Preparations on schedule for upcoming Inter-Guiana festival

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports said preparations for the second Inter-Guiana Cultural Festival (IGCF), which runs from August 23 to August 26, 2012, are on schedule and publicity for the event will be increased after a theme and logo is approved at an upcoming meeting.

The ‘Festival of the Three Guianas,’ as the IGCF is also known, is an avenue for strengthening friendly relations amongst the people of Guyana, Suriname and Cayenne and would serve to promote the cooperative development of the countries’ relations in the arts and culture fields, a Culture Ministry press release said.

Inaugurated in Paramaribo, Suriname last year, the festival will feature a packed programme in six disciplines. According to the release, the programme will