Inaugural Guyana Heritage magazine launched
-provides background of City’s quest to gain recognition on UNESCO World Heritage list
Georgetown, GINA, October 31, 2011
Source - GINA
Prime Minister Samuel Hinds delivering remarks at the launch of the Heritage Guyana magazine
The National Trust of Guyana this evening launched its inaugural ‘Heritage Guyana’, a magazine which will be published annually to highlight various aspects of the country’s rich, diverse heritage tangible and intangible, cultural and natural.
Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, performing the functions of President who officially launched the publication, commended the National Trust and the Culture Ministry for their work in preserving and promoting Guyanese culture and heritage.
Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony said that preserving Guyana’s heritage has not been an easy task as there has always been a challenge with regards to developers erasing the heritage, an issue that is mentioned in a specific section of the magazine itself.
“There are two trends, persons who are passionate about conservation and preservation and persons who believe that in order for us to march on with progress, we might need to erase some of this heritage and there is always a constant conflict that exist, but we can find a way to do both things” Minister Anthony pointed out.
To this end, the Ministry is committed to working with developers and other persons in order to have the right mix of conserving while at the same time developing the city.
He explained that UNESCO, which has been championing conservation in many respects and has worked towards the establishment of the World Heritage Convention, has a list of places that are inscribed as heritage sites and a list that are in danger.
Minister of Culture, youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony receiving a copy of the Heritage Guyana magazine from Chief Executive Officer (CEO), National Trust of Guyana, Nirvana Persaud
In 1995, Guyana worked to put forward four projects to be inscribed. These include: City Hall, St. George’s Cathedral, Shell Beach, and Fort Zeelandia, all of which were placed on the tentative list.
After reviewing the comments that were made, the decision was made to put forward Georgetown to show off its unique plantation structure, and this too was placed on the tentative list.
“We need to move from being on the tentative list to being properly inscribed and we have started work to move us in this direction,” the Culture Minister said.
In this regard, Guyana has been technical expertise from Suriname, which has managed to get sections of Paramaribo on the inscribed list.
He added this publication is very important as, “it gives us a sense of identity and helps to anchor us so that we can move forward as a country with proper grounding.”
The inaugural Heritage Guyana magazine
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), National Trust, Nirvana Persaud said that the 80-page magazine includes an array of articles that covers various aspects of Guyana’s architectural and engineering heritage both past and contemporary. It also provides an apt background of the capital city’s quest to gain international recognition on the UNESCO World Heritage list.
The main aims of the articles are to share knowledge, spread awareness and raise appreciation levels about the built heritage and its role in shaping the nation and its identity.
The magazine is available for sale at the cost of $1500 at the National Trust, the gift shop at the Guyana National Museum, Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri and the Ogle Airport, and leading bookstores in the country.
-provides background of City’s quest to gain recognition on UNESCO World Heritage list
Georgetown, GINA, October 31, 2011
Source - GINA
Prime Minister Samuel Hinds delivering remarks at the launch of the Heritage Guyana magazineThe National Trust of Guyana this evening launched its inaugural ‘Heritage Guyana’, a magazine which will be published annually to highlight various aspects of the country’s rich, diverse heritage tangible and intangible, cultural and natural.
Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, performing the functions of President who officially launched the publication, commended the National Trust and the Culture Ministry for their work in preserving and promoting Guyanese culture and heritage.
Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony said that preserving Guyana’s heritage has not been an easy task as there has always been a challenge with regards to developers erasing the heritage, an issue that is mentioned in a specific section of the magazine itself.
“There are two trends, persons who are passionate about conservation and preservation and persons who believe that in order for us to march on with progress, we might need to erase some of this heritage and there is always a constant conflict that exist, but we can find a way to do both things” Minister Anthony pointed out.
To this end, the Ministry is committed to working with developers and other persons in order to have the right mix of conserving while at the same time developing the city.
He explained that UNESCO, which has been championing conservation in many respects and has worked towards the establishment of the World Heritage Convention, has a list of places that are inscribed as heritage sites and a list that are in danger.
Minister of Culture, youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony receiving a copy of the Heritage Guyana magazine from Chief Executive Officer (CEO), National Trust of Guyana, Nirvana PersaudIn 1995, Guyana worked to put forward four projects to be inscribed. These include: City Hall, St. George’s Cathedral, Shell Beach, and Fort Zeelandia, all of which were placed on the tentative list.
After reviewing the comments that were made, the decision was made to put forward Georgetown to show off its unique plantation structure, and this too was placed on the tentative list.
“We need to move from being on the tentative list to being properly inscribed and we have started work to move us in this direction,” the Culture Minister said.
In this regard, Guyana has been technical expertise from Suriname, which has managed to get sections of Paramaribo on the inscribed list.
He added this publication is very important as, “it gives us a sense of identity and helps to anchor us so that we can move forward as a country with proper grounding.”
The inaugural Heritage Guyana magazineChief Executive Officer (CEO), National Trust, Nirvana Persaud said that the 80-page magazine includes an array of articles that covers various aspects of Guyana’s architectural and engineering heritage both past and contemporary. It also provides an apt background of the capital city’s quest to gain international recognition on the UNESCO World Heritage list.
The main aims of the articles are to share knowledge, spread awareness and raise appreciation levels about the built heritage and its role in shaping the nation and its identity.
The magazine is available for sale at the cost of $1500 at the National Trust, the gift shop at the Guyana National Museum, Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri and the Ogle Airport, and leading bookstores in the country.