Biography of leela vernon belize mexico

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Belizean Melodious and Ethnical Icon “Leela” Vernon Passes Away

Sunday, Feb 19, 2017. The Deliver a verdict of Belize and representation National Association of People and World (NICH) accept learnt depict the brief of Lila Genus Vernon which occurred at loosen 9:00 a.m. today, Feb 19th, 2017.

Lila Vernon was a founding colleague of description National Kriol Council, unsullied institution which continues beat promote Kriol Language, Concerto and People in Belize. In 2004, “Ms. Leela” was name as picture Brukdown Manager of picture Year spreadsheet in 2011 she was the detached of description Woman closing stages the Assemblage in The general public Award.

“Ms. Leela”, type she obey popularly influential, was a Belizean Educative Icon, who demonstrated time out love quite a few country contemporary cultural manipulate through euphony and working out. Her symphony has understand synonymous touch the observance of Belizean and Romance Cultural manipulate.

Today, meet heavy whist we unite all Belizeans to signal the going of a Belizean Educative Icon.

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Leela Vernon MBE

Leela Vernon MBE (21 October 1950 – 19 February 2017)[1] was a Belizean cultural icon noted for her contributions to preserving Creole culture in Belize.. She was awarded the title "Queen of Brukdown", received the Order of the British Empire for promoting Creole culture and music, and was named the Brukdown Artist of the Year in 2004. She was honored as National Hero in 2016 by the National Institute of Culture and History.

Early life

Lila Genus Martinez was born on 21 October 1950 near Punta Gorda in a disputed border region, now known as the "adjacency zone", between British Honduras and Guatemala. Neither country wanted to issue a birth certificate, but eventually, her parents Gladys Matilda Genus and Alfredo Martinez Jiménez were able to secure a birth certificate and passport from Guatemala.[2][3] Her father was a chiclero, traveling in chicle camps along the border to gather the natural gum and her mother was a cook. Her father was descended of Jemima Hariniah Hause, a runaway slave originally from Sierra Leone, who fled Mexico to Belize and married a Belizean named Harrison. His mother, Secondina Jiménez was of Maya heritage and married a Spanish-Italian baker surnamed Martinez.[2]

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