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Pen Cayetano, painter, singer, songwriter, percussionist, guitarist is the leading cultural reviavalist and ambassador for the Garinagu, formerly known as Black Caribs (mixed African and Carib Indian).

Pen Cayetano was born in 1954 in Dangriga, the cultural capital of the Garinagu, on the south-central coast of Belize..He is self-taught in painting and in music, and has excelled in both. Punta Rock, the new musical sound which combines the rhythms and sounds of traditional Garifuna music with elements of modern rock, was created by him on the eve of Independence in 1981, and made famous through his Turtleshell Band. In his paintings he portrays scenes of everyday life in Belize, and especially aspects of his own Garifuna folklore, history and culture.

Since 1990 Pen Cayetano has lived with his family in Germany, where he maintains a studio and a busy schedule of international art exhibitions, workshops and performances with his family band, the Cayetanos. He also travels frequently to Belize and the United States to reunite and perform with fellow Garifuna musicians.

The following pages show the activities and achievements of Pen Cayetano.

You can share his art or music by purchasing his painings, postcards, posters or CDs or meet him in his Studiogalerie in Germany at Ahrhutstraße 8 , Ahrweiler or at Pen’s Art Gallery at 3 Aranda Cresent in Dangriga Belize (open in november).