Dangriga - Austin Rodriguez' Workshop

The Garifuna of Dangriga are noted for their crafts, and for several years Belizean native Austin Rodriguez has hollowed logs of mahogany and cedar and cured his own deer and cow hides to make Garifuna drums. The hides are cured with lime, salt and then dried in the sun before stretched over the head of the drums, which can reach up to 2ft/.6m in diameter. The workshop can also arrange drum performances and lessons.