Dance `til you drop in Cinderella County

Long before December 25, anyone visiting the ‘Cinderella County’ for the first time can feel the ‘spirit’ of Christmas.

This is not just because the areas along the Essequibo Coast public road from around December 1 give the appearance of ‘ghost’ towns as almost everyone regardless of their religion strips their house in preparation for the festive season. This is also because in addition to stripping their houses of all their d