Advice to Guyanese Hosting a Member of the Diaspora for the Jubilee Celebrations”
Francis Quamina Farrier
By Francis Quamina Farrier
So you will be hosting a member or members from the Diaspora, visiting for Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary Jubilee Celebrations. Good for you. Good for your Guest(s). Take it from me, it won’t be easy for you or for your guest if you do not have patience and display your best Guyanese personality. Your Guest will be coming with high expectations. You will be expecting a lot from your Guest.
However, make sure that the two expectations are not like two powerful clashing winds which cause terrible, freighting claps of THUNDER. Make sure that you show the kind of Hospitality for which Guyanese have been known for, over the decades and centuries. Be a good Host. In fact, be a great Host. My first advice to you regards your Guest from Foreign, is that you DO NOT impose YOUR itinerary on them. Find out from them what THEY would like to do and where THEY would like to go, and who THEY would like to meet. They may have some suggestions, and you may also have some suggestions. But let the final decision be THEIRS. Continue reading →
