A “cultural extravaganza,” organised to highlight the rich culture of the Indigenous Peoples, is on display at the Indigenous Village at the Sophia Exhibition Centre as part of this year’s Indigenous Heritage Month activities.
Organised by the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, the daily event, which will conclude tomorrow, features cultural displays by several Indigenous groups that have travelled to the capital city to participate in this year’s activities.
Dexter Glasgow, the coordinator of the event, told Stabroek News the nightly presentation is the ministry’s way of sharing the culture of the Indigenous Peoples with the rest of the country.
This year’s event will see the participation of 11 cultural groups originating from the 10 administrative regions. Glasgow revealed that it was the ministry’s aim to recruit as many groups representative of the country’s nine indigenous nations and it has managed to have representatives of seven of the nine nations.
