Developing a tradition

Lester ‘De Professor’ Charles and Karen ‘Lady Karen’ Bennett

It might surprise many to hear it said that after 41 years Guyana’s premier national festival is still a developing tradition.  Yet, there are many reasons why that is true in the case of Mashramani, which was founded in 1970 and adopted as the national celebration of not only Republicanism, but nationhood.  There is a great deal that needs to be said about it and much has not been properly documented,