Reggae on the Rupununi grass

Rupununi dancers performing at the Music and Arts Festival last week

There is nothing quite like Reggae and Rock in the Rupununi. There is something different about swaying to Reggae on the grass, under towering mango trees, a huge campfire filtering lights into the shadows, all under bright moonlight with flaming flambeaux lighting the path to the festivities.

Fineman certainly knew how to keep an audience of locals and tourists entertained. Even Minister of Foreign Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett shook a leg as the Rupununi Music and Arts festival continued on Saturday. The festival, the first in the Rupununi and Guyana livened it up with the America alternative rock band, Filligar drumming, singing, Reggae and the infectious Brazilians always eager to do something.

The outdoor, camping festival is not something that has been experienced in Guyana before with a wide range of