There was a lot of activity in the village of Britannia, West Coast Berbice on Saturday afternoon, with some rice farmers returning home on their tractors and other persons tending to their livestock.
A group of men were imbibing alcohol under a big mango tree, other people were relaxing at home or doing chores, some youths were chatting with friends on the roadside and still others were running errands.
Sherry Samaroo sat on the street leaning against the trunk of an old coconut tree as she tended to her sheep which were grazing on an open plot. She ensures that the animals do not enter the rice fields nearby. Her three nephews were playing on the street while they
