The Garifuna are the descendants of Arawak Indians from South America who moved to the island of St Vincent in the Caribbean then intermarried with local Carib Indians and later, black slaves from Africa as well as French and British colonists. They were marooned by the British on the island of Roatan, Honduras, from which they spread out along the Caribbean coast of Central America, all the way from Belize to Nicaragua, where they live in small fishing villages. To this day, the Garifuna have maintained a unique language (a mixture of Arawak, French and Yoruba), culture and religion.