Perhaps their biggest contribution is through music; the Garifuna music, with its nostalgic sounds of traditional drums is impacting fanatics throughout Belize and European countries. They are also well-known for their dances and story-telling. The Gariguna have used music to convey sentiments of their souls, of their history and present state of their lives. The music and dances are greatly influenced by their African heritage, so drum beats play an important role. They use song and dance as a stress-release and healing technique. The form of dancing is mostly in moving the feet and hips, almost like when one is walking. Their most popular type of music and dance is known is Punta. There is also the paranda. One musical ceremony openly practiced by the Garinagu at Christmastime is the Wanaragua, or “John Canoe”, in which a man wears a mask and is dressed in funny clothes from head to toe, like a Spanish colonial slave master, and he dances in a funny manner in an open space to the rythms of drums.