Editing Punta (section)

==Evolution and changes in Punta==
From its original context, punta has been transformed by time and modernity. Before, punta consisted of a dance between a man and woman, where they competed against each other by shaking their hips and moving their feet to the beat of a drum.<ref name=kristina /> This theme of sensuality and intimacy was considered inappropriate for children, who were excluded from the ritual. Now, it is much more common to see children participate in and view a punta dance.<ref name=kristina>{{cite web|last=Stevens|first=Kristina|title=Interview with Adebisi Akinrimisi|url=http://www.stanford.edu/group/arts/honduras/discovery_eng/art/dance/punta3.html|publisher=Stanford University|access-date=20 November 2013}}</ref>  Another change that has been developing in the past century has come in the increasing role of women as singers and drummers, which were thought to be solely male roles and women were only allowed to play if there were no men available.<ref name=kristina /> Women have expanded their influence in punta, as well as [[punta rock]], although punta rock does still involve more male-oriented arrangements and performances.<ref name=Pryor /> Punta also was formerly performed in ancestral celebrations and religious rituals of the recently deceased, but can now be seen in all forms of celebrations, such as birthday parties, communions, or holiday gatherings as a sense of cultural expression.<ref name=kristina />

Traditional punta music was also played with two wooden drums, a conch shell, and a type of maracas. Today, acoustical and electric instruments have been added to create "punta rock", which has become a main export of the Garinagu and grown in popularity across Central America and into the United States.<ref name=kristina /> The double-meter rhythm of punta is the primary basis for punta rock.<ref name=Greene /> Punta rock is a musical craze that began in the early 1980s and persists today among young adults in the Garifuna communities of Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.<ref name=Pryor>{{cite journal|last=Pryor|first=Tom|title=Andy Palacio and the Garifuna Collective: Reviving the Music of Central America's West African Diaspora|journal=Sing Out!|date=1 September 2007|volume=51|issue=3|pages=43–49|url=http://ehis.ebscohost.com.libezp.lib.lsu.edu/eds/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=3&sid=d009b983-459e-4b16-8e64-8597ae96ba00%40sessionmgr115&hid=109|access-date=25 November 2013}}</ref> Andy Palacio, a homegrown Belizean artist, believes that punta rock is "a mix of Garifuna rhythms with a little bit of reggae, a little bit of R&B, and a little bit of rock and roll".<ref name=Pryor /> Although punta rock has achieved national attention for the modern Garifuna youth, it has not replaced the original punta music. Punta is believed to coexist with punta rock, and maintains its significance as the primary musical genre of social commentary.<ref name=Pryor />