perform in Canada, Poland, Spain and Germany next year.
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