The cost to rebuild the historic Umana Yana, which was gutted by fire last month, has been submitted to the Ministry of Finance to be included in 2015 budget following an estimate given by a Wai Wai group,
According to Permanent Secretary of the Culture Ministry Alfred King, who spoke with Stabroek News at his Main Street Office yesterday, members of the Wai Wai tribe visited and looked at the remains of the Umana Yana and developed a framework. He added that an estimate of the cost to rebuild the structure was arrived at and submitted to the Ministry of Finance to be put into the 2015 budget. However, he did not disclose what the estimated cost was.
The 55-foot-tall thatched-roof benab, which served as a leading centre for cultural events in the city,
