The Guatemala they don't want you to see

Rest in peace, Mr. Flores. An inspiration to us all

what a kind and warm man to just bump into he just embraced you like a brother and showed you his people and home. you were blessed . Now that is hospitality !

I met this guy in Livingston when I was backpacking through Guatemala back in the early 2000s. He fed me and took me through the village and showed me a lot about the Garifuna reality today. Amazing running into this video some twenty years later and being able to show my family. Thank you for posting.

Cant believe it how lucky this young lad was to bump into this interesting man . He just was randomly filming on the street then he appeared like sent it from heaven.

That very man knows everything that’s why it’s so important for the elders to teach the young

Big Respect for the kid who made this blog.

I wish this man would make a YouTube series on Garifuna cuisine, arts, crafts, and language. I would support that.

His confidence showed his level of education is a raw knowledge multilingual

I am here in Livingston and I was just told he passed last month. This is an incredible loss and I am heartbroken.

The hunter has told his lies, now the Lion is telling TRUTH!!!

Mr Philip Flores is one of the most intelligent, well educated people that I have ever had the pleasure of listening to.

As a Guatemalan from Mayan descent myself, I lived in Guatemala for 5 years before coming back to the States and listening to what the corrupt Guatemalan government elitists have done to the Garífuna is devastating, I knew we have our own dialects and differing cultures within the nation, but I never knew we also had Garífuna black brothers and sistas. For the education I received over there, I was never fully taught about the Garífunas, nor did educators fully acknowledged them. Thank you for bringing this to light, I am so happy to know that we are filled with beautiful culture and types of people and thatI have fellow Black brothers and sisters who live and were raised in the same country I was. God Bless and protect the Garífuna

Much respect for this young man. While most people his age are making stupid TIKTOK videos, he's out there showing us what the world is REALLY like!

Phillip is a true historian . His face glows with light and big smile . I loved his story .

Appreciate this. My mother is Honduran/Garifuna. The Garifuna people are all over Central America.

As Philip suggested, I looked up his name and read a blog by someone who he met during their visit to Livingston. At some point, 27 Garifuna were given the opportunity to go to school in the US so they could return and help their community. According to that article (blog?), sadly, only three of the 27 returned to Livingston. The rest remained in the States. That is a tragic loss for their community and culture, but also understandable.

My grandfather was Garifuna and he married my grandmother who was more indigenous Mayan from Puerto Barrio. Both are buried in Livingston and I plan on going back to visit their graves and showing the Island to my family!

I love this guy he is a true educator.

The bronx has a sizable population. In every nation people always hide what they see as the underclass., but they are not. The Gurifina culture is rich ,The British did their best to get rid of them, but it didn't work.....

I love this man. He is so passionate about his people and their culture, their language and history. He is very intelligent and quite an intellectual about his people. I really feel his pain about his people becoming extinct. Glad you made this video and made folks aware of this unique race of people.