Guyana tasked with taking Inter-Guiana Cultural Festival to greater heights
Georgetown, GINA, September, 1, 2011
Source - GINA
The Palms Garden, Suriname
Prime Minister Samuels Hinds who joined the representatives of the three Guianas for the culmination of the Inter-Guiana Cultural Festival said Guyana now has the task and challenge of replicating and taking the festival to greater heights.
The Inter-Guiana Cultural festival, a four-day display of the artistic talents of the Guianas in Suriname, culminated with a day of scenic craft and culinary exhibition, set against the backdrop of tuneful musical performances, at the Palm Garden, on August 29.
In commemoration of the inaugural festival and in celebration of the theme of the festival, “Togetherness” a sculpture of the same name was also unveiled.
The sculpture was a symbolic representation of a man and a woman in embrace.
Guyana looks forward to being the host of the ‘second coming together of the people of the arts,’ Prime Minister Samuel Hinds said.
A benab displaying Guyanese tie dye clothing
“We are happy to be part of this festival as it allows for more contact between the three Guianas,” he said.
“I’m glad to see that Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana are developing more and more contacts,” he said, “when people come together in more and more numbers, they feel they can achieve more.”
Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, Minister of Tourism Manniram Prashad and Minister within the Ministry of Health Dr. Bheri Ramsaran receive product samples from a Surinamese exhibitor
Prime Minister Hinds urged the countries to follow the pattern of their former colonial masters who came together in the European Union.
“Come together as well, so we can achieve more,” he urged.
Prime Minister Samuel Hinds greets some Guyanese craft exhibitors at the craft and culinary exhibition
Surinamese Minister of Education Raymond Sapoen advised the Guyanese delegation to nurture the seed handed over as (symbolic nurturing of the festival), so that come next year, there will be a growth in terms of the festival.
Attendees of the exhibition enjoying the Guyanese folk songs being performed by Henry Rodney
“The festival must be nurtured so that it will grow, so that our children after some generation can still enjoy the festival,” he said.
This growth will allow for deeper friendship and brotherhood between the countries, he said.
The seed sprout given to Guyana
The artistes must be thanked for what they did and what they still have to do for the coming years with regards to the festival, he said.
The sculpture titled “Togetherness” in commemoration of the inaugural festival and the theme of the event
“The artistes and culture people, they are spearheading this process of integration of the three Guianas,” Sapoen said.
Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Dr. Frank Anthony, Minister of Tourism Manniram Prashad and Minister within the Ministry of Health Dr. Bheri Ramsaran were among the many Guyanese officials at the closing of the cultural festival.
Prime Minister Samuel Hind and Surinamese Minister of Education Raymond Sapoen shake hands to symbolise the passing of Inter-Guiana Cultural Festival to Guyana
Georgetown, GINA, September, 1, 2011
Source - GINA
The Palms Garden, SurinamePrime Minister Samuels Hinds who joined the representatives of the three Guianas for the culmination of the Inter-Guiana Cultural Festival said Guyana now has the task and challenge of replicating and taking the festival to greater heights.
The Inter-Guiana Cultural festival, a four-day display of the artistic talents of the Guianas in Suriname, culminated with a day of scenic craft and culinary exhibition, set against the backdrop of tuneful musical performances, at the Palm Garden, on August 29.
In commemoration of the inaugural festival and in celebration of the theme of the festival, “Togetherness” a sculpture of the same name was also unveiled.
The sculpture was a symbolic representation of a man and a woman in embrace.
Guyana looks forward to being the host of the ‘second coming together of the people of the arts,’ Prime Minister Samuel Hinds said.
A benab displaying Guyanese tie dye clothing
“We are happy to be part of this festival as it allows for more contact between the three Guianas,” he said.
“I’m glad to see that Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana are developing more and more contacts,” he said, “when people come together in more and more numbers, they feel they can achieve more.”
Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, Minister of Tourism Manniram Prashad and Minister within the Ministry of Health Dr. Bheri Ramsaran receive product samples from a Surinamese exhibitor
Prime Minister Hinds urged the countries to follow the pattern of their former colonial masters who came together in the European Union.
“Come together as well, so we can achieve more,” he urged.
Prime Minister Samuel Hinds greets some Guyanese craft exhibitors at the craft and culinary exhibition
Surinamese Minister of Education Raymond Sapoen advised the Guyanese delegation to nurture the seed handed over as (symbolic nurturing of the festival), so that come next year, there will be a growth in terms of the festival.
Attendees of the exhibition enjoying the Guyanese folk songs being performed by Henry Rodney
“The festival must be nurtured so that it will grow, so that our children after some generation can still enjoy the festival,” he said.
This growth will allow for deeper friendship and brotherhood between the countries, he said.
The seed sprout given to Guyana
The artistes must be thanked for what they did and what they still have to do for the coming years with regards to the festival, he said.
The sculpture titled “Togetherness” in commemoration of the inaugural festival and the theme of the event
“The artistes and culture people, they are spearheading this process of integration of the three Guianas,” Sapoen said.
Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Dr. Frank Anthony, Minister of Tourism Manniram Prashad and Minister within the Ministry of Health Dr. Bheri Ramsaran were among the many Guyanese officials at the closing of the cultural festival.
Prime Minister Samuel Hind and Surinamese Minister of Education Raymond Sapoen shake hands to symbolise the passing of Inter-Guiana Cultural Festival to Guyana