Twenty-five years ago, though he had not yet experienced Mashramani, Rudy Grant sat down and wrote the now iconic “Mash in Guyana”, which remains the only song that is played around Guyana’s February 23 celebration every year, while calypso and soca songs come and go.
“Mash in Guyana”, now referred to as the unofficial anthem of Mashramani, describes how Guyanese celebrate their carnival-type activity and Rudy says he was able to describe them from various conversations he had with persons who would have taken part in the celebration.
It was in November 1986 that the late radio announcer Pancho Carew invited Rudy to Mashramani the
