Culture Ministry launches Mashramani 2013
Plans are already moving along for Mashramani 2013 and the Culture Ministry says, it is sparing no effort to ensure a spectacular display come next year. The launching was done with much fanfare, along the Main Street Avenue, with the theme: ‘Reflecting Creativity, Embracing Diversity’.
Mash 2013 is expected to attract tens of thousands of revelers and several float Parades from various private and public organizations and Guyana’s cultural diversity will be evident for all to see. Private Sector official and Head of the Roraima Airways group, Jerry Gouveia, said, that Guyana’s Geographical positioning makes it a very attractive place for tourists to travel to, for events like Mash and he wants to see the designers and other stakeholders being very creative. Continue reading
Guyana: The Tipping Point – commentary
The Tipping Point
Posted By Stabroek staff On October 25, 2012 – Editorial
You can tell a lot about a society from the types of buildings it produces. Over the years we have swapped porous wooden structures for concrete cells of various dimensions. Guyanese used to conduct a large part of their social exchanges outdoors, at their gates, on the roads, in public. Our houses were open to the trade-winds and the call and sight of a passing neighbour. Now we take it for granted that homes and businesses must be ‘protected’ and a substantial, largely underpaid workforce has been mobilized to do this.
We barricade ourselves behind large fences and grilled windows and doors. Any claims we make to live in an open society become slightly risible when our architecture is scrutinized. These changes are most apparent when, as recently, fear in parts of the land reaches a certain pitch. The streets become deserted. We all retreat indoors. Continue reading →
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